Case study shows community health workers improve primary care and enrollment
Policy changes in two states to expand and strengthen the workforce of community health workers provide a model for other states as they implement the Affordable Care Act, says a new case study, "Community Health Workers: Part of the Solution," in the Jul
Pharmaceutical fraud, cargo theft highlight need for track-and-trace
Two recent headlines highlight the need for a federal electronic track-and-trace system for prescription drugs.
Last week, a Baltimore pharmacist was sentenced to 57 months in prison for making fraudulent claims and misbranding hundreds of thousands of bo
Websites like wine: healthcare.gov good now, getting better
The web portal Healthcare.gov (@healthcaregov for all you twitterheads out there) went live, launching ahead of its July 1 deadline by hours Wednesday night. HHS deserves props for this site: not only was it delivered ahead of schedule, but it’s spiffy-lo
Risky Business II: How risk should be presented in TV drug ads
Yesterday we blogged about comments Prescription Access Litigation and others made to the FDA in support of proposed rules on presenting risk information in broadcast drug ads.
Numerous other consumer and public health groups have commented, and overall o
Risky Business: How TV drug ads should talk about risk
(This is the first in a two-part blog. Read tomorrow when we look at how industry and other stakeholders weighed in.)
How clear does risk information need to be in direct-to-consumer drug ads? That’s the question the FDA is getting closer to answering as
Risky Business: How TV drug ads should talk about risk
(This is the first in a two-part blog. Read tomorrow when we look at how industry and other stakeholders weighed in.)
How clear does risk information need to be in direct-to-consumer drug ads? That’s the question the FDA is getting closer to answering as
"Show me" gender equity!
Missouri is trying to remain true to its slogan, the "Show Me State," by helping lead the charge in anti-health reform legislation prohibiting abortion services for health insurance obtained through the exchange – (the term used for the health care insura
How much do physicians know about their COI policy?
A new survey of physicians published in the JAMA Archives of Surgery this week suggests that across specialties, the majority of physicians still hold a positive attitude about gifts and meals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
Confirming w
East Room Promises
I was invited to attend an event at the White House yesterday to commemorate the 90th day since President Obama signed health care reform into law, and it was a powerful event that underscored how much the law matters to American families.
Following a pri