Weekly Roundup: Health care news and notes
February 20, 2015 · NCQA
Every Friday NCQA gives a rundown of some of the health care news stories from the past week. Here are some of our picks for this week:
- The financial impact of Alzheimer’s disease is estimated to reach more than $1 trillion a year by 2050. [The Washington Post]
- Studies suggest patients already at the hospital are at least three times as likely to die from a heart attack. [The Wall Street Journal]
- Medicare patients are paying the difference when hospitals buy doctor’s offices. [The New York Times]
- Study: smoking is even worse than previously thought. [The New York Times]
- Too many patients, too few doctors: Is this the foundation for the patient-centered medical home? [MedPage Today]
- Are you Choosing Wisely? State campaign explains that sometimes good medicine is about what not to do. [Business Wire]
- Atul Gawande discussed end of life care in a Frontline episode, entitled “Being Mortal.” [PBS]
- Are patients and providers in sync with patient engagement? [HIT Analytics]
- The U.S. government is poised to withdraw longstanding warnings about cholesterol. [The Washington Post]
- Quitting smoking has been just fine for CVS Health. [Bloomberg Business]
- A student’s health insurance cost would be less than paying the fine for going uninsured [The Los Angeles Times]
- New research shows that shorter shifts for medical residents do not appear to improve fatigue levels or patient care. [CBS]
