2008
"Americans Who Have Insurance - But Still No Access To Care"
Maggie Mahar
The Century Foundation blog, September 5, 2008
"Consumer Reports Study Shows 'More Isn't Better' In Health Care; Finds UNMH Near Top In Conservative Treatment"
Winthrop Quigley
The Albuquerque Journal, September 4, 2008
"Health care groups assign ratings to doctors"
Guy Boulton
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 30, 2008
"Health insurers describe business as balancing act"
Julie M. McKinnon
The Toledo Blade, August 26, 2008
"Dems must put consistency in health care plan"
William R. Brody
The Denver Post, August 22, 2008
"Reforming health care means more than just expanding coverage"
The News Journal (Delaware), August 17, 2008
"Patients of 21st century require new form of care"
Pat Justis
The Olympian (Washington), August 6, 2008
"Many Hospitals Are Expanding, But Some Critics Ask Why"
David Darman
New Hampshire Public Radio, August 4, 2008
"Commentary: How to make Medicare better"
Amy Klobuchar and Michele Kimball
The Bemidji Pioneer (Minnesota), August 3, 2008
"A Senior Moment: They're killing us with care"
Ron Mack
The Cherokee Scout (North Carolina), July 29, 2008
"Why Does Health Care Cost So Much?"
Shannon Brownlee
AARP Magazine, July & August, 2008
"Aggressive Care Not The Best Rx For Chronic Illness"
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 27, 2008
"Medicare still needs a lot of reform"
Amy Klobuchar
The Minneapolis Star Tribune, July 19, 2008
"Rise Seen in Medical Efforts to Treat the Very Old"
Anemona Hartocollis
The New York Times, July 18, 2008
"More Doctors, More Money, More Problems"
Josh Patashnik
The New Republic blog, July 17, 2008
"Minnesota hurt by Medicare, Klobuchar calls for reform"
Kendall Anderson
Twin Cities Finance and Commerce, July 14, 2008
"FRHG grades mixed"
Andrea Koskey
The Appeal-Democrat (California), July 7, 2008
"Consumer Reports: Overly aggressive hospital care"
Jeffrey Wolf
KUSA (Colorado), July 1, 2008
"Dangers Of Overly-Aggressive Hospital Care"
Patricia Capiro
WPEC (Florida), June 27, 2008
"When less is more"
Thomas Munro
New Mexico Business Weekly, June 27, 2008
"Comparing Hospitals"
WXYZ (Detroit), June 26, 2008
"Consumer Reports studies hospitals"
Erik Hogstrom
The Dubuque Telegraph Herald, June 24, 2008
"Media scan"
Barb Berggoetz
The Indianapolis Star, June 24, 2008
"Medical care: More isn't better"
The Times-Union (Jacksonville, FL), June 23, 2008
"UNM Hospital Ranks 3rd in Nation in Providing Conservative Care"
UNM Today, June 23, 2008
"Health Care in the Berkshires: Where are we?"
Jack Dew
The Berkshire Eagle, June 22, 2008
"Spread good health to all corners of Rochester"
Nancy Bennett and Wade Norwood
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, June 18, 2008
"Health Matters: Experts find 'glaring' gaps in health care"
LJ Anderson
The Redwood City Daily News, June 17, 2008
"High cost of unnecessary treatment"
James Warren
The Chicago Tribune, June 16, 2008
"Rankings raise issue of aggressive health care"
Liv Osby
The Greenville News, June 15, 2008
"Aggressive care for chronic illnesses isn't always best choice"
Monica Laliberte
WRAL (North Carolina), June 12, 2008
"Operation Zip Code"
Rachele Kanigel
Prevention, June 11, 2008
"Oregon holds medical costs in check"
The Oregonian, June 11, 2008
"Research should improve delivery of care"
Myrl Weinberg
The Muskogee Phoenix (Oklahoma), June 11, 2008
"Hospice underused in Illinois, experts point to 'death-defying' culture"
Nafis Ahmed and Whitney Jackson
Medill Reports, June 10, 2008
"No Need to Ration Care"
Shannon Brownlee
The Washington Post, June 10, 2008
"Health Care Disparity Studies Funded"
Joanne Wojcik
Workforce Management, June 10, 2008
"Consumers Union enters hospital-comparison arena"
Andi Atwater
The Wichita Eagle, June 10, 2008
"Amputations show racial inequities in US"
IOL (South Africa), June 7, 2008
"In treating end-of-life patients, UPMC South Side most active"
Kris B. Mamula
Pittsburgh Business Times, June 6, 2008
"Vermont scores high for diabetes care"
Nancy Remsen
The Burlington Free Press, June 6, 2008
"Humboldt named to health care initiative"
Jessie Faulkner
The Times-Standard (Arcata, CA), June 6, 2008
"Research Finds Wide Disparities in Health Care by Race and Region"
Kevin Sack
The New York Times, June 5, 2008
"Study: More blacks than whites must lose a leg to diabetes"
Julie Appleby
USA Today, June 5, 2008
"Communities to get $300 million to tackle health"
Kevin Freking
The Associated Press, June 5, 2008
"Research Finds Wide Disparities in Health Care by Race and Region"
Anna Wilde Mathews
The Wall Street Journal, June 5, 2008
"RWJF gives $300 million for healthcare"
United Press International, June 5, 2008
"Race, Region Affect Patient Care in U.S.: Report"
U.S. News & World Report, June 5, 2008
"Amputations show racial inequities in US healthcare: study"
AFP, June 5, 2008
"Get health news in an instant"
Rita Rubin
USA Today Health Blog, June 5, 2008
"State group part of health-care initiative"
Guy Boulton
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 5, 2008
"Grant to Puget Sound Health Alliance will target health inequities"
Carol M. Ostrom
The Seattle Times, June 5, 2008
"Millions granted to improve health care"
Cherie Black
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 5, 2008
"New report prompts grant program to improve health-care access"
Julius A. Karash
The Kansas City Star, June 5, 2008
"Health Care Quality Varies in Kansas City"
Elana Gordon
KCUR (Kansas City), June 5, 2008
"Foundation trying to raise quality of health care"
Josie Huang
The Portland Press Herald (Maine), June 5, 2008
"Minnesota / Group to target disparity in health outcomes"
Jeremy Olson
The St. Paul Pioneer Press, June 5, 2008
"Grant to unify health-care messages"
Cliff Peale
The Cincinnati Enquirer, June 5, 2008
"Health Care System Disrupted By Race and Regional Disparities"
Dee Chisamera
eFluxMedia, June 5, 2008
"Racial disparities found in Medicare in state"
Ellyn Ferguson
The Green Bay Press-Gazette, June 5, 2008
"$1 million grant confronts health care inequities"
Pat Shellenbarger
