The Developing Vision of Primary Care — NEJM

The Developing Vision of Primary Care — NEJM

From Sick Care to Health Care — Reengineering Prevention into the U.S. System — NEJM

From Sick Care to Health Care — Reengineering Prevention into the U.S. System — NEJM

What Business Are We In? The Emergence of Health as the Business of Health Care — NEJM

What Business Are We In? The Emergence of Health as the Business of Health Care — NEJM

The ACP Advocate Blog by Bob Doherty: The unpredictable risk and benefit of Medicare vouchers

The ACP Advocate Blog by Bob Doherty: The unpredictable risk and benefit of Medicare vouchers

The ACP Advocate Blog by Bob Doherty: The New Fault Line in American Medicine

perspective on why health care change is so difficult.

The ACP Advocate Blog by Bob Doherty: The New Fault Line in American Medicine

Sustaining the Benefits of a Quality Initiative through Cooperative Values: A Longitudinal Study - Kull - 2012 - Decision Sciences - Wiley Online Library

interesting new perspective on quality. I wonder how it applies to health care?

Sustaining the Benefits of a Quality Initiative through Cooperative Values: A Longitudinal Study - Kull - 2012 - Decision Sciences - Wiley Online Library

Seth's Blog: Emergency room doctors

great companion to Dr Centor's post arriving on the same day!

Seth's Blog: Emergency room doctors

Why do we expect productivity from physicians — db's Medical Rants

great perspective from the trenches and a reminder that we should always remember what we are trying to accomplish.

Why do we expect productivity from physicians — db's Medical Rants

ScienceDirect.com - Research Policy - Does incentive provision increase the quality of peer review? An experimental study

Another bit of evidence suggesting that pay for performance is generally a bad idea.

ScienceDirect.com - Research Policy - Does incentive provision increase the quality of peer review? An experimental study

Health Care Economics 101 And The Supreme Court – Health Affairs Blog

interesting perspective on health and economics

Health Care Economics 101 And The Supreme Court – Health Affairs Blog

How's Your Hospital? Canadian Healthcare Metrics Go Public | Tableau Software

State of the art approach to public data reporting regarding hospital quality.

How's Your Hospital? Canadian Healthcare Metrics Go Public | Tableau Software

The ACP Advocate Blog by Bob Doherty: Overturn the ACA, and chaos will follow

This is a frightful possible scenario!


The ACP Advocate Blog by Bob Doherty: Overturn the ACA, and chaos will follow

Association of Diagnostic Coding With Trends in Hospitalizations and Mortality of Patients With Pneumonia, 2003-2009, April 4, 2012, Lindenauer et al. 307 (13): 1405 — JAMA

Improving quality through monitoring and reporting is a difficult task. Could this be another example of a failure of imposing an external standard to address the fundamental objective, similar to "teaching to the test"?


Association of Diagnostic Coding With Trends in Hospitalizations and Mortality of Patients With Pneumonia, 2003-2009, April 4, 2012, Lindenauer et al. 307 (13): 1405 — JAMA

Underestimating the Value of Reassurance, March 14, 2012, Detsky 307 (10): 1035 — JAMA

Very interesting reflection by a trained health economist/decision researcher that should give us pause before we apply standard principles from other fields to medical care.

Underestimating the Value of Reassurance, March 14, 2012, Detsky 307 (10): 1035 — JAMA

The Relationship Between Cost and Quality, March 14, 2012, Joynt and Jha 307 (10): 1082 — JAMA

The plot thickens. Perhaps patients do get more bang for the buck.

The Relationship Between Cost and Quality, March 14, 2012, Joynt and Jha 307 (10): 1082 — JAMA

Examining Public Reporting On Quality And Cost – Health Affairs Blog

Nice summary of the articles discussion public reporting in this month's Health Affairs.

Examining Public Reporting On Quality And Cost – Health Affairs Blog

Update: A 37-Year-Old Man Trying to Choose a High-Quality Hospital, March 7, 2012, Reynolds and Trivedi 307 (9): 965 — JAMA

Update: A 37-Year-Old Man Trying to Choose a High-Quality Hospital, March 7, 2012, Reynolds and Trivedi 307 (9): 965 — JAMA

Interesting case study on the usefulness of hospital quality information provided to the general public.

Seven Provocative Principles for Health Care Reform, March 7, 2012, Naylor and Naylor 307 (9): 919 — JAMA

Seven Provocative Principles for Health Care Reform, March 7, 2012, Naylor and Naylor 307 (9): 919 — JAMA

‘Shoo-In’ Strategies Bump Up Against Reality

‘Shoo-In’ Strategies Bump Up Against Reality

Interesting articles in the March 2012 issue of Health Affairs regarding health IT and public reporting.

Gaming billing codes — db's Medical Rants

Gaming billing codes — db's Medical Rants

This is very true and has led to way too little discussion. Glad to see this.

Can Massachusetts Lead The Way On Controlling Health Costs? - Kaiser Health News

Can Massachusetts Lead The Way On Controlling Health Costs? - Kaiser Health News