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Cthealthbook.org – new collection of resources
While you are home avoiding getting out to shovel, check out the updated www.cthealthbook.org. The site includes a collection of…
UConn Dempsey Hospital’s high use of controversial scans questioned
Patients at UConn’s Dempsey Hospital in Farmington are nearly ten times more likely to receive “combination CT scans” than at…
SustiNet final report off to General Assembly
The SustiNet task force has sent their recommendations to the legislature. Recomendations include payment and delivery system reforms, including patient…
January CT Health Policy web quiz – long term care
Test your knowledge of long term care costs in Connecticut. (Hint: they are very high). Take the January CT Health…
Geek alert: New report on geographic variation in Medicare spending
Huge variations in health care spending per person between different regions of the US have generated a lot of interest…
Serious quality of care questions in defibrillator implants
A new study on over 100,000 patients found that over one in five who received heart defibrillator implants shouldn’t have,…
Online calculator outlines bottom line business case for quality
I’ve been playing with NCQA’s Quality Dividend Calculator – a cool toy that estimates how much improving health care quality…
New report confirms that uninsured are NOT the reason for ER overcrowding, Medicaid is
Six out of seven ER visits to CT hospitals did not require hospital admission between 2006 and 2009, according to…
Courant editorial critical of CT physician oversight
Authorities in CT are too lax in approving physicians to practice here, according to the Hartford Courant’s editorial page. The…