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Monthly Archives: September 2010
What’s Your Health Code?
Just months after the Health of Boston report found that black and Latino residents continued to experience higher levels of chronic disease, mortality, and poorer health outcomes compared to white residents, the Boston Public Health Commission launched a new health … Continue reading
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Back to School for the Connector Board
The Connector Board met on Friday afternoon, returning from their August break. Materials from the meeting can be found here. Glen Shor kicked off the meeting with a quick Executive Director’s report. As of September 1st, CommCare has 155,142 members, … Continue reading
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Real Life
Our new legal/policy analyst, Jekkie Kim, writes about her experiences yesterday with the Massachusetts health care system, highlighting the need for accessible patient-centered primary care: My new insurance benefits kicked in September 1. I have always been rather healthy, without … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care Quality
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Healing the Healers Event Next Week
The Kenneth B. Schwartz Center and the Mass Medical Society are co-hosting an event titled “In the Wake of an Adverse Event: Healing the Healers” on Thursday, September 23, 5:00-7:30pm in the Longwood Medical Area. Learn more on the Schwartz … Continue reading
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Boston Business Journal: Champions in Health Care
In a well-attended breakfast at the Seaport Hotel this morning, the Boston Business Journal honored twenty Champions in Health Care, calling them the brightest and most innovating people in medicine. Those honored include many close partners and collaborators of HCFA, … Continue reading
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Globe Editorial Agrees: Pharma Funding Fosters Conflicts Of Interest
Today’s lead Globe editorial highlights the journal article we posted about yesterday, and agrees with our conclusion: “PEER-REVIEWED journals keep doctors informed about cutting-edge research, but their credibility increasingly depends on ferreting out conflicts of interest that might call authors’ … Continue reading
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Boy Are We Ever Number 1
Today the Census Bureau came out with its annual Current Population Survey, which reports on income levels, poverty and health insurance for 2009. Nationally, the results on health insurance are sobering (full report, detailed tables): The percentage of people in … Continue reading
Posted in MA Health Reform
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Globe: MA Health Centers are an Example for the Nation
Community Health Centers in Massachusetts have been working hard to meet the need for health care that they see in their communities. And the Boston Globe recently published an article highlighting their significant achievements over the past several years, and … Continue reading
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Studies: Industry-Funded Research Produces Bias, and Is Not Always Disclosed
What should we know about medical researcher’s financial ties, and when should we know it? Two new studies demonstrate the real risk of bias when industry pays for scientific studies, and the sad fact that much of these connections are … Continue reading
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QCC Talks Readmissions, Elections, Independence
Today’s Quality and Cost Council meeting looked at how to measure potential preventable hospital readmissions, how to elect its leadership, and how to be an independent agency. Potentially Preventable Readmissions, or PPRs, have long been a concern for the QCC … Continue reading
