HOC is our outreach and engagement site which connects us with healthcare professionals, industry personnel and academics worldwide.
Our HOC platform shares blogs from experienced medical writers around the world, bringing you tips on good communication, evaluations of current health economics and outcomes research and healthcare evidence. Mixed in with great information you will find a light-hearted approach to current issues, some valuable downloads, as well as references for further reading.
Researchers from the Dartmouth Atlas Project suggest that regional variations in per capita Medicare spending provide important clues for how to more efficiently deliver healthcare throughout the United States, such that Medicare could shift from being insolvent (as projected) to being solvent by 2023.
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Well, you told us you all want HOC to be more accessible, and we also found out that you don’t just like to read, but want to write articles and comments…
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Welcome to our new format of Health Outcomes Communicator. Following the survey of our readers – thanks for all your valuable comments – we have revamped HOC to be a more interactive online newsletter.
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By Mary Gabb (mary.gabb@rxcomms.com) “There just isn’t, and never will be, enough money to provide every possible service” – a reminder to participants of the NICE Citizens Council (November 27–29,…
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By Robert Hand (robert.hand@rxcomm) As of the beginning of this year, the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) has added its code of ethics to membership application and renewal materials. New…
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By Julie Stauffer (julie.stauffer@rxcomms.com) You’ve scrutinized the data, crunched the numbers and arrived at a solid risk assessment. But how do you communicate that information so that great-aunt Betty can…
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By Mary Gabb (mary.gabb@rxcomms.com) January 1, 2009 – typically a day of new beginnings – marked the beginning of the end of SWAG (stuff we all get, or freebies) for…
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By David Woods (hmi3000@comcast.net) The European Union is moving to strengthen rights of EU patients to seek care in countries other than their own, while the UK government has stated…
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With President-elect Obama’s proposed plan to reform the US healthcare system, this will be the closest the US has gotten to universal health coverage. We provide a snapshot of the Obama healthcare plan and highlight some of the criticisms it has received from health economists.
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By David Woods (hmi3000@comcast.net) With healthcare in the US consuming about 16% of GNP, or around 2 trillion dollars a year, and still leaving an estimated 47 million people uninsured,…
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