from Paceomics at http://bit.ly/1U5v7WS on June 30, 2015 at 09:32PM Featuring introduction by Genome Alberta CSO Dr. Gijs van Rooijin, and PACEOMICS Profs Christopher McCabe, University of Alberta and Richard Gold, McGill University, as well as Prof. Wylie Burke, University of Washington. Connect here: http://bit.ly/1Nvz2r0  

from Knowledge@Wharton » Health Economics at http://whr.tn/1NtfAM4 on June 30, 2015 at 07:47PM While pharmaceutical companies hope their television ads might convince a consumer to choose their drug over a rival’s, new Wharton research finds that the ads have a number of additional, unintended impacts.

from THCB at http://bit.ly/1NtfC6x on June 30, 2015 at 10:08PM By KIM KRUEGER Every quarter, Health 2.0 releases a summary set of data that explains where industry funding is going, which product segments are growing fastest, and where new company formation is happening. Health 2.0’s precision and clarity when it comes to market segmentation and […]

from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/1IqDCY0 on June 30, 2015 at 07:31PM The Supreme Court ruled against the plaintiffs in King vs. Burwell. In the aftermath, Michael Cannon, a principal architect of the plaintiffs’ suit, wrote that the battle to set in place a health care system that works for all Americans is far from over. […]

from Google Alert – “health economics” at http://bit.ly/1FO3F56 on June 30, 2015 at 04:33PM

from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/1BTWsVX on June 30, 2015 at 02:27PM From JAMA Pediatrics, Importance: It is important to estimate the burden of and trends for violence, crime, and abuse in the lives of children. Objective: To provide health care professionals, policy makers, and parents with current estimates of exposure to violence, crime, and […]

from Health Economics and Decision Science (HEDS) Blog at http://bit.ly/1C4PJZY on June 30, 2015 at 02:11PM

from Market Design at http://bit.ly/1Ns4s1X on June 30, 2015 at 01:44PM

from HealthEconomics.Com at http://bit.ly/1Ns4qHq on June 30, 2015 at 01:29PM This unique virtual conference can be attended from the convenience of your own office, by your entire management team. Hear from many of the nation’s top oncology thought leaders on health plans, oncology provider groups and benefit management companies. More information available here. (Source: AISHealth)

from News at http://bit.ly/1BToMId on June 30, 2015 at 10:15AM Patient-reported outcomes measures (PROMs) in Health Economics – an Overview and Key Developments in the Field Tuesday, 30 June 2015 In June 2015 OHE’s Nancy Devlin gave a seminar at the Royal Statistical Society on the topic of patient-reported outcomes measures (PROMs) in health economics […]

from News at http://bit.ly/1BToMId on June 30, 2015 at 10:15AM Patient-reported outcomes measures (PROMs) in Health Economics – an Overview and Key Developments in the Field Tuesday, 30 June 2015 In June 2015 OHE’s Nancy Devlin gave a seminar at the Royal Statistical Society on the topic of patient-reported outcomes measures (PROMs) in health economics […]

from News at http://bit.ly/1BToMId on June 30, 2015 at 10:15AM Patient-reported outcomes measures (PROMs) in Health Economics – an Overview and Key Developments in the Field Tuesday, 30 June 2015 In June 2015 OHE’s Nancy Devlin gave a seminar at the Royal Statistical Society on the topic of patient-reported outcomes measures (PROMs) in health economics […]

from THCB at http://bit.ly/1BToJMC on June 29, 2015 at 02:03PM By ROBERT WACHTER, MD What’s up with the ABIM?” “I just got a note about an alternative board. Should I join it?” “Aren’t you glad to be off the Board?” These days, I get these questions from friends and colleagues regularly. When I first joined […]

from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/1GWx9ln on June 30, 2015 at 11:00AM Recent studies have credited Pioneer ACOs with some savings, though less to none accounting for program costs. How do those study results square with predictions? I actually don’t know, and I’m not sure anybody does. The Pioneer Program is a demonstration program within the […]

