What are “essential benefits”?
The Affordable Care Act uses a number of terms that could never have been field tested by a marketing team. One that is very confusing to most people is the term “essential benefits” – a concept key to the way health insurance exchanges will work and the health benefits people will actually get under health reform. Health insurance exchanges will …
Read more >Bipartisan Opportunities in Health Care: the Push for Transparency
Despite the “Strum und Drang” over health care reform in Congress these days, there is actually some interesting bipartisan activity occurring. While the stridency on health care reform often gets the most notice, the bipartisan activity offers some hope that challenging problems can move forward in a constructive way. Not surprisingly, this activity is taking place principally in the Senate …
Read more >The State and Federal Dance on Health Reform
The Affordable Care Act is a complicated law, in part because it builds off the current health care system to achieve some far reaching goals: significantly expanded access to care and control over the rate of cost increase. Though some describe the Act as a federal takeover of health care, in fact, much of the law is to be carried …
Read more >Detroit Free Press: Antibiotics overprescribed for children, study finds
Report on CHRT’s February 2011 Issue Brief, “Antibiotic Prescribing and Use.”
Read more >The Associated Press: Study: Mich. children overprescribed antibiotics
Report on CHRT’s February 2011 Issue Brief “Antibiotic Prescribing and Use.” (No longer available online)
Read more >Crain's Detroit Business: Adult antibiotic use down, but up for children in Michigan, says report
Report on CHRT’s February 2011 Issue Brief, “Antibiotic Prescribing and Use.”
Read more >WWJ-AM: Easy Access To Antibiotics May Not Be The Cure
Report on CHRT’s February 2011 Issue Brief, “Antibiotic Prescribing and Use.”
Read more >Report shows high rates of inappropriate antibiotic use continue, despite educational efforts to improve prescribing patterns
The Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation (CHRT) today released an issue brief showing continued high rates of inappropriate antibiotic use, despite a 15-year national outreach campaign by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to educate providers and consumers on the dangers of antibiotic overuse. According to the CDC, antibiotic-resistant infections in the U.S. create $20 billion in excess healthcare …
Read more >Antibiotics: More Progress to Be Made
In 1995, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) launched a major initiative to reduce the overuse of antibiotics. While many people think that taking an antibiotic for viral infections is either beneficial or benign, the CDC knew that the overuse of antibiotics was leading to a significant increase in infections that were drug resistant. National efforts like the CDC’s, along …
Read more >Buyer Beware
Many people search websites for information about their health concerns. But, there are many health oriented websites to choose from and consumers don’t always have good ways to sort out the information they are reading. For example, the New York Times magazine ran a small but significant story on the difference between WebMD and the MayoClinic websites. The Times reported …
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