The Grand Rapids Press, June 5, 2008
"Cuyahoga County above average in diabetes management"
Harlan Spector
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, June 5, 2008
"York-Adams picked for national health care project"
David Wenner
The Patriot-News (Pennsylvania), June 5, 2008
"Cincinnati, Cleveland In Study To Improve Medicare"
WBNS 10TV (Ohio), June 5, 2008
"Humboldt County among 14 communities picked for major effort to change health care"
Karen Wilkinson
The Eureka Reporter, June 5, 2008
"Another comparison tool ... with Consumer Reports' online hospital rankings"
Jean DerGurahian
Modern Healthcare, June 2, 2008
"Too much treatment? Aggressive medical care can lead to more pain with no gain"
Consumer Reports, July 2008
"More care isn't better when it comes to health care"
Mary Jo Feldstein
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 4, 2008
"More Not Always Better When It Comes To Healthcare"
Yvonne Zanos
KDKA (Pittsburgh), June 4, 2008
"Hospice offers peace for last days"
Carol Ann Campbell
The Newark Star-Ledger, June 2, 2008
"Two Peninsula hospitals on 'aggressive' list toward Medicare patients"
Jim Casey
Peninsula Daily News (Washington), June 2, 2008
"A Different Way of Ranking Hospitals"
Avery Comarow
U.S. News & World Report, May 30, 2008
"In New York City, Two Versions of End-of-Life Care"
Anemona Hartocollis and Ford Fessenden
The New York Times, May 30, 2008
"Aggressive patient care may be harmful to your health, report suggests"
Julius A. Karash and Alan Bavley
The Kansas City Star, May 30, 2008
"Consumer Reports rates Bay Area hospitals"
Victoria Colliver
The San Francisco Chronicle, May 30, 2008
"Consumer Reports rates hospitals on aggressive or conservative late-life care"
Carrie Peyton Dahlberg
The Sacramento Bee, May 30, 2008
"Hospitals Rated On Most Serious Diseases"
Mary Shedden
The Tampa Tribune, May 30, 2008
"More health care may not always be better"
Cherie Black
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 30, 2008
"End-of-life care varies widely in CNY"
James T. Mulder
The Syracuse Post-Standard, May 30, 2008
"Hospital Care in New York Ranked Among Most Aggressive"
E.B. Solomont
The New York Sun, May 30, 2008
"City hosps fight death harder, sez study"
Jordan Lite
The New York Daily News, May 30, 2008
"Consumers Union to Rate Hospitals"
Anna Wilde Mathews
The Wall Street Journal, May 29, 2008
"Too much medical treatment? Hospital rankings vary in study of aggressiveness"
Carol M. Ostrom
The Seattle Times, May 29, 2008
"Consumer Reports publishes hospital ratings"
Judith Graham
The Chicago Tribune health blog, May 29, 2008
"The High Price of A Medical Miracle"
Darshak Sanghavi
The Washington Post, May 27, 2008
"Health Care Costs"
Vermont Public Radio, May 22, 2008
"A more welcoming model for care"
Alice Dembner
The Boston Globe, May 19, 2008
"Health care costs"
The Albany Times Union, May 18, 2008
"A model for Medicare? New study praises Sutter Health"
Kathy Robertson
The Sacramento Business Journal, May 16, 2008
"More medical school grads select specialty practices"
Nancy Young
The Virginian-Pilot, May 15, 2008
"Back Pain Eludes Perfect Solutions"
Leslie Berger
The New York Times, May 13, 2008
"Living will can lessen the pain"
Jay Hancock
The Baltimore Sun, May 9, 2008
"Back problems by the numbers"
The Orange County Register (California), May 9, 2008
"For the Elderly, Being Heard About Life's End"
Jane Gross
The New York Times, May 5, 2008
"End wasteful health-care spending or boomers will bankrupt nation"
Judd Gregg
The Concord Monitor, May 1, 2008
"More health care doesn't mean better health care"
Michael J. Pramenko
The Grand Junction Free Press, April 30, 2008
"MHP one of the top five Iowa hospitals at controlling costs without diminishing care"
Editorial
The Oskaloosa Herald, April 30, 2008
"Centenarians could strain budgets"
Thomas Goldsmith
The News & Observer (North Carolina), April 28, 2008
"A study finds end-of-life costs in S. Florida are among the highest in the nation"
John Dorschner
The Miami Herald, April 27, 2008
"Doctors, family may be at odds over treatment"
John Dorschner
The Miami Herald, April 27, 2008
"Mayo Clinic weighs in with a comprehensive health proposal"
Richard Mial
The La Crosse Tribune, April 27, 2008
"Gov. Tim Pawlenty: Health-care records lag technology"
Newt Gingrich and Tim Pawlenty
The Minneapolis Star Tribune, April 27, 2008
"2 hospitals frugal with final care"
Mike Saccone
The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction, CO), April 27, 2008
"Uncovered Story"
Investor's Business Daily, April 23, 2008
"Six steps to bring about true health-care reform in Utah"
Joseph Q. Jarvis
The Salt Lake Tribune, April 23, 2008
"End-of-life care praised"
Nancy Lofholm
The Denver Post, April 23, 2008
"Houston's cost of dying"
Dave Fehling
Texas Cable News, April 22, 2008
"CBO Chief Is Health-Care Referee"
Anna Wilde Mathews
The Wall Street Journal, April 21, 2008
"Back Pain: What Works"
Robert Langreth
Forbes, April 21, 2008
"Study says Iowa hospitals lead in cost control for chronically ill"
Pat Curtis
Radio Iowa News, April 17, 2008
"A Looming Shortage, or the Wrong Doctors in the Wrong Places?"
Jacob Goldstein
The Wall Street Journal Health Blog, April 16, 2008
"Be sensible in assessing cost, quality of health care"
David L. Katz
The New Haven Register, April 16, 2008
"Iowa doctors may sue Medicare"
The Des Moines Business Record, April 16, 2008
"Our opinion: More care, less quality"
Tom Dennis
The Grand Forks Herald, April 15, 2008
"Cost for treating chronically ill varies widely"
Kris Hundley
The St. Petersburg Times, April 14, 2008
"Spending still high - Study shows price limits not enough to end cost spiral"
Jean DerGurahian
Modern Healthcare, April 14, 2008
"Is more health care better?"
Sarah Arnquist
The San Luis Obispo Tribune, April 13, 2008
"Quality Care at Bargain Prices"
Editorial
The New York Times, April 10, 2008
"Phoebe: Competition may drive up costs"
Barbara Rivera Holmes
The Albany Herald, April 10, 2008
"Chronically Ill Patients Get More Care, Less Quality"
NCPA Daily Policy Digest, April 9, 2008
"Is More Health Care Too Much Health Care?"
