Most health economists people know quality adjusted life years (QALYs) are. But why are they so widely used in the United Kingdom, but not in the United States? A paper by MacKillop and Sheard (2018) provides an interesting history of the QALY and is worth a read. For QALYs to be useful there first had…
Alpine Physician Partners — which operates primary care organizations in several states — is implementing Ambience Healthcare’s documentation and coding tool after a successful pilot. Before adopting Ambience’s tool, Alpine clinicians spent 4.7 hours on charting per day, but now that time has dropped down to 1.2 hours per day. The post How A Physician…
A 2024 Data Quality Framework (DQF) from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) aims to provide some guidance for drug manufacturers. Here is a summary of that document. Factors to be considered when evaluating RWD Key factors to be considered in the EMA’s DQF include: Reliability: Are the data correct?Extensiveness: Are the data enoughCoherence: Are the…
VBC does not necessarily mean a reduction in all utilization. Rather, it means a rebalancing: fewer avoidable admissions, but possibly more use of home-based care, ambulatory services, and proactive outreach. The post The VBC Paradox: How Health Systems Can Balance Inpatient Revenue With Value-Based Care Goals appeared first on MedCity News.
Hasta hace unos años, cualquier indicio de piojos solía ser suficiente para que mandaran al estudiante de vuelta a casa. Recién se le permitía regresar a la escuela cuando tenía la cabeza libre de bichitos. Pero las normas de “cero liendres” fueron reemplazadas por otras de “no exclusión”, que priorizan la asistencia a clase por…
Through a new partnership, members of Christian Healthcare Ministries can pick one doctor on HealthTap’s platform for ongoing primary care. They can also access on-demand virtual urgent care. The post Christian Healthcare Ministries Partners with HealthTap for Virtual Primary Care appeared first on MedCity News.
Prices for brand-name drugs in the U.S. are three times what the same drugs cost in other countries. And in a recent KFF survey, 3 in 10 adults reported not taking their medicine as prescribed at some point in the past year because of costs. “An Arm and a Leg” is collecting stories from listeners…
Proposals from some Republicans in Congress would effectively repeal some or all of the ACA premium tax credits and replace them with contributions to Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) or something similar. Senator Rick Scott proposes “Trump Health Freedom Accounts” and Senator Bill Cassidy proposes HSA contributions available only for people who enroll in bronze level…
At DiMe’s Healthcare 2030 Summit, four healthcare leaders shared the innovations they believe could most improve care, from AI-driven solutions to reduce medical errors to stronger primary care relationships that could save billions. The post 4 Execs’ Wishes for a Better Healthcare Future appeared first on MedCity News.
First area of focus for Allina’s new R&D team is specialty referrals, says COO Dominica Tallarico