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CEPAC meeting – comparing treatment resistant depression treatments
Friday’s CEPAC meeting in Providence was fascinating. We spent the day comparing the clinical and cost effectiveness of some common…
Upcoming webinars on overtreatment and shared decisionmaking
Join us for two upcoming webinars on similar themes. The first will be December 28th at 10am with Rosemary Gibson,…
New blog – CT Health Insurance Exchange Watch
A new blog, CT Health Insurance Exchange Watch, is tracking development of CT’s Health Insurance Exchange. The blog is jointly…
45% of CT individual health plans last year would not have triggered consumer rebates under new federal rules
A Hartford Courant analysis of 2010 individual health plans sold in CT finds that 45% did not spend at least…
New slides posted to cthealthbook.org
Updated slides from a health policy undergraduate class are available online at cthealthbook.org. Class topics include CT’s health care system,…
Small businesses ask HHS for help with CT insurance exchange
Small Business for a Healthy CT, a coalition of small companies, sent a letter yesterday asking HHS Secretary Sebelius to…
Yalies invent 3D imaging system for skin lesions
Three Yale undergraduate students have developed the 3Derm System, a small imaging device to transmit 3 dimensional images of potential…
CT hospitals well below US average in patient satisfaction
Patients at New Haven hospitals are the most satisfied in CT, but the bar is pretty low. New Haven’s hospitals…
New regional patient safety organization created
NEVER is a new collaboration of New England consumer advocates working to improve the safety of health care services in…