Editorial
The Albuquerque Journal, April 9, 2008
"Study: Quality of Care Low for Chronically Ill Patients"
Christine Grimaldi
CQ Healthbeat News, April 8, 2008
"Researchers Find Huge Variations in End-of-Life Treatment"
Robert Pear
The New York Times, April 7, 2008
"Study: Medicare flows unevenly to hospitals"
Julie Appleby
USA Today, April 7, 2008
"More Choices Drive Cost of Health Care"
Theo Francis
The Wall Street Journal, April 7, 2008
"Plentiful Services Drive Health Costs at End of Life"
Theo Francis
The Wall Street Journal Health Blog, April 7, 2008
"Hospital Capacity Drives Costs"
Kevin Freking
The Associated Press, April 7, 2008
"Care for Elderly Ill Costliest in N.Y., New Jersey, California "
Aliza Marcus
Bloomberg, April 7, 2008
"Study find NJ hospital patients get most excessive care"
Carol Ann Campbell
The Newark Star-Ledger, April 7, 2008
"End-of-life care costlier in Boston"
Stephen Smith
The Boston Globe, April 7, 2008
"Hospital spending varies widely: Study findings on end-of-life care have broad implications"
Guy Boulton
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 7, 2008
"Utah docs foster death with dignity"
Heather May
The Salt Lake Tribune, April 7, 2008
"Cost: End-of-Life Spending Can Boost Bills Without Extending Life"
Joanne Kenen
The New America Foundation Health Dialogue Blog, April 7, 2008
"Medicare Funding of Care for Seniors Varies Greatly"
John Miller
eNews 2.0, April 7, 2008
"Urgent Action Needed to Stem Rise in Health Care Costs"
PRNewswire, April 2, 2008
"Holy Cross Hospital to close North Ridge"
John Dorschner
The Miami Herald, April 2, 2008
"Time to implement a quality remedy for U.S. health care"
The Billings Gazette, March 23, 2008
"End-of-life care moves beyond 'more is better'"
Josephine Marcotty
The Minneapolis Star Tribune, March 22, 2008
"Obama Chief Health Adviser Pushes Pay for Performance if Doctors Like Standards"
Mark Crane
MedPage Today, March 14, 2008
"Cuts threaten Children's program to train pediatricians"
Allison M. Heinrichs
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, March 13, 2008
"About Those Health Care Plans by the Democrats ..."
Robert Pear
The New York Times, March 3, 2008
"Politicians avoid gorilla that is health-care system"
Ann Gowans
The Columbia Daily Tribune (Missouri), March 3, 2008
"Crist seeks hospital deregulation"
John Dorschner
The Miami Herald, March 3, 2008
"Too few to help"
Stephanie Ramage
The Sunday Paper (Georgia), March 2, 2008
"Benefits of Spine Surgery Affirmed"
William M. Bulkeley
The Wall Street Journal, February 21, 2008
"Surgery is Best for Patients with Spinal Stenosis, Third SPORT Study Shows"
TDI Press Release, February 20, 2008
"A Test You Shouldn't Jump At: A Genetic Test for Prostate Cancer May Boost Worry, Little More"
H. Gilbert Welch
The Washington Post, February 19, 2008
"Pros and CON"
The St. Louis Post Dispatch, February 15, 2008
"Super Sunday outpouring"
John E. Carey
The Washington Times, February 2, 2008
"More money, less health"
David Kohn
The Baltimore Sun, January 27, 2008
"Competing to care for hearts"
David Gulliver
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune, January 21, 2008
"Prostate cancer screening? Some men say 'no'"
JoNel Aleccia
MSNBC, January 17, 2008
"Jersey's hospitals reviewing how they treat dying patients"
Carol Ann Campbell
The Newark Star-Ledger, January 15, 2008
"Elderly rely more on family for care"
Henry L. Davis
The Buffalo News, January 13, 2008
"Dartmouth study questions cost effectiveness of digital mammography screening"
Health News Digest, January 3, 2008
"When a pound of cure is too much"
Gregory M. Lamb
The Christian Science Monitor, January 2, 2008
"Costs stymie call for more doctors"
Gregory Lopes
The Washington Times, January 2, 2008
"Efforts To Increase Medical School Enrollment Could Place Financial Burden On U.S. Health Care System, Experts Say"
Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, January 2, 2008
"Healthy skepticism"
H. Gilbert Welch and Steven Woloshin
The Boston Globe, January 1, 2008
2007
"Diabetes Screening Isn't Always Beneficial"
Dianne Finch
New Hampshire Public Radio, December 26, 2007
"Health care debate shifts to new area: consumption"
Jim Jaffe
The Baltimore Sun, December 19, 2007
"No. 1 Book, and It Offers Solutions"
David Leonhardt
The New York Times, December 19, 2007
"How to Afford Health Care Reform"
Donald M. Berwick and Howard Hiatt
The Huffington Post, December 17, 2007
"Is this what America stands for?"
Linda P. Campbell
McClatchy Newspapers, December 15, 2007
"Future of Health Care"
Bob Kinzel
Vermont Public Radio, December 14, 2007
"Health care costs unequal"
Guy Boulton
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 5, 2007
"CBO: Medicare and Medicaid spending growth unsustainable"
Doug Trapp
AMNews, December 3, 2007
"Where peace is the last medicine"
Carol Ann Campbell
The Newark Star-Ledger, December 3, 2007
"A troubling abundance of care"
Carol Ann Campbell
The Newark Star-Ledger, December 2, 2007
"New hospitals raise costs: Poor care can result, expert says"
Patricia Anstett
The Detroit Free Press, December 1, 2007
"Life Isn't Fair"
William Baldwin
Forbes, November 26, 2007
"The High Cost of Health Care"
The New York Times, November 25, 2007
"The Real Long-Term Health Care Challenge"
OMB Watch, November 20, 2007
"Does the U.S. Have Too Many Doctors?"
Maggie Mahar
The Century Foundation, November 19, 2007
"More health care is not necessarily better care"
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
The Seattle Times, November 13, 2007
"Weighing the costs: How necessary is an annual physical?"
Adam Voiland
U.S. News & World Report, November 13, 2007
"A Model for Health Care That Pays for Quality"
Milt Freudenheim
The New York Times, November 7, 2007
"Making Sure Patients Get What They Want At The End Of Life"
Martha Bebinger
WBUR CommonHealth, November 7, 2007
"Bad-Disk Reboot: Back Pain May Not Mean Surgery"
Terry Gross
National Public Radio, October 31, 2007
"Spike in Disease Doesn't Always Mean an Epidemic"
Roy Richard Grinker
The Washington Post, October 30, 2007
"Giving Patients a Larger Voice: More Doctors Welcome Dialogue About Tests And Procedures"
Shannon Brownlee
The Washington Post, October 23, 2007
"We have more students. Now what?"
Myrle Croasdale
AMNews, October 22/29, 2007
"Are Today's Hospital Patients 'Overtreated'?"
Ira Flatow
National Public Radio, October 12, 2007
"Newtered: Gingrich's Congress emasculated the one agency capable of controlling health care costs and improving quality. Time to reverse the procedure."
