A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about a recent study by the folks at Dartmouth concerning variation in resource utilization at various providers in Massachusetts during the last six months and two years of life. The study showed that the variation in practice patterns and resource utilization in health care, even for fairly standard […]

I have a book sitting on my desk at home called, “Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer,” by Shannon Brownlee, a journalist who’s been writing about health care policy issues for quite some time. I’m going to read it — soon — maybe in between my kids’ games and my […]

I was one of several local (aka, “Boston area”) health care participants who had a chance to hear Dr. Steve Pearson, President of the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review and Senior Fellow at America’s Health Insurance Plans in Washington, DC speak recently about “CER” (Comparative Effectiveness Research). I’m proud to say that Dr. Pearson is a […]