from HealthEconomics.Com at http://bit.ly/1GJwrVf on June 29, 2015 at 06:16PM A recently published systematic review in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology has found that prompt pharmacist-led medication reviews upon hospital admissions did not impact length of admission, mortality, or re-admissions. Read more here. (Source: Ingrid Torjesen, the Pharmaceutical Journal, 6/23/15)

from HealthEconomics.Com at http://bit.ly/1GJwqRf on June 29, 2015 at 05:53PM Dr. Richard Horton, Editor-in-chief of the Lancet, recently published a statement declaring that a shocking amount of published research is unreliable at best, if not completely false, as in, fraudulent. Just how big of an issue is this really? The corruption of the medical industry […]

from HealthEconomics.Com at http://bit.ly/1GJwqAR on June 29, 2015 at 04:55PM NICE has recommended two new biosimilar versions of Remicade, Inflectra and Remsima, and says these new treatments should be used ahead of the original patented medicine. Final draft guidance on the subject is expected to be published in October. Read more here. (Source: Ben Adams, […]

from HealthEconomics.Com at http://bit.ly/1g5c27B on June 29, 2015 at 04:25PM A speaker a the Healthcare Financial Management Association’s Annual National Institute offered a sobering take on the subject of price transparency, the limits of the data on decision making, and how it could end up costing more in the end. Login required to read full […]

from HealthEconomics.Com at http://bit.ly/1GJwqkm on June 29, 2015 at 03:56PM After Greece has decreased its healthcare spending, Greek pharmacies are facing drug shortages of almost everything; antibiotics, vaccines, high blood pressure medication and so on. Greece’s international creditors have some changes in mind, of which, Pharmacist Giannis Dagres talks on the dangers of loosening pharmacy […]

from HealthEconomics.Com at http://bit.ly/1GJwr7J on June 29, 2015 at 03:15PM Beginning September 2015- How to Present Data, Health Economics for Non-Economists; Writing Value Props, Developing Dossiers, Getting Published, HTA Assessments, and more, from http://bit.ly/1g5bZbV Institute – The Creation Lab. Sign up to be the first to get information.

from Healthcare Economist at http://bit.ly/1Hvoj1l on June 30, 2015 at 05:56AM One way for insurers to reduce health care costs is to restrict patient access to only lower cost providers.  This phenomenon is known as narrow networks.  On the one hand, narrow networks can promote efficiency by driving down provider price and directing patients to the highest […]

from Google Alert – “health economics” at http://bit.ly/1FLJqoP on June 29, 2015 at 07:00AM

from EuroQOL at http://bit.ly/1GIwkJI on June 29, 2015 at 01:35PM The EuroQol Research Foundation is pleased to announce the first publication of the EuroQol…

from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/1C2AvVh on June 29, 2015 at 08:18PM Might as well make it Parasite Month. Evidently, I could spend the rest of my life making videos like this, but I’m cutting it off here. One more, and then we’re done. Unless you guys vote them back on Patreon, but that’s on […]

from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/1GIoUG8 on June 29, 2015 at 07:16PM It was easy to overlook in the hubbub over the end-of-term cases, but the Supreme Court this morning agreed to hear Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual, a case with significant implications for the states’ authority over the health-care sector. At issue in the case is […]

from CCHE General Updates Archive Feed at http://bit.ly/1FKEQa9 on June 29, 2015 at 02:52PM Canadian Centre for Health Economics View this email in your browser (http://bit.ly/1LE3z8z%5D) The University of Alberta is currently seeking applicants for a postdoctoral position for the Translating Research in Elder Care (TREC) measurement system project. For more details, please see: University […]

from Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review at http://bit.ly/1SXSYWX on June 29, 2015 at 03:39PM Why is Obamacare still so unpopular? Why aren’t the working class and middle-class signing up for it? Why is the Obamacare population sicker and causing so many big rate increases a year earlier than expected? Is Obamacare financially sustainable in […]