Shannon Brownlee
The Washington Monthly, October 1, 2007
"Best Care Everywhere: Here's an Idea: A Civilian VA for the Uninsured, and Maybe the Rest of Us"
Phillip Longman
The Washington Monthly, October 2007
"Cancer scares grow as screening rises"
Scott Allen
The Boston Globe, September 30, 2007
"Oklahoma's mastectomy rate among nation's highest"
The Associated Press, September 23, 2007
"Mastectomy rate has officials asking why options not used"
Jeff Raymond
The Oklahoman, September 23, 2007
"Health-Care Spending Is Highest in Northeast"
Jane Zhang
The Wall Street Journal, September 18, 2007
"Update: Hillary's Plan"
Maggie Mahar
TPM Cafe, September 17, 2007
"Expensive and divisive: how America is losing patience with a failing system"
Sarah Boseley and Suzanne Goldenberg
The Guardian (U.K.), September 13, 2007
"Spine tuning: Innovative surgeries raise hope, concern"
Alice Dembner
The Boston Globe, September 3, 2007
"A Study a Day Keeps the Doctor Away: Hard evidence could be the best medicine for patients and the health care system"
Leyla Kokmen
Utne Reader, September-October, 2007
"What No One Tells You When You're Tested for Prostate Cancer"
Maggie Mahar
TPM Cafe, August 27, 2007
"Neurological condition can disrupt life"
Hiran Ratnayake
The News Journal (Wilmington, DE), August 14, 2007
"Do more beds drive up costs? Aurora is a case in point in old debate"
Guy Boulton
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 12, 2007
"Commentary: Disclosure is critical to the quality of health care"
John J. Castellani
The Laconia Citizen (New Hampshire), August 12, 2007
"Smart bombs: Putting patients last"
Gary Crooks
The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA), August 11, 2007
"Medicare pay plan punishes Iowa physicians"
Michael Kitchell
The Des Moines Register, August 8, 2007
"Former CMS chief launches "do tank" focused on health care"
David Glendinning
AMNews, August 6, 2007
"Health Matters: New Thinking On Medicare"
Julie Rovner
CongressDaily, August 3, 2007
"Public-private partnerships seek better health care"
Alphonso O'Neil-White
The Buffalo News, July 30, 2007
"Benefits of stroke screening debated"
Dean Olsen
The State Journal-Register (Illinois), July 30, 2007
"Editorial: A gene for restless legs?"
New Scientist, July 28, 2007
"Dartmouth researchers form partnership with Brookings Institution"
The Associated Press, July 27, 2007
"Health care in Utah gets high marks"
Ben Caballero
Deseret Morning News, July 22, 2007
"Scientists Find Genetic Link for a Disorder (Next, Respect?)"
Nicholas Wade
The New York Times, July 19, 2007
"Restless legs may be driven by genes"
Ken Foskett
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 19, 2007
"Restless leg syndrome may have genetic roots"
Mike Stobbe
The Associated Press, July 19, 2007
"Gov't Adviser Warns of Health Care Costs"
Matthew Perrone
The Associated Press, July 18, 2007
"Some Chronically Ill Adults Wait for Medicare"
Gina Kolata
The New York Times, July 12, 2007
"Medicare Declares Major Success in Project Treating Costly Chronic Disease"
SeniorJournal.com, July 13, 2007
"How to Size Up Your Hospital"
Theo Francis
The Wall Street Journal, July 10, 2007
"Getting our 2 percent's worth"
Gubby Barlow
The Seattle Times, July 3, 2007
"How well does 'Sicko' stand up to the facts"
Kevin Lamb
The Dayton Daily News, July 2, 2007
"Report from Washington: More knowledge can lower health-care costs"
Judd Gregg
Foster's Online, July 1, 2007
"Overtreated; Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer"
Kirkus Reviews, July 2007
"Surgery helps with type of back pain"
United Press International, June 29, 2007
"Capitol Chat"
Adam Wilson
The Olympian (Washington), June 29, 2007
"Welcome to the Health Care Buffet"
Jason Fodeman
Accuracy In Media, June 29, 2007
"Medicare Cuts Threaten Imaging Companies"
Matthew Perrone
The Associated Press, June 25, 2007
"Local children face risks with gaps in care"
Keri Brenner
The Olympian (Washington), June 24, 2007
"Orszag Takes on Health Care Spending Issues With Authority"
John Reichard
CQ HealthBeat, June 22, 2007
"The Patient's Prerogative: Hospitals Are Posting Surgical Results Online To Inform Those Considering Going Under The Knife"
CBS News, June 21, 2007
"Let's focus on primary care"
Richard Feldman
The Indianapolis Star, June 19, 2007
"A train that hasn't left the station; Studies give lie to notion that healthcare is well on the way toward higher quality"
Todd Sloane
Modern Healthcare, June 18, 2007
"Florida healthcare ranks low"
John Dorschner
The Miami Herald, June 13, 2007
"Editorial: At the front for backs"
BDN Staff
The Bangor Daily News (Maine), June 13, 2007
"Agency lists Wisconsin No. 1 in health care"
The Associated Press and Tribune staff
The La Crosse Tribune (Wisconsin), June 13, 2007
"Need a Knee Replaced? Check Your ZIP Code"
Stephanie Saul
The New York Times, June 11, 2007
"Who Pays for Efficiency?"
Steve Lohr
The New York Times, June 11, 2007
"Medical students get a dose of reality"
John Dorschner
The Miami Herald, June 10, 2007
"Gene Screens May Reveal Future Illnesses - Or Spur False Hopes"
Dianne Finch
New Hampshire Public Radio, June 8, 2007
"Health Care as if Costs Didn't Matter"
David Leonhardt
The New York Times, June 6, 2007
"Back Pain? Here's Relief: New research reveals what treats it best, and when"
Nancy Shute
U.S. News & World Report, June 3, 2007
"Surgery can fix back problems, but time works too"
Reuters, June 1, 2007
"Surgery beats drugs and therapy for treating common back ailment"
Thomas H. Maugh II
The Los Angeles Times, May 31, 2007
"When Is Back Surgery Helpful?"
Jon LaPook
CBS News, May 30, 2007
"Heart Medications vs. Surgery: Area Cardiologists Say Study Results Won't Change How They Practice"
Kristen Fountain
The Valley News, May 28, 2007
"Hillary Clinton Unveils Plan For Reducing Health Care Costs"
Catharine Paddock
Medical News Today, May 25, 2007
"You Get What You Pay For"
Grace-Marie Turner
Galen Institute Reports, May 25, 2007
"Study: Fewer ICUs could save babies"
Mike Stobbe
The Associated Press, May 24, 2007
"How many new doctors do we really need?"
Renie Schapiro
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 20, 2007
"Fix health care? Mayo's on the case"
Chen May Yee
The Star Tribune (Minneapolis/St. Paul), May 5, 2007
"Is Back Surgery Worth It?"
Catherine Guthrie
Real Simple, May 1, 2007
"Survival Plan"
Maggie Mahar
The American Prospect, April 30, 2007
"US higher education: Medicinal properties"
Rex Dalton
Nature, April 25, 2007
"To Screen - or Not?"
