Good Health and The Lament About the Healthcare "Return on Investment". Elvonda

The Population Health Blog had time to go back and review this New England Journal article on "return on investment" in healthcar...

Good Health and There They Go Again - the New England Medical Journal Publishes another Rant, this Time about Power Morcellation. Elvonda

In 2015, we noted ( here and here ) that the New England Journal of Medicine seemed to have been reduced to publishing rants about "ph...

Good Health and What Revolving Door? - An Unprecedented Endorsement of a Political Appointment by the "Gold Standard" Medical Journal. Elvonda

An Unprecedented Endorsement  It's deja vu all over again.  In the spring of 2015, the New England Journal, the most prestigious US medi...

Good Health and The Potential of Community Health Workers (CHWs). Elvonda

He was among the highest. Utilizers of healthcare services, that is.  I had the pleasure of talking to a physician who is leading a group of...

Good Health and Say It Ain't So, Again - a "Push Poll" to Minimize the Hazards of Conflicts of Interest ...in the New England Journal of Medicine?. Elvonda

The New England Journal of Medicine recently published a remarkable series of apologiae for conflicts of interest,(1-4) about which we have ...

Good Health and BLOGSCAN - New England Journal of Medicine Scoffs at "Pharmascolds" . Elvonda

The venerable New England Journal of Medicine has now published an editorial,(1) and two commentaries(2-3), with one more promised, hailing ...

Good Health and Rising Healthcare Costs: Delayed or Defeated?. Elvonda

Ready, set...... According to this just-published New England Journal article , analysts are still waiting for the twin forces of 1) an imp...

Good Health and CMS Succumbs to Disease Management Style Spin?. Elvonda

If, thanks to the medical home or disease management, you've witnessed the improvements in patients' care, you've also probably ...

Good Health and 17 Reasons Why Care Management Is Probably Not Going To Be in a Clinic Near You Anytime Soon. Elvonda

Here's a good review of all the reasons why care management has not become a routine part of patient care.  As policymakers, reformists...

Good Health and The Just Right "Sweet Middle" of Care Management. Elvonda

Finding the "just right" middle If you're interested in care management (definition here ), there's a supportive case repo...

Good Health and Credble Numbers on Obamacare: And Why is the 16.3% Prevalence of Persons Without Health Insurance Good News?. Elvonda

The signed Affordable Care Act We finally have some credible numbers on what's happened to insurance enrollment under Obamacare. The pap...

Good Health and Here Comes Defined Contribution: Implications for Population Health. Elvonda

"Here they come!" Regular Population Health Blog readers understand that defined benefit insurance plans provide for the future...

Good Health and A Path Toward Further Health Reform Is Lined With the IRS?. Elvonda

As attention has shifted to phantom IRS emails, misbehaving Iraqis and our newfound national awareness of soccer's off-side rule, it...

Good Health and More Big Insights on Big Data. Elvonda

Given the data, what are her chances of getting breast cancer? Unable to sate its big appetite for big data insights, the Population Health ...

Good Health and Maintenance of Certification in Internal Medicine: What the Population Health Community Needs to Know. Elvonda

Since population health provider organizations work closely with physicians, they're aware that " board certification " is an ...