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Recalling To Err’s Impact — And A Small But Telling IOM Mistake

This year marks the 15 th anniversary of the Institute of Medicine (IOM)’s To Err is Human report , which famously declared that from 44,000 to 98,000 Americans died each year from preventable mistakes in hospitals and another one million were injured...

Published Tue, Nov 25 2014 6:24 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Public Health, Prevention, Physicians, Hospitals, Patient Safety, Research

The Complex Economics Of Disease Prevention And Longevity

In August, the Center for Sustainable Health Spending (CSHS) was awarded a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to, among other things, examine the relationship between disease prevention and health care costs. This project heightened my interest...

Published Tue, Jan 22 2013 10:23 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Nonmedical Determinants, Public Health, Prevention, Health Care Costs, Spending, Substance Abuse

ACA Round-Up: Developments Outside Congress

Although attention has been focused on efforts in Congress to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, there has been ACA-related activity in the courts and on the administrative front as well. The Franciscan Alliance Case: Defining Gender Discrimination...

Published Sun, May 07 2017 7:48 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage

Rapid Learning And Cancer Care: Time To Move Forward

Editor’s Note: Below, Lynn Etheredge discusses the potential of a rapid learning system to improve the quality and efficiency of cancer care. Amy Abernethy also addresses this subject in another Health Affairs Blog post published today. Cancer is...

Published Tue, Jun 29 2010 7:26 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Health IT, Comparative Effectiveness, Innovation, Technology

Telehealth Alone Will Not Increase Health Care Access For The Underserved

There is a great deal of enthusiasm about telehealth these days and, in truth, there is a lot to be excited about. Telehealth can bring medical care into communities with limited access to providers or facilities, reduce wait times, and improve convenience...

Published Thu, Dec 15 2016 7:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Primary Care, Quality, health equity, California, Telehealth

Senate GOP Leadership Unveils Latest Version Of Health Reform Legislation

On July 13, 2017, Senate Republican leadership released the latest version of the Better Care Reconciliation Act (summary of entire bill, including new amendment here ) This post will address the private insurance sections of the amendment. A subsequent...

Published Thu, Jul 13 2017 5:20 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Medicaid and CHIP, Abortion, health savings accounts, continuous coverage requirements, association health plans, Cruz Amendment, catastrophic plans, state stability funds

Latest Health Wonk Review Is Up

Today is of course tax day, but over at the HealthBlawg, David Harlow marks the day in happier fashion, offering the best in health policy blogging in the latest Health Wonk Review. In an entertaining edition titled “Block That Metaphor,”...

Published Thu, Apr 15 2010 2:11 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Blog

Remembering Robert Butler

On July 7, Robert Butler died of leukemia. Butler was the founding director of the National Institute on Aging, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and one of the nation’s leading authorities on aging and geriatrics. This post, by William Hazzard, Professor...

Published Tue, Sep 28 2010 10:28 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Physicians, Chronic Care, Personal Experience, End-of-Life Care, Aging

The Fiscal Consequences Of The Affordable Care Act

Editor’s note: On April 10, Charles Blahous released a paper on the fiscal consequences of the Affordable Care Act. Below Blahous presents a condensed and modified version of that paper. In related Health Affairs Blog posts, Paul Van de Water and...

Published Fri, Apr 20 2012 12:49 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Spending, Medicare

How Hospitals Can Help Get Out The Vote

As I write this, the Supreme Court has yet to reveal its decision about the Affordable Care Act. Regardless of what they decide, we can be certain of one thing. This November, the ability of Americans to get the facts they need to make informed choices...

Published Wed, Jun 27 2012 10:25 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Nonmedical Determinants, Public Health, Consumers, Politics, Physicians, Hospitals

Media Partnership: State Healthcare IT Connect Summit

Whatever the Affordable Care Act’s fate in the Supreme Court, Medicaid will continue to be of great importance to states and will continue to consume large portions of their budgets. Modernizing state Medicaid programs will be a key focus of the...

Published Wed, May 30 2012 11:42 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Health IT, States, Medicaid, Innovation

Enthoven And Kronebusch Highlighted By Health Wonk Review

Last week’s edition of the Health Wonk Review celebrates the nation’s current twin pastimes: baseball and health policy. Highlighted by host Brady Augustine at medicaidfirstaid are Health Affairs Blog pieces by Alain Enthoven and Karl Kronebusch...

Published Thu, Oct 08 2009 11:46 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Blog

Hiding In Plain Sight: Using Medicare To Solve The ‘Public Option’ Conundrum

As Senate and House Committee versions of health reform move toward unified legislation and floor votes, the most complex political challenge is how to resolve the “public option” controversy. While one would have thought weightier issues such as the...

Published Tue, Oct 20 2009 9:58 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Prevention, Politics, Insurance, Medicare

Where’s The Patient In The Patient-Centered Medical Home?

The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) has grabbed the limelight as a new model of health care that offers an alternative to fragmented, impersonal and wasteful care that has become the norm throughout much of the U.S. The PCMH model promises each patient...

Published Tue, Apr 26 2011 10:58 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Physicians, Primary Care, Chronic Care, Health Care Costs, Spending, Quality, Nurses

Turning Consumers Into Shoppers: Using High-Deductible Plans Wisely

As insurance exchanges emerge next year, and as states grapple with exactly what options health plans will provide, high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) are likely to be on the menu. But do such plans have the secret sauce to move participants from being...

Published Thu, Oct 18 2012 9:05 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Prevention, Insurance, States, Spending, Comparative Effectiveness

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