Katherine Hobson
U.S. News & World Report, April 23, 2007
"More not necessarily better when it comes to health care"
Ann Gowans
The Columbia Daily Tribune (Missouri), April 23, 2007
"What's Changed In the Protracted Health-Care Debate"
David Wessel
The Wall Street Journal, April 12, 2007
"Cost Counts"
Ezra Klein
The American Prospect, April 12, 2007
"Why Real Reform is Necessary--and Politically Possible"
Maggie Mahar
TPM Cafe, April 11, 2007
"Finding More Cancer Isn't the Answer"
H. Gilbert Welch, Lisa Schwartz and Steven Woloshin
The Washington Post, April 10, 2007
"Lessons of Heart Disease, Learned and Ignored"
Gina Kolata
The New York Times, April 8, 2007
"Perverse Incentives in Health Care"
John C. Goodman
The Wall Street Journal, April 5, 2007
"Dahlberg takes on health care 'myths'"
Gregory Hahn
The Idaho Statesman, April 4, 2007
"Fewer Doctors Choosing Family Practice"
Kathryn Stearns
The Valley News (New Hampshire), April 2, 2007
"Demand for Primary Care Providers Outpaces Supply"
Kathryn Stearns
The Valley News (New Hampshire), April 1, 2007
"Can The Increase In Health Care Expenditures Be Slowed?"
Thomson American Health Consultants, Inc.
AHC Newsletters, April 1, 2007
"Heart center to review stent study"
Joe Medici
The Chronicle-Telegram (Ohio), March 28, 2007
"MRIs urged in breast cancer detection"
Judy Peres
The Chicago Tribune, March 28, 2007
"Spokane doctor says stents shouldn't always be ruled out"
Jonel Aleccia
The Spokesman Review (Spokane, WA), March 27, 2007
"Surgical Sites: Who Picks the Hospital?"
Sandra G. Boodman
The Washington Post, March 27, 2007
"Cuban-style clinics may be a model for U.S."
John Dorschner
McClatchy Newspapers, March 19, 2007
"Analysis: Is New Jersey killing Medicare?"
Olga Pierce
United Press International, March 12, 2007
"The End In Two Acts"
Lauren Kessler
The Los Angeles Times Magazine, March 11, 2007
"Usefulness of C-reactive protein test questioned"
Medical Research News, February 27, 2007
"Health Care: Keeping boomers running a little longer"
Sarah Arnquist
The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, CA), February 24, 2007
"Why America spends so freakin' much on health care"
Pat Regnier
CNN Money: Generation Risk Blog, February 21, 2007
"Authoritative Center Urged for Comparing Value of Treatments"
John Reichard
CQ HealthBeat, February 2007
"A Chance to Pick Hospice, and Still Hope to Live"
Reed Abelson
The New York Times, February 10, 2007
"NH employers back health plan after Leavitt meeting"
Denis Paiste
The Union Leader, February 10, 2007
"Screening tests aren't as precise as we think"
Jeremy Manier
The Chicago Tribune, February 6, 2007
"Pin the Tail on the Doctor: A dearth of information leaves health-care consumers in the dark"
Karen M. Kroll
CFO Magazine, February 1, 2007
"Few dollars are spent on preventive care"
John Dorschner
The Miami Herald, January 28, 2007
"What's a Pound of Prevention Really Worth?"
David Leonhardt
The New York Times, January 24, 2007
"Patients learn to share in health care decisions"
Joe Fahy
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 17, 2007
"'Observational' Studies Can Produce Skewed Results"
Amanda Gardner
HealthDay News, January 17, 2007
"Too many specialists hike cost"
Sara Solovitch
Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal, January 15, 2007
"A Growth Spurt for Medical Schools"
Katherine Mangan
The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 12, 2007
"When It's O.K. to Run Hurt"
Gina Kolata
The New York Times, January 11, 2007
"Prescribed opinions: Can we trust the media to report fairly on health and medicine when it appears so heavily influenced by the drugs industry?"
Peter Aldhous
New Scientist, January 6, 2007
"A Surprising Secret to a Long Life: Stay in School"
Gina Kolata
The New York Times, January 3, 2007
"Stakeholders reveal mixed stances on P4P"
Diana Manos
Healthcare IT News, January 3, 2007
"Leave Us Alone"
Medindia, January 2, 2007
"As life ebbs, bills can mount: Millions of elderly get needless and costly medical care as they near death, a study says"
Alan Bavley and Julius A. Karash
The Kansas City Star, January 1, 2007
"Price pressures haunt digital mammography: While U.S. providers question cost-effectiveness, European enthusiasm for technology grows"
Emily Hayes
Diagnostic Imaging, January 1, 2007
2006
"Fewer doctors sticking around"
Hattie Bernstein
The Nashua Telegraph, December 31, 2006
"Reports: Financial pressures, competition hurt NJ hospitals"
Linda A. Johnson
The Associated Press, December 26, 2006
"New Hampshire ranked third for health"
Cindy Kibbe
NH Business Review, December 22, 2006
"More on the Effects of Timed Births"
David Leonhardt
The New York Times, December 20, 2006
"Comprehensive New Jersey Health Care Almanac Finds Systemic Imbalances and Wide Variations in How Health Care is Delivered"
PRNewswire, December 18, 2006
"The More You Pay, the Better the Care? Think Twice"
Eduardo Porter
The New York Times, December 17, 2006
"High prices don't translate into better healthcare in South Florida"
John Dorschner
The Miami Herald, December 17, 2006
"What Money Doesn't Buy in Health Care"
David Leonhardt
The New York Times, December 13, 2006
"Hawaii's good health still leaves room for improvement"
The Star Bulletin (Hawaii), December 11, 2006
"Mercy a leader in back surgeries"
Kristin Buehner
The Globe Gazette (Iowa), December 9, 2006
"Area hospitals graded for procedure quality: EMH gets high marks for angioplasty"
Brad Dicken
The Chronicle-Telegram (Ohio), December 7, 2006
"How Healthy Is Your State? Rankings Released"
Internet Broadcasting, December 5, 2006
"Montanans work hard, play hard; area leads nation for back surgeries"
Diane Cochran
The Billings Gazette, December 4, 2006
"Watching and waiting for answers on back pain"
Rick Attig
The Oregonian, December 2, 2006
"FDA to study safety of popular heart stents"
Marilynn Marchione
The Associated Press, November 30, 2006
"FDA to study stent safety: Doctors fear device used in angioplasty could raise clot risk"
Cindy Leise and The Associated Press
The Chronicle-Telegram (Ohio), November 29, 2006
"How to Get Out of the Hospital Alive"
Erin Hobday and Ted Spiker
Men's Health, November 29, 2006
"Screen Alert: How an ounce of RX prevention can cause a pound of hurt"
Darshak Sanghavi
Slate, November 28, 2006
"Imaging rules changing focus: The CMS' revisions to imaging reimbursements, self-referrals could give hospitals a leg up on their physician competitors in '07"
Joseph Mantone
Modern Healthcare, November 27, 2006
"Study: Casper leads in spine surgery"
Allison Rupp
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune, November 27, 2006
"Patients With a Herniated Disk and Related Leg Pain Improve With or Without Surgery"
Emory University Spine Center
