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Could Pay-For-Performance Lead To Overuse Of Antibiotics?

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Not long ago, the Joint Commission (a healthcare quality organization) established that patients with pneumonia should receive antibiotics within four hours of diagnosis. Timely diagnosis and treatment can be the difference between life and death in patients with this illness. In fact, some people believe this kind of quality measure should play a large role…

Provocative Piece On Behavioral Economics And Public Policy

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The Financial Times, one of the great newspapers of the world, recently published a really nice essay exploring some of the controversies about what role, if any, behavioral economics should play in public policy. I’m going to give you a “teaser” of the article here, and you can always click on the link to read…

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Beware Overreaching Government Efforts to Detect Breast Cancer

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JoAnn Pushkin’s breast cancer was diagnosed at an advanced stage because the density of her breasts obscured the tumor on her mammograms. That was shocking news to Pushkin, who only learned that her breasts were radiologically dense at the time of her diagnosis. Activated by this revelation, she has become a leading advocate of legislation,…

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The Age Of Electronic Medical Records Is Upon Us

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The United States is finally catching up to the rest of the developed world by integrating electronic medical records (EMRs) into our healthcare systems.  I thought I would share a couple pictures illustrating just how quickly the U.S. healthcare system is adopting these EMRs. The first picture comes from an article by Emily Jones and…

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