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End-of-Life Care
by Kevin Roche on Tuesday, January 3, 2012
A draft evidence report from AHRQ looks at end-of-life and hospice care. End-of-life care is often fingered as one of the causes of increasing health spending. The report finds moderate evidence supporting beneficial effects from many of the studied interventions.
Tags: End-of-Life Care, Health Care Costs, Health Care Quality, Medicare
Advance Directives and End-of-Life Spending
by Kevin Roche on Wednesday, October 12, 2011
End-of-life care is a significant contributor to overall health expenditures. New research in the Journal of the American Medical Association probes the effect of advance directives on end-of-life spending, with a particular focus on geographic variations both in the use of directives and care.
Tags: Elder Care, End-of-Life Care, Health Care Costs, Health Care Quality, Medicare
2011 Potpourri XXXIX
by Kevin Roche on Friday, October 7, 2011
October already!! Our 39th Potpourri of the year has many autumnal pleasures including selections on CMS’ Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative, a proposed guidance for FDA to use for mHealth regulation, end-of-life care discussions, CMS’ multi-payer database award, expected 2012 medical trend, and delivery of unnecessary care by doctors.
Tags: Care Management, Comparative Effectiveness, End-of-Life Care, FDA, Health Insurance, HIT, medical home, Medicare, Physicians, Telemedicine
2011 Potpourri XXIV
by Kevin Roche on Friday, June 17, 2011
The week’s Potpourri continues the tradition of presenting excellent nuggets of health information, including EHR use in the VA system, the effect of making surrogate care decisions, screening for ovarian cancer, gaps in health among socioeconomic groups, cancer care guideline compliance, and ER visits in Massachusetts.
Tags: Care Management, EHRs, Elder Care, End-of-Life Care, Health Care Costs, Health Care Reform, HIT, Wellness and Prevention
2011 Potpourri XXIII
by Kevin Roche on Friday, June 10, 2011
Another scintillating menu of health care tidbits, including provider reaction to the proposed Accountable Care Organization rule; end-of-life care in the US and Canada; hospital volume and outcomes for difficult surgeries; hospital marketing of robotic surgery; and cutting lab test costs.
Tags: ACO, Elder Care, End-of-Life Care, Health Care Costs, Hospital
2010 Potpourri V
by Kevin Roche on Saturday, February 13, 2010
One more Saturday….morning. And another potpourri of health care news. This one includes health information technology, consumer directed health plans, guidelines, support group functioning, end-of-life care and telemedicine.
Tags: Consumer Directed Health, Consumers, End-of-Life Care, HIT, Pay For Performance, Telemedicine
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