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CT consumers can’t get prices for health care; CT hospital costs for the same treatment vary widely

By Ellen Andrews | January 4, 2012

A pair of articles from CT Health I-Team highlights problems with CT’s health care market. Unlike in other states, CT…

Health IT privacy meeting

By Ellen Andrews | December 28, 2011

The first meeting of the HITE-CT privacy committee will be January 11th from 12:30 to 2pm at the LOB. This…

Overtreatment webinar slides and video posted

By Ellen Andrews | December 28, 2011

Slides and video from Rosemary Gibson’s webinar on What States Can Do About Health Care Overuse are posted. Rosemary Gibson…

CER Webinars

By Ellen Andrews | December 23, 2011

Join us for two upcoming webinars on similar themes. The first is next Wednesday, December 28th at 10am with Rosemary…

Electronic health record breaches up 32% this year over last

By Ellen Andrews | December 20, 2011

As more patient records move to electronic formats, the number of breaches, or losses, of that information is also up…

CT Insurance Exchange News

By Ellen Andrews | December 16, 2011

New on the CT Exchange Watch Blog – www.ctexchangewatch.org – Mercer finishes report to exchange board, more press and more…

CEPAC meeting – comparing treatment resistant depression treatments

By Ellen Andrews | December 12, 2011

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

By Ellen Andrews | December 8, 2011

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

By Ellen Andrews | December 7, 2011

A new blog, CT Health Insurance Exchange Watch, is tracking development of CT’s Health Insurance Exchange. The blog is jointly…