Veteran journalist and health policy specialist Trudy Lieberman has begun a new series, “Medicare Uncovered,” on the Columbia Journalism Review website. The first in the series is on “the pain from ‘skin in the game.’ ” In it, she writes: Right before Christmas, when Beltway reporters were absorbed in the fisticuffs on the edge of [...]
As the Affordable Care Act – the health reform bill – is shaped and defined, all sorts of “carve out your turf” battles are being waged on many levels not only in Washington, but in individual states. One caught our eye this morning: A Denver Post story, “Suit sets up clash between day-surgery centers and [...]
I know I’m late on both of these, as both were published a week ago. Late or not, I like to catch up so that I can archive good stuff on my site. An analysis by the Nordic Cochrane Center in Copenhagen led to this conclusion: “General health checks did not reduce morbidity or mortality, [...]
The documentary, Money & Medicine, aired on PBS last night. The announcement on the PBS website states: Money & Medicine investigates the dangers the nation faces from runaway health care spending as well as the dangers patients face from over-diagnosis and over-treatment. In addition to illuminating the waste and overtreatment that pervade our medical system, [...]
A paper in Health Affairs (subscription required for access) shows what can be done with decision aids in clinical practice in what the authors describe as “the largest (observational study) to date of the implementation of patient decision aids in the context of quality improvement for elective surgery.” A team from Group Health Cooperative in [...]
Two journal editorials touching on different health care reform issues caught our eye. Harold DeMonaco, MS, one of our story reviewers on HealthNewsReview.org, thought that an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine by editor Jeffrey Drazen, MD, deserves some news attention. DeMonaco wrote me: “Over the past five years or so, there has [...]
The following is a guest post submitted by Harold DeMonaco, MS, one of our expert story reviewers for HealthNewsReview.org. The opinions stated are his. —————————————————————————————— I, like many, read the internet version of my local newspaper. And in doing so, I am provided with an opportunity to view the comments of my fellow residents on [...]
Here are some links to some things I’ve meant to write about this week. They caught my eye and I thought readers of this blog might find them interesting. For The Washington Post, Sarah Kliff writes about something that “could revolutionize health care…a health policy wonk’s dream.” She explains: “a new nonprofit called the Health [...]
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is holding a meeting in Washington today to get feedback on its draft National Priorities for Research and Initial Research Agenda (pdf file). Background on PCORI – if you’re not up on it – from their website: The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) was created to conduct research to [...]
Dr. Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute, excerpts his new book, The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care on the website of Scientific American. “problems confront anyone trying to navigate all the medical procedures, operations, prescription medications, vitamins, supplements, herbs, alternative treatments, over-the-counter products, and [...]
This story focuses on a family that may have a rare genetic mutation that increases their risk of heart disease. Unfortunately, the “rare” part wasn’t mentioned until 1,600 words into this 2,100 word story.
While this story adequately addressed 7 of our 10 criteria, the 3 on which it missed were significant omissions, yet could have been easily addressed.
Solid medical conference reporting, with many expert interviews and good context provided. Goes far beyond the conference presentation itself.
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