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Durbin Seeks Transparency In Drug Ads
Democratic U.S. Senator Dick Durbin wants major drug companies to come clean about the costs …
If You Fall Ill Abroad, Should You Seek Local Help Or Head Home?
A guide to global medical care shows which countries are risky (you don't want to have a car accident in Botswana) and where you don't have to worry (care for heart attacks is solid in Sao Paulo).
Prices: High, Confusing, and Opaque. Would Transparency Even Help?
Too often, the prices of health care services and drugs are cloaked in mystery. A growing consensus demands that patients be given a clearer sense, in advance, of what things will cost. But there are obstacles–and some people benefit from the present confusion.
How Transparency and Collaboration Can Improve Healthcare
Improving healthcare requires a partnership between the payer and the care system. There must be transparency in every aspect of the relationship.
Why health care cost transparency doesn't actually help anyone
The typical rationale for how transparency can help consumers doesn't apply in the nonsensical health care industry.
How ‘radical transparency’ can transform patients’ health
Everyone says health care needs more transparency when it comes to outcomes, but how might that work? And what's holding back efforts to improve care by shining more light on health care outcomes?
How to improve transparency and take control over health care costs
As health care spending continues to rise maintaining the status quo is simply no longer an option.
But Physicians And Drug Developers Want To Know
AI relates often imperceptible observations to outcome in a fashion that’s unapologetically oblivious to mechanism, which challenges physicians and drug developers by explicitly severing utility from foundational scientific understanding.
Building a Culture of Transparency in Health Care
Learn why transparency between healthcare stakeholders and within health systems is essential for quality, safety, accountability, and informed decision making.
As drug industry’s influence over research grows, so does the potential for bias
Even in the most prestigious of medical journals, industry influence over studies opens door to bias.
No transparency, no confidence. Know transparency, know confidence.
Does protecting proprietary methods as a revenue stream outweigh the benefits and ethics of scientific collaboration and consensus?
How Health Execs Can Prevent Surprise Billing
Why Transparency on Medical Prices Could Actually Make Them Go Higher
It could depend on how much the health care system resembles the Danish concrete market.
Health care transparency measures moving beyond price
Employers can play an influential role in shaping their benefit design so that it encourages employees to look at high-value providers and use tools that help make the health care decision-making process more transparent.
Is Health Care Cost Transparency the Answer?
NEJM Catalyst Insights Council members say that while health care cost transparency for patients might be necessary, we have to change the way care is delivered.
Seven Steps Towards Transparency in Healthcare
The following seven steps provide a jumping-off point for healthcare leaders looking to bring the industry into the light.
Healthcare Transparency Tools: A Hit Or Miss?
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink, or in this case, be an engaged healthcare consumer.
What if Price Transparency Reduced Commercial Price Variation?
As previous reports have indicated, there is widespread price variation in the U.S. commercial health care system. Many studies have shown that prices are dramatically different not only across geographies, but they vary substantially even within the same market for the same service. For example, we found that prices for the same blood tests could ...
What am I paying? Medical bill transparency and a tool that will help you
Ever feel you have no idea what your doctor bills are going to cost you? In an effort for transparency in medical costs, local hospitals have put prices online. Now a new tool from UH can help you figure it out.
Rats Learn To Hide And Seek
Neuroscientists say they can learn a lot by observing brains at play.
Will Health Care Transparency Work? Four Unique Perspectives
Health care is not a commodity. Shopping for health care services is not like shopping for a refrigerator, a tennis racquet or a DVD. Identical commodities can be offered by …
