July 2014 - Health Affairs - The Network of Care

Exhibit Of The Month: A Big Data Understanding Of Health Care Trends

Editor’s note: This post is part of an ongoing “ Exhibit of the Month” series . Readers who’d like to highlight other noteworthy exhibits from the same issue are encouraged to make their pitch in the comments section below. This month we look at two exhibits...

Published Wed, Jul 30 2014 7:20 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health IT, Big Data, Exhibit of the Month

Individual Patient Expanded Access: Developing Principles For A Structural And Regulatory Framework

Editor's note: In addition to Meaghan George, Sara Bencic and Darshak Sanghavi also coauthored this post. Individual patient expanded access, sometimes termed “compassionate use,” refers to situations where access to a drug still in the development...

Published Thu, Jul 31 2014 12:12 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Public Health, Consumers, Policy, Access, Bioethics, Pharma, Health Law, Effectiveness, Research

Happy Birthday HCPF

Today marks the 20 th birthday of the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing . The story of its creation provides an important reminder of how our thinking about health care has evolved over the past few decades – and how it continues...

Published Tue, Jul 01 2014 7:20 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Nonmedical Determinants, Policy, Health Care Costs, States, Medicare, Medicaid, Health Care Delivery

Lessons Learned: Bringing Big Data Analytics To Health Care

Big data offers breakthrough possibilities for new research and discoveries, better patient care, and greater efficiency in health and health care, as detailed in the July issue of Health Affairs . As with any new tool or technique, there is a learning...

Published Mon, Jul 14 2014 9:45 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Health IT, Comparative Effectiveness, Technology, Research, Big Data

Health Affairs Web First: More US RNs Retire Later, Causing A Larger Workforce

The size of the registered nurse (RN) workforce has surpassed forecasts from a decade ago, growing to 2.7 million in 2012 instead of peaking at 2.2 million as predicted. One less-noticed factor in this “nursing boom” is the decision by a growing number...

Published Wed, Jul 16 2014 1:31 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Workforce, Nurses

Implementing Health Reform: Hobby Lobby Response, The ACA In The Territories, And More

July 17, 2014 was a remarkably active day in an otherwise quiet week for Affordable Care Act implementation. First, the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services issued their first response to the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby decision...

Published Fri, Jul 18 2014 9:32 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Insurance, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Coverage, Medicaid, Health Law

Implementing Health Reform: Appellate Decisions Split On Tax Credits In ACA Federal Exchange

July 22, 2014 was arguably the most important day in the history of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act since the Supreme Court issued its ruling in the National Federation of Independent Business case in June of 2012. As no doubt most readers...

Published Tue, Jul 22 2014 10:35 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Insurance, States, Health Law

Payment And Delivery Reform Case Study: Cancer Care

Editor’s note: In addition to Darshak Sanghavi, Mark McClellan, and Kavita Patel, this post is also authored by Kate Samuels, project manager at Brookings. It is adapted from a forthcoming full-length case study, the second in a series from the Engelberg...

Published Thu, Jul 03 2014 10:05 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Payment, Chronic Care, Health Care Costs, Spending, Quality, Innovation, Long-Term Care, Health Care Delivery

New Health Affairs July Issue: The Impact Of Big Data On Health Care

Health Affairs explores the promise of big data in improving health care effectiveness and efficiency in its July issue . Many articles examine the potential of approaches such as predictive analytics and address the unavoidable privacy implications of...

Published Tue, Jul 08 2014 2:05 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Health IT, Hospitals, Comparative Effectiveness, Technology, Research, Business of Health Care

Interview: IOM President Harvey Fineberg Reflects On Lessons Learned

On June 16, 2014, I spoke with Dr. Harvey V. Fineberg, as he wrapped up his second six-year term as president of the Institute of Medicine (IOM). We discussed how requests for work come to the IOM, the attributes of IOM reports that make them effective...

Published Thu, Jul 10 2014 1:26 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Public Health, Policy, Science and Health, Research, Business of Health Care

Implementing Health Reform: What Makes A State Exchange?

One question that has arisen in the wake of the Halbig / King decisions is what exactly is a state exchange? The D.C. Circuit in Halbig and the Fourth Circuit in King seemed unclear as to the answer to this question. The D.C. Circuit counted 14 state...

Published Mon, Jul 28 2014 8:46 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Insurance, States, Health Law

Implementing Health Reform: Origination Clause Challenge To ACA Dismissed

Another Affordable Care Act challenge bit the dust on July 29, 2014, when the District of Columbia Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court decision that dismissed Sissel v. Department of Health and Human Services . Sissel had sued claiming first that...

Published Wed, Jul 30 2014 8:59 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Health Law

IOM Graduate Medical Education Report: Better Aligning GME Funding With Health Workforce Needs

After nearly two years of deliberation, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on the Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education (GME) has issued its report. It presents a strong case for the need for change and a strong case for its recommendations...

Published Thu, Jul 31 2014 1:59 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Politics, Physicians, Medicare, Workforce, Hospitals, Innovation

New Drug And Device Approval: What Is Sufficient Evidence?

Editor's note: In addition to Jonathan Darrow, this post is also coauthored by Aaron Kesselheim. The federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act gives the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to evaluate all prescription drugs and high-risk medical...

Published Tue, Jul 01 2014 1:27 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Public Health, Policy, Chronic Care, Pharma, Quality, Effectiveness, Research

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