Health News Digest, November 27, 2006
"What to Do About Your Back Pain; Dartmouth Study Helps You Pick: Surgery or No"
Peter Jamison
The Valley News, November 23, 2006
"Study Questions Need to Operate on Disk Injuries"
Gina Kolata
The New York Times, November 22, 2006
"Studies find no need to pick back surgery: Researchers say that other treatments for sciatica work just as well in the long term"
Carla K. Johnson
The Associated Press, November 22, 2006
"To Cut Or Not To Cut: A clinical trial finds that back-pain sufferers with herniated disks improve with or without surgery"
Karen Springen
Newsweek, November 21, 2006
"Treating A Herniated Disk: Surgery Might Not Be Needed"
Michelle Andrews
U.S. News & World Report, November 21, 2006
"No 'best' fix for slipped disc"
Ronald Kotulak
The Chicago Tribune, November 21, 2006
"Study: Surgery Just One Option for Herniated Disk"
Michele Norris
National Public Radio, November 21, 2006
"Is Surgery Best Way To Stop Back Pain? New Major Study Suggests Sometimes People Are Too Quick With Procedure"
CBS Evening News, November 21, 2006
"Surgery or exercise for bad back debated in study"
Reuters, November 21, 2006
"For Herniated Lumbar Disk, Medical Therapy Matches Surgery"
Judith Groch
MedPage Today, November 21, 2006
"Study Finds Time Often Heals Pain of Herniated Disc -- But Surgery Works Faster"
Daniel DeNoon
WebMD Medical News, November 21, 2006
"When Blind Faith in a Medical Fix Is Broken"
Denise Grady
The New York Times, November 16, 2006
"Cuts in Medicare payments will hurt care for Iowans"
Michael Kitchell
Des Moines Register, November 16, 2006
"Aggressive care often extends costs, not life"
Jeremy Olson
St. Paul Pioneer Press, November 12, 2006
"Most HMOs Pay Physicians Geared to Performance"
Peggy Peck
MedPage Today, November 6, 2006
"Healthcare Code Blue: Not Only Do Americans Spend More Than Anyone Else on Health Care, Much of What We Buy Isn't the Best Stuff"
John Abramson
The Los Angeles Times, November 3, 2006
"Back surgery among older adults soars"
United Press International, November 3, 2006
"Rates of Lower Back Surgery Vary to 20-Fold, Ten-Year Review Finds"
DGNews, November 2, 2006
"Spinal surgery devices questioned"
Denise Gellene
The Los Angeles Times, November 1, 2006
"Attach some strings: Pair Medicare pay freeze with comprehensive reform"
Todd Sloane
Modern Physician, November 1, 2006
"Hospitals, Health Care System Show Wide Disparities in Performance"
Kirsten Brown
AXcess News, October 28, 2006
"Patient groups special: Swallowing the best advice?"
Jessica Marshall and Peter Aldhous
The New Scientist, October 28, 2006
"Study of High-Risk Surgeries Finds Racial Disparity"
Mary Engel
The Los Angeles Times, October 25, 2006
"Deep-Pocket Whites More Likely to Get High-Quality Surgical Care"
Neil Osterweil
MedPage Today, October 25, 2006
"How Glaxo Marketed an Ailment: An Ad Blitz Turned Requip Into a Big Seller to Threat Restless Legs Syndrome"
Jeanne Whalen
The Wall Street Journal, October 25, 2006
"High-volume hospitals less likely to treat minorities and uninsured"
Lisa Nainggolan
HeartWire, October 24, 2006
"An examination of risk: Early detection has resulted in higher rates. But not all forms are life threatening."
Mary Beckman
The Los Angeles Times, October 23, 2006
"The Elephant in the Operating Room"
Leif Wellington Haase
The Century Foundation, October 20, 2006
"Regional Differences in Health Care Spending"
Timothy Johnson
ABC News Now, October 20, 2006
"Debate surrounds end-of-life health care costs"
Julie Appleby
USA Today, October 19, 2006
"A Lesson From Europe on Health Care"
David Leonhardt
The New York Times, October 18, 2006
"Elyria hospital angioplasty work gets look after criticism"
Matt Suman
The Morning Journal (Ohio), October 18, 2006
"Areas show back surgery popularity"
United Press International, October 17, 2006
"Back pain is behind a debate: Procedure may be among many surgeries pushing medical costs higher"
Julie Appleby
USA Today, October 16, 2006
"Less Is More ... And Better"
Donald M. Berwick
Newsweek, October 16, 2006
"UPMC urging doctors to vote to bolster ranking"
Christopher Snowbeck
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 13, 2006
"Modernizing Medicare"
Mary Jo Feldstein
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 13, 2006
"Drug plan held up as example"
Mary Jo Feldstein
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 13, 2006
"Fix Medicare - Not Its Prices"
Michael F. Cannon
The New York Post, October 10, 2006
"One reprieve, strings necessary: Physician Medicare pay freeze must be paired with comprehensive reform"
Todd Sloane
Modern Healthcare, October 9, 2006
"NEJM Interview Examines IOM Report of Pay-for-Performance Programs, Medicare"
Medical News Today, October 2, 2006
"Cost Rx: Medicare: Kicking the Can"
United Press International, September 29, 2006
"What's Really Propping Up The Economy"
Business Week, September 25, 2006
"Call for Changes to Medicare Payments"
Kevin Freking, Associated Press
The Washington Post, September 21, 2006
"The Medicare Monster"
Robert J. Samuelson
The Washington Post, September 14, 2006
"Health dollars: Greater spending has brought longer lives, but value falls short"
The Columbus Dispatch, September 14, 2006
"Boldly Going Nowhere: Where to Die"
Bret Burquest
The South Missourian News, September 14, 2006
"How long you live depends on which USA you live in"
Steve Sternberg
USA Today, September 12, 2006
"Doctors Feverishly Seek to Halt Planned Cuts in Medicare Fees"
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
The Los Angeles Times, September 8, 2006
"Elyrians call injury lawyers to complain about ads"
Bette Pearce
The Chronicle-Telegram (Ohio), September 8, 2006
"Lawyers target EMH heart patients: Hospital stands by its angioplasty procedures"
Bette Pearce
The Chronicle-Telegram (Ohio), September 7, 2006
"Study Calls for Overhaul of Healthcare System"
Health Management Technology, August 31, 2006
"Bypassing bypasses in Elyria?"
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 27, 2006
"Breast cancer screening: Is it pointless?"
Pulse, August 24, 2006
"Drug ads sell a problem, not a solution"
Jonathan Rowe
The Christian Science Monitor, August 21, 2006
"Hospital expansions: Grow now, pay later"
Christopher Snowbeck
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 20, 2006
"EMH to probe high angioplasty rates"
Joe Medici
The Chronicle-Telegram (Ohio), August 19, 2006
"Angioplasty unusually common in Elyria"
Matt Suman
The Morning Journal (Ohio), August 19, 2006
"Saint Francis will end heart program"
Elaine Hopkins
The Peorial Journal Star, August 19, 2006
"Heart Procedure Is Off the Charts in an Ohio City"
Reed Abelson
The New York Times, August 18, 2006
"Heart centers proliferate, but are five needed here?"
