This week, we are introducing a new weekly blog series called “In Case You Missed It.” This blog series is a roundup of news items and developments from the previous week that I found interesting and would like to share.
From The New York Times
A sad reality in nursing homes today! To Collect Debts, Nursing Homes Are Seizing Control Over Patients
The strategy for improving health in the United States summarized here by David Cutler is relevant to health systems everywhere. Key elements include payment for procedure, not fee for service payments; price and quality transparency; real time information; reducing administrative costs; and processes. A New Federal Health Care Strategy
Random Chance’s Role in Cancer
A view of China from the Brookings Institution. China’s Domestic Dynamics: Implications for India and the United States
Another Brookings view of China today. Xi Jinping’s Reform Express Gathers Steam
There are some very interesting observations in this article on universal health coverage and government per capita health expenses. Note Singapore’s entirely anomalous position! Conservative Think Tank: 10 Countries with Universal Health Care Have Freer Economies Than The US
The toolkit recently issued by the UK College of Physicians may be helpful for our quality improvement work. A data toolkit to improve patient care
The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health Gains Traction and a New Leader
An interesting study of the cumulative effects of poverty and case on health outcomes after the age of fifty in India. Health and the Indian Caste System
A valuable systematic global study of the causes of childhood mortality relevent to the work of ACCESS Health in improving child mortality. Global, Regional, and National Causes of Child Mortality in 2000-13, With Projections to Inform Post-2015 Priorities: An Updated Systematic analysis
The recent US-India joint statement included a position on healthcare. The section of the statement that addresses healthcare can be found in sections thirty three and thirty four. US-India Joint Statement: “Shared Effort; Progress for All”
A valuable survey of progress toward meeting the Millennium Development Goals relvent to maternal and child health. Countdown to 2015 and Beyond: Fulfilling the Health Agenda for Women and Children
An interesting an instructive history of Medicare, a system that now insures about one sixth of all US citizens! Medicare at 50 – Origins and Evolution
An interesting article on what the author, a Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow, calls “The Great Deglobalization. Is it that or the natural consequence of a global recession? The Great Deglobalizing: Our Interconnected World is Shrinking Back Toward Its National Borders – And That’s a Problem