Comparative effectiveness has really come to the fore following the Healthcare Reform Bill and has the potential to seriously affect businesses in the healthcare industry. But is it all just a misunderstood can of worms?
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The future of medical publishing might be e-publishing. Will there be a role for print journals?
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From e-books on Amazon.com to a new publishing format by the BMJ, e-reading is here to stay, and things will never be the same in medical publications.
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You can prove just about anything with statistics. We’ve seen this in polls, politics, and policy. Even in health economics, caveat emptor.
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We’ve all seen our share of silly headlines or sound bites, but they become a more serious matter when health or money is at stake.
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The UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has overhauled its technology appeals process with the aim of making it quicker and slicker. Despite the efforts at greater clarity, the short period for appealing final decisions remains, so time is of the essence.
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Updated guidance on the appeals process for technology appraisals doesn’t exactly conjure up sexy headlines, but the process affects everyone – manufacturer, provider, and patient – so it’s worth the read.
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With the growing push toward used of electronic health records (EHRs), a recent study looked at whether the computer will get in the way of the physician-patient interaction – literally or figuratively.
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Will electronic medical records be accepted in a psychiatric setting? It depends on both the patient and physician.
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In our world of bullet points, tweets, and soundbites, the celebrated Information Age has exploded into Information Hysteria for many would-be patients. We explore how patients can consider nuanced medical arguments in a world of reductive news and argumentation.
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