Josh Goldstein
The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 18, 2006
"A Preference for Ignorance"
Arnold Kling
TCS Daily, August 17, 2006
"Critical care can get lost in corporate medical practices"
Saul Friedman
New York Newsday, August 12, 2006
"Single-Surgeon Model Not the State Norm"
Andrew Strickler
New York Newsday, August 7, 2006
"Spending won't get N.J. better end-of-life care"
Stephen P. Goldfine
The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 26, 2006
"ER use in Dade less than expected"
John Dorschner
The Miami Herald, July 18, 2006
"Less May Be More When Managing Patients With Severe Chronic Illness"
Mike Mitka
JAMA, July 12, 2006
"Studies teach us to be skeptical: The latest findings often are not the last word"
Kate Santich
The Orlando Sentinel, July 11, 2006
"Unhealthy spending: With Medicare $$$, more not merrier"
The Union Leader, July 11, 2006
"Too Many Doctors in the House"
David C. Goodman
The New York Times, July 10, 2006
"More doctors doesn't mean better health care"
The Associated Press
The Boston Globe, July 10, 2006
"Dartmouth-Hitchcock studies uneven care and costs across U.S."
Pat Hammond
The Union Leader, July 10, 2006
"End-of-life study stirs debate"
Paul Kita
The Marietta Times, July 10, 2006
"Internet promoting pseudo-epidemics?"
Gene Koprowski
United Press International, July 3, 2006
"Looking for Answers When Choosing Care"
Gina Kolata
The New York Times, June 30, 2006
"Care for dying: Too high a price?"
Josh Goldstein
The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 20, 2006
"A Call for More Doctors"
Doug Lederman
Inside Higher Ed, June 20, 2006
"Is your doctor paid to keep you healthy? Probably not."
Mary Jo Feldstein
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 17, 2006
"OHSU Research Shows Significant Improvements in Care of Dying Oregonians"
Grants Pass News, June 15, 2006
"Media Omit Basic Facts in Medical Reports"
Robert Roy Britt
LiveScience, June 15, 2006
"Report compares hospital reimbursements, quality: D-FW providers in middle ranks of nationwide study"
Jennifer Gordon
Dallas Business Journal, June 12, 2006
"Let's Move Medicine Into the Information Age"
Bill Frist
The American Enterprise Online, June 12, 2006
"Important Study Facts Often Missing In Media Reports About Medical Research"
ScienceDaily, June 11, 2006
"New Englanders should be much healthier: Prevention is cheaper than intervention"
Neal Peirce and Curtis Johnson
The Concord Monitor, June 9, 2006
"Schools must expand medical training, report says"
Mike Stobbe, Associated Press
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 7, 2006
"The Health Care Lottery: Taking Your Chances With Insurance, Money and Uncertain Treatments"
Michael Kinsley
The Washington Post, June 4, 2006
"In health care, less is more"
Truman Taylor
The Providence Journal, June 2, 2006
"Minding the Health Gap"
Arnold Kling
TCS Daily, June 1, 2006
"To cut Medicare costs, copy Iowa's efficiency: Adopt system encouraging quality, prudence"
Register Editorial Board
Des Moines Register, May 31, 2006
"Resources don't satisfy some doctors: Those with more not as happy, survey finds"
Ronald Kotulak
Chicago Tribune, May 30, 2006
"Marketing the illness and the cure? Drug ads may sell people on the idea that they are sick"
Rob Stein
The Washington Post, May 30, 2006
"US experts say patients, doctors need clearer data"
Susan Heavey
Reuters, May 30, 2006
"Medical Guesswork: From heart surgery to prostate care, the health industry knows little about which common treatments really work"
Business Week, May 29, 2006
"Excessive end-of-life care wastes billions, study finds"
Phil Galewitz
Palm Beach Post, May 27, 2006
"In Jersey, we die a high-tech death: More use of hospice care urged"
Carol Ann Campbell
Newark Star-Ledger, May 26, 2006
"A sobering checkup at the Mayo Clinic: In health care, American consumers pay too much for too little"
Minneapolis Star-Tribune, May 25, 2006
"Last and Proud Of It"
U.S. Fed News, May 24, 2006
"National experts fix a fictional, broken health-care system"
Jeff Hansel
Post-Bulletin (Rochester, MN), May 23, 2006
"Price lists won't get us cheap health care: New hospital website just window dressing"
David Irwin
The Concord Monitor, May 21, 2006
"With health care, more doesn't mean better"
The Concord Monitor, May 21, 2006
"Utah's elderly chronically ill find less is more: Rate of doctor visits low, but outcomes are better"
Elaine Jarvik
Deseret News, May 21, 2006
"If You've Got a Pulse, You're Sick"
Gina Kolata
The New York Times, May 21, 2006
"Americans: Healthier Than You Might Think"
Federal Review, May 21, 2006
"Funds not QEH cure"
Roy R. Morris
The Nation (Barbados), May 21, 2006
"Between art and science: terra incognita"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 20, 2006
"U.S. hospitals waste money, report says"
David Wenner
The Patriot-News (Pennsylvania), May 19, 2006
"Study reveals high costs in S. Fla: A new study reaffirms how expensive South Florida healthcare is -- and reveals large disparities between local hospitals"
John Dorschner
Miami Herald, May 18, 2006
"Wasting Medicare"
The Valley News, May 18, 2006
"UAB ranks well in intensive care study"
Dave Parks
The Birmingham News (Alabama), May 18, 2006
"End-of-life care isn't efficient, study finds: Too-aggressive treatment fails to yield better results for the chronically ill, the report says"
Harry Wessel
Orlando Sentinel, May 17, 2006
"End-of-life care in N.J. is priciest but not best: Medicare finds costs and results differ widely"
Carol Ann Campbell
Newark Star-Ledger, May 17, 2006
"City Hospitals Keep Sickest Patients Longer, Costing Billions, Study Finds"
Jill Gardiner
The New York Sun, May 17, 2006
"Study Finds Huge Waste In Medicare: Dartmouth Researchers Find Overspending Rife"
John P. Gregg
The Valley News, May 17, 2006
"More Care May Do No More for Hospitalized Chronically Ill"
Jeff Minerd
MedPage Today, May 17, 2006
"Care Varies at Top Medical Centers"
Ron Winslow
The Wall Street Journal, May 16, 2006
"Spending on health care varies widely by state, hospitals"
Julie Appleby
USA Today, May 16, 2006
"Less Health Care Can Be Better for Elderly"
Kevin Freking
The Associated Press, May 16, 2006
"Amount, cost of medical care varies widely"
United Press International, May 16, 2006
"Pricier hospitals get no better results"
United Press International, May 16, 2006
"Chronic care waste bleeds Medicare, report finds"
Reuters, May 16, 2006
"Less care could help chronically ill, study says"
Mary Jo Feldstein
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 16, 2006
"Big variance found in area hospital costs: Bills for chronically ill don't always reflect quality of care"
Guy Boulton
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 16, 2006
"IHC top-notch on the cheap: Nationwide study heaps praise on SLC for its care of chronically ill"
Linda Fantin
The Salt Lake Tribune, May 16, 2006
"New Dartmouth Atlas Hospital Research Underscores Need to Promote Value-Based Purchasing in Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit"
Pharmaceutical Care Management Association
U.S. Newswire, May 16, 2006
"Study: More Care May Lead To Worse Outcomes For Chronically Ill"
Mary Agnes Carey
CQ HealthBeat, May 16, 2006
"Improved Surveillance May Explain Increase in Thyroid Cancers"
Peggy Peck
MedPage Today, May 9, 2006
"Study Shows More Efficient Care at Sutter Health Affiliated Doctors and Hospitals"
Healthcare Mergers, Acquisitions & Ventures Week, April 29, 2006
"Building the next Twin Cities hospital: The Citizens League has some useful ideas"
The Minneapolis Star Tribune, April 27, 2006
"The 50 Most Powerful Physician Executives in Healthcare 2006"
Modern Healthcare, April 24, 2006
"Breast-cancer genetic screening gives insight, but not all benefit"
Luke Shockman
The Toledo Blade, April 23, 2006
"Media Helping Pharma Companies Sell Illness"
Australian Doctor, April 21, 2006
"The Corporate Sponsored Creation of Disease Turns Healthy People Into Patients, Wastes Precious Resources, and Causes Iatrogenic Harm"
Medical News Today, April 13, 2006
"Are Doctors Biased?"
