Purchasing Guides Released
A partnership between the Leapfrog Group and the Partnership for Value-driven Health Care has published guides to help...
Vascular Surgery Recommends Artery Screening Tests
Of the 700,000 strokes in the US annually, at least 30% are attributed to blockage of carotid arteries....
Hopkins Tests Powerful CT Scanner
Johns Hopkins is testing a state of the art advanced 256-slice CT scanner which it is using for...
Administration Significant Part of Healthcare Costs
The PNC Financial Services group commissioned a survey last month which examined administrative burden associated with insurance payment...
Studies Show that Costly Anemia Drugs Cause Harm
As reported in the New York Times, new studies show that costly biotech drugs for treatment of anemia...
Heart Bypass Surgery Gets a Second Look
In light of new safety concerns over the long-term use of stents and emerging data indicating that the...
Tech Race Raises Questions About Value
Pioneer Press covers the question of how much value hospitals derive from keeping up with the Joneses in...
Medicare Looks Harder Before Reimbursing Devices
Medical device manufacturers are finding Medicare more demanding before the administration accepts to put new products on its...