Missed diagnoses common in the doctor’s office
March 1, 2013
Mon Feb 25, 2013 | Feb 26 (Reuters) – Missed or wrong diagnoses are common in primary care and may put some patients at risk of serious complications, according to
PatientsLikeMe Project Pioneers Use of Outcomes Data That Are Meaningful To Patients
February 27, 2013
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Feb 25, 2013, RWJF has awarded PatientsLikeMe a $1.9 million grant to create the world’s first open-participation research platform to develop patient-centered health outcomes. The
‘Communities of Care’ Model Saves $5 Million In Hospital Costs
February 15, 2013
C-HIT By: Lisa Chedekel 2-14-2013 Connecticut has saved an estimated $5.4 million in Medicare costs since 2010 by reducing re-hospitalizations of patients through a collaborative “communities of care” model in
Feds to Publicize Drug and Device Company Payments to Doctors Next Year
February 7, 2013
by Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber | ProPublica, Feb. 1, 2013 – After years of anticipation, all of the nation’s drug and medical device makers must soon begin publicly reporting
High Use Of Antipsychotics In Nursing Homes Stirs Concerns, Reforms
February 6, 2013
By: Lisa Chedekel | January 30, 2013 | The Westside Care Center in Manchester is ranked among the best nursing homes in Connecticut, receiving a ‘five-star’ rating for overall quality
Med School Pharma Gift Ban Has Lasting Impact
February 5, 2013
By Cole Petrochko, Staff Writer, MedPage Today | Published: January 31, 2013 – Physicians who attended a medical school with a policy that prohibited gifts from drug companies were less likely
Carrots for Doctors
February 2, 2013
NY Times | By BILL KELLER | January 27, 2013 WITH its ambitious proposal to pay doctors in public hospitals based on the quality of their work — not the
Surgical errors: In ORs, “never events” occur 80 times a week
January 30, 2013
AMEDNEWS.com | By Kevin B. O’Reilly | Posted Jan. 21, 2013. The mistakes add up to $1.3 billion in medical liability payouts over 20 years and involve surgeons of all
Maker Aware of 40% Failure in Hip Implant
January 25, 2013
NY Times By BARRY MEIER Published: January 22, 2013 | An internal analysis conducted by Johnson & Johnson in 2011 not long after it recalled a troubled hip implant estimated
Fiscal Footnote: Big Senate Gift to Drug Maker
January 21, 2013
NY Times | By ERIC LIPTON and KEVIN SACK | Published: January 19, 2013; WASHINGTON — Just two weeks after pleading guilty in a major federal fraud case, Amgen, the