Andrea Tavecchio – 26 maggio 2012 Taglio o meno delle spese e delle tasse saranno il tema della prossima campagna elettorale, come in fondo quello di tutte le campagne elettorali degli ultimi vent’anni. Professor Monti a che punto è il lavoro di Amato, Bondi e Giavazzi sulla revisione della spesa e dei sussidi per partiti, sindacati, imprese e [...]
Don Berwick ritiene che, in USA, un terzo della spesa sia “sprecato”! E in Italia? Cost figures from the healthcare reform debate are large enough to defy comprehension, but Dr. Donald Berwick boils things down to one crucial figure: $1 out of every $3 spent on healthcare is wasted. He then argues that the way [...]
Cristiano Alicino e Alice Fabbri in http://saluteinternazionale.info/ Fintanto che la ricerca rimarrà strumentale al perseguimento di obiettivi personali e commerciali, spesso convergenti, la frode scientifica rappresenterà un ineluttabile effetto collaterale del sistema. “Una letteratura attendibile ha la capacità di trasformare l’autore tanto quanto il lettore” - mentre – “la frode nell’ambito della ricerca scientifica può danneggiare [...]
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) and BMJ Group held a joint conference at BMA House yesterday entitled ‘Innovation in research methods and dissemination – ensuring best practice’. The event brought in some big names, including our very own Dr. Fiona Godlee (Editor-in-chief, BMJ), Professor Sir Alasdair Breckenridge (Chairman, Medicines and Healthcare products [...]
DR. DONALD M. BERWICK nel Boston Globe http://b.globe.com/KpLt5g An Irish adage says: “When you come to a wall that is too high to climb, throw your hat over the wall, and then go get your hat.” That’s what Massachusetts started with its 2006 law requiring just about everyone to get coverage and arranging to make that coverage [...]
NICE will be stronger than ever before under the new Health Act producing quality standards that will be the backbone of commissioning and playing a vital role in value based pricing, the Health Secretary has said. Addressing delegates at the NICE Annual Conference in Birmingham yesterday, Andrew Lansley said that NICE will be central to [...]
Cinzia Colombo1*, Paola Mosconi1, Walter Villani1, Silvio Garattini2 hanno condotto un’indagine per verificare se la dichiarazione sul conflitto d’interesse sia chiara, completa e accessibile al pubblico. http://www.slideshare.net/carlofavaretti/patient-organizations-funding Background: Many patients’ and consumers’ organizations accept drug industry funding to support their activities. As drug companies and patient groups move closer, disclosure become essential for transparency, and [...]
Annuncio del XVII Convegno Nazionale dell’ Associazione Italiana di Economia Sanitaria (AIES) dal titolo “RIFORME IN SANITA’ IMPATTO E PROSPETTIVE PER IL SISTEMA E LE AZIENDE”. Il Convegno è organizzato dalla Facoltà di Economia dell’Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in collaborazione con l’Alta Scuola in Economia e Management dei Servizi Sanitari (ALTEMS) e il Centro [...]
Think you need an EKG as part of your annual exam? Think again. How about an MRI or CT scan for your headache? Probably not. And antibiotics for that case of sinusitis that has been bugging you? Sorry, that’s strike three. Many common tests and treatments are often overused, both because patients too often ask [...]
Editoriale di Fiona Godlee seguito da tre articoli che presentano in modo articolato, ma chiarissimo, il tema del trattamento della maculopatia degenerativa. http://www.slideshare.net/carlofavaretti/lucentis-fiona-godlee I fattori di crescita endoteliale anti-vascolari preservano e fanno recuperare la vista a milioni di persone nel mondo. http://www.slideshare.net/carlofavaretti/endotelial-growth Lucentis è registrato per il trattamento; Avastin no. Il primo costa 12 volte il secondo [...]
By PAMELA LEWIS DOLAN, amednews staff. http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/ Some patients have moved beyond wanting social media content they can “follow” or “like.” They want social media to be something that helps them coordinate care and navigate the health care system, and they think physicians are the best people to deliver it. A survey of 1,060 U.S. adults by the [...]
With one-third of consumers using social media for seeking or sharing medical information, 41 percent say tools like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and online forums influence their choice of a specific hospital, medical facility or doctor, according to Tuesday’s report from consulting firm PwC. In a survey of more than a thousand consumers, more than two-fifths of individuals [...]
Anche negli USA, la riforma Obama prevede LEA definiti a livello di singoli Stati e non uno standard nazionale, pur assicurando che gli essential health benefits coprano 10 categorie, incluse l’assistenza ospedaliera, quella materno-infantile, ambulatoriale e farmaceutica. Health Affairs pubblica un Health Policy Brief sul tema: http://www.healthaffairs.org/healthpolicybriefs/brief.php?brief_id=68
I’ve worried that disclosing conflicts of interest may be counterproductive ever since we did an experiment that showed that readers of articles with declared conflicts discounted not only the believability of the results, but every aspect of the paper, including its importance and originality. Now my worries areincreased by a paper in JAMA and an editorial in PloS Medicine providing [...]
Spesa, volumi e politiche sanitarie in discussione a Milano il 16 maggio 2012. Convegno organizzato dal CERGAS in collaborazione con la Direzione Generale dei Farmaci e Dispositivi Medici del Ministero della Salute. http://bit.ly/K6G0Uj