Sally Satel, M.D. and Jonathan Klick
American Enterprise Institute, April 12, 2006
"Employers Push White House to Disclose Medicare Data"
Robert Pear
The New York Times, April 11, 2006
"Employer-Physician Partnership Major Step Forward for P4P"
David Adler
Employee Benefit News, April 1, 2006
"The $11,000 lemon"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 28, 2006
"Encrypting Data at Rest: With a dizzying array of new encryption options on the market, which one is right for you?"
Stacy Collett
Computerworld, March 27, 2006
"Mayo Clinic To Host Inaugural National Symposium On Health Care Reform In May"
Lee Aase
Medical News Today, March 22, 2006
"Improving care through coaching"
Tux Turkel
Portland Press Herald, March 21, 2006
"No Doc Shortage: Study Irks Those Pushing Higher Med School Enrollment"
Andis Robeznieks
Modern Healthcare, March 20, 2006
"Physician shortage reaching unhealthy level: Buffalo area finds it hard to attract, keep doctors amid lures elsewhere"
Henry L. Davis
The Buffalo News, March 20, 2006
"Cheaper may be better for heart"
Susan Brink
The Baltimore Sun, March 17, 2006
"Early, Unproven Findings Changing Doctors' Practice: Study finds many use experimental drugs too soon, potentially putting patients in danger"
E.J. Mundell
HealthDay News, March 16, 2006
"Fat or Fiction? Is There a Link Between Dietary Fat and Cancer Risk? Why Two Big Studies Reached Different Conclusions"
Lisa Schwartz, Steven Woloshin and H. Gilbert Welch
The Washington Post, March 14, 2006
"Study has cure for doc woes"
Sharon Lem
Toronto Sun, March 13, 2006
"Efficiency, Not More Doctors, Is The Prescription For Aging Population"
Medical News Today, March 10, 2006
"Health systems spend big bucks, jockey for position"
Michael Pulley
Sacramento Business Journal, March 10, 2006
"Top hospitals overtreat, study"
Olga Pierce
United Press International, March 9, 2006
"Efficiency, not more doctors, needed"
United Press International, March 8, 2006
"Your Questions on Back Pain"
National Public Radio, March 8, 2006
"Study Contradicts A Future Doctor Shortage"
Andrea Moore
All Headline News, March 8, 2006
"No Pending Physician Shortage: Study"
HealthDay News, March 7, 2006
"Demanding value in our health care system"
Mike Bonetto
The Oregonian, March 6, 2006
"Patients can be partners in their own health care"
Neal Peirce and Curtis Johnson
The New England Futures Project, March 5, 2006
"For Back Pain, Few Easy Answers on Surgery"
Joanne Silberner
NPR Morning Edition, March 2, 2006
"Elegant Spine Also a Source of Pain"
Richard Knox
NPR Morning Edition, March 2, 2006
"How to Get What We Want - Better Health Care: A conversation, not a confrontation"
Arnold Kling
The San Francisco Chronicle, March 1, 2006
"U.S. Health Care: World's Most Expensive"
Zlatica Hoke
Voice of America, February 28, 2006
"Extra care or extra cost?"
Susan Brink
The Los Angeles Times, February 27, 2006
"Great care needs cost injection"
Scott Milfred
Wisconsin State Journal, February 25, 2006
"Skip Your Veggies? Not So Fast"
Business Week, February 20, 2006
"Health Care Study Finds Cheaper Can Be Better"
Kristen Fountain
Valley News, February 9, 2006
"A Better Way to Spread the Health -- and the Wealth"
Steven Pearlstein
The Washington Post, February 8, 2006
"Tried, True and Neglected; Patients Often Fail to Get Proven Tests and Treatments"
James T. Mulder
The Syracuse Post-Standard, February 8, 2006
"Spine Editor Proposes National Clinical Trials Consortium"
Newswise, January 29, 2006
"America's health-care crisis: Desperate measures"
The Economist, January 26, 2006
"Bush's Cure-All For Health Care Sidesteps Big Ills"
David Wessel
The Wall Street Journal, January 26, 2006
"What's the best way to evaluate medical information?"
Judy Foreman
The Boston Globe, January 23, 2006
"Hospital building booms in 'burbs"
Dennis Cauchon and Julie Appleby
USA Today, January 3, 2006
"What's Driving the Cost?"
Kristin Carlson
WCAX News, January 3, 2006
"Where you live a factor in what doctor does"
Jonathan Maze
The Charleston Post and Courier, January 2, 2006
"Money talks, common sense walks in Mass., insurance debate"
Dr. John Abramson
The Boston Herald, January 1, 2006
2005
"Don't Swallow Everything!"
U.S. News & World Report, December 24, 2005
"Cutting Edge: Medical progress is measured in many ways. As robotic surgery comes of age, scientists work to exploit the body's immune system. A look ahead."
Jennifer Barrett
Newsweek International, December 19, 2005
"A fitting swan song for Jennings"
Verne Gay
New York Newsday, December 15, 2005
"Breakdown - America's Health Insurance Crisis"
Peter Jennings Reporting
ABC News' Primetime, December 15, 2005
"Cancer Screening Questioned"
Rachael Myers Lowe
cancerpage.com, December 14, 2005
"Consumer Choice: Can It Cure The Nation's Health-Care Ills?"
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