Tag: health-reform
Can More Care Actually Result in Lower Costs for All?
January 31st, 2011by: Dr. Angelo Falcone
I read an article recently by Dr. Atul Gawande in the New Yorker that comes as close to anything regarding making an argument that more care to the right subset of patients (Hot Spotters) may actually result in overall lower system costs. There are some mind-boggling statistics in the article including the highest 1% of patients […]
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Why Can’t We All Just Get Along (and Share Data)
December 14th, 2010by: Dr. Angelo Falcone
Sometimes it is the simple things in life that may make all the difference. How about the ability of doctors and hospitals to actually access current information on patients so we do not duplicate testing and procedures? This interesting study from the Kaiser Foundation found that patients who visited multiple emergency departments racked up three […]
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