Taubman Health Sciences Library Blog- Blog Retired
- Global Innovation – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 20, 2014)
- Local Innovation & #MCubed – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 13, 2014)
- Open Access Journal on Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology
- National Medical Librarians Month 2014
- Suicide Prevention & Trauma on Social Media – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 6, 2014)
- Radiation Oncology Journal Club (#RadOnc) – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 29, 2014)
- From the National Library of Medicine: Roosevelt at NIH
- Patients on the Right TEDMED Questions – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 22, 2014)
- TEDMED on Patient Engagement – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 15, 2014)
Tag Archives: insurance
Webinar on insurance marketplace experience
From the Commonwealth Fund: Join a Commonwealth Fund–sponsored webinar on the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplaces, hosted by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers & the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute. Experts working with the three marketplace … Continue reading
Implementing health reform: An October through December enrollment report
From the Health Affairs Blog: On January 13, 2014, the Department of Health and Human Services released a report on the Health Insurance Marketplace covering the first three months of open enrollment, October 1 through December 28, 2013. The data … Continue reading
HCUP’s “Most Expensive Conditions” infographic
From the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ): HCUP has released a new infographic, The Top Five Most Expensive Conditions Treated in U.S. Hospitals, which represents data from the recently released Statistical Brief #160: National Inpatient Hospital Costs: The … Continue reading
Posted in Government publications
Tagged AHRQ, health services research, insurance, utilization
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State lessons on health system reform
There is a new issue brief available from the Commonwealth Fund: State Innovation Models: Early Experiences and Challenges of an Initiative to Advance Broad Health System Reform. Since July 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded 25 … Continue reading
Posted in Law & public policy
Tagged health care reform, health disparities, health policy, insurance
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The latest Health Wonk Review – Data, medicine, insurance reform, and more
From the Health Affairs Blog and Boston Health News: Health data is a theme of this edition of the Health Wonk Review because it is also the focus of the current Knight News Challenge. That contest rewards media innovation with … Continue reading
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Tagged health care reform, health policy, insurance, statistics
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Patient engagement is the key
From the Health Affairs Blog: Everywhere outside of health care, the consumer is in the driver’s seat. From Angie’s List to Yelp to Uber, consumers have never had more tools, and more ability, to get what they want and need. … Continue reading
The cure for the $1000 toothbrush
From the Fixes blog at the New York Times: Here is a basic fact of health care in the United States: Doctors and hospitals know what they charge, but patients don’t know what they pay. As in any market, when … Continue reading
In nursing homes, an epidemic of poor dental hygiene
From the Well blog at the New York Times: Katherine Ford visited her father, Dean Piercy, a World War II veteran with dementia, at a nursing home in Roanoke, Va., for months before she noticed the dust on his electric … Continue reading
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Tagged dental hygiene, health behavior, insurance, Medicare, nursing homes
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Variation in Health Care Spending: Target Decision Making, Not Geography
New from the National Academies Press: Health care in the United States is more expensive than in other developed countries, costing $2.7 trillion in 2011, or 17.9 percent of the national gross domestic product. Increasing costs strain budgets at all … Continue reading
New HRSA briefs on rural health
From the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Two new health briefs have been published focusing on rural health and Medicare. “Medicare Payments & Common Diagnoses. Review of 2009 Medicare Output Claims Data. Findings Brief #107” (ORPH00574) presents a summary profile … Continue reading
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