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How CT can ensure everyone gets help for COVID-19

By Ellen Andrews | May 14, 2020

People of color are dying of COVID-19 at higher rates than other Connecticut residents. While researchers work on why that…

Book Club: Everything you need to know to understand, and fact check, data claims

By Ellen Andrews | May 13, 2020

The pandemic has placed us all in a crash course on health claims, science and data – what we know…

CT hospitals would fare better than most if all payers used Medicare payment rates

By Ellen Andrews | May 13, 2020

A new study published in Health Affairs finds that if commercial payment rates were set at fee-for-service Medicare levels in…

Q poll finds CT residents worried but support COVID public health restrictions

By Ellen Andrews | May 8, 2020

Almost half of Connecticut residents (43%) are feeling stressed by dealing with the state’s stay-at-home order, according to a new…

Protecting affordability in a pandemic — Experts find fair prices for remdesivir between $10 and $4,500

By Ellen Andrews | May 5, 2020

In a nation hungry for good news in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, remdesivir has emerged as a first ray of…

Share your ideas to support Connecticut health care coordination, access, and quality

By Ellen Andrews | April 29, 2020

The state is rushing to implement an expensive Health Information Exchange to access $48 million before a federal deadline. The…

CT 7th best at social distancing, Fairfield leads CT counties

By Ellen Andrews | April 28, 2020

Last week, Connecticut residents did better than most Americans in maintaining social distance according to a University of Maryland model.…

Under cover of the pandemic, OHS rushes controversial medical record exchange implementation

By Ellen Andrews | April 22, 2020

While most healthcare stakeholders and most of state government is focusing unprecedented efforts on protecting Connecticut from COVID-19, the Office…

Some bizarre COVID-19 myths busted

By Ellen Andrews | April 17, 2020

There are persistent but false rumors that 5G mobile networks can spread the COVID-19 virus, that being able to hold…