EBM sounds great and all in theory. And it often is great – Except when it’s not. Or when you can’t figure out what the evidence actually is or proves or how to make it actionable. I speak with Alex Akers today about the complexities of compiling believable data, prioritizing outcomes and creating a system that can self-correct […]

Today I speak with Michael Kendzierski from Spok about care team communications, or lack thereof as the case may be. We discuss how EHR systems don’t cut it from a communications standpoint, leaving the gap to be filled by islands of standalone communication channels that may or may not actually link together all the people who […]

In an interesting contrast to Europe and NICE-style (NICE | The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) value frameworks, in the US, value frameworks are free market, grass-roots and coming from clinicians and payers. Today I discuss the present and future of value frameworks with Leela Barnham, a health economist based in London.

Employers in the US spend billions of dollars paying for health care for their employees. To put this in perspective, Starbucks spends more on health care than they do on coffee beans. But many employers aren’t exactly sure how much they’re spending on health care… how is that possible when self-insured employers have a co-fiduciary […]

Medicare plans in this country need to achieve star ratings. CMS uses these so called Star Ratings to measure how well Medicare Advantage and prescription drug (Part D) plans perform. There’s a few main categories, including quality of care and customer service. Then there’s MTM, Medication Therapy Management, which is part of the comprehensive medication management […]