Cost Versus Quality: How U.S. Health Care Stacks Up
By Julie Potyraj The U.S. spends over 50 percent more on health care than most other developed countries spend. From 2000 to 2013, the United...
14 March, 2016
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Navigating the Challenges of High-Deductible Health Plans: A National Survey
By Jeff Kullgren, MD, MPH More than one third of Americans with private health insurance face high out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures for their health care because...
07 March, 2016
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Dell Med Names Chris Moriates Assistant Dean of Healthcare Value
Costs of Care Announcement With a focus on improving care and lowering costs, the new Dell Medical School at UT Austin has tapped Chris...
02 March, 2016
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AN ARMY OF ONE NO MORE: HOSPITALISTS CHOOSING WISELY WITH NURSES
By Vineet Arora, Chris Moriates, and September Wallingford Oftentimes that can be how hospitalists feel as they “battle” to provide high-value care (better care...
29 February, 2016
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“Use More Tape- It’s Free.”
By Travis Doering Rrrrrrrp. Tall and short, thick and thin, black, white, and every shade in between, rolls of tape hold a hospital together....
22 February, 2016
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Equivalent Effective Dose of Living 1 Mile from Ground Zero at Hiroshima 2.8 Times
By Mukul Mehra, MD Clinicians must promote value-based care, but there is an assumption that one has defined cost and quality. The two can be...
08 February, 2016
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Why hospitals in Mexico are upfront about cost
By Florence Collins What would you do if you the doctor said you needed a surgery that would cost around $35,000 out of pocket? Before making...
01 February, 2016
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Discharge is not a dead end: Patient Navigators in the ER
By Meghan Checkley Often, the ER is a point of contact for patients who do not have a primary care doctor or do not...
25 January, 2016
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It Costs Nothing to Care
By Abraar Karan The cost of medical service provision in the United States is one of the most palpable strains on the healthcare system, but...
18 January, 2016
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