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See on Scoop.it – Advocacy Action & Issues in Cancer Heather Swift‘s insight: February 7, 2013: Employers and Employees Can Improve Quality and Lower Costs – Stories from the Frontlines, Part One(2:00 – 3:00 PM Eastern Time) Featuring: Trissa Torres, MD, MSPH, Senior Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement Xavier Sevilla, MD, MBA, FAAP, Vice … Continue reading
Biotech Firms,Billions at Risk,Lobby States toLimit Generics
See on Scoop.it – Advocacy Action & Issues in Cancer The industry’s lobbying effort could blunt new competition to its products and reduce the savings anticipated in the federal health care overhaul. Heather Swift‘s insight: Biotech Companies Lobby States To Block Generic Drugs. The New York Times (1/29, A1, Pollack, Subscription Publication) reported in a … Continue reading
Lobbyists air concerns about doctor gift-disclosure rule at White House – The Hill’s RegWatch
See on Scoop.it – Advocacy Action & Issues in Cancer Lobbyists are lining up to meet with Obama administration officials about rules that would require medical companies to disclose financial relationships with doctors, according to records released by the White House. Heather Swift‘s insight: Lobbyists Express Concerns About Doctor Gift-Disclosure Rule To White House. The … Continue reading
Monday Morning Pep Talk
Care. Care A LOT. And care through your actions. Show this world that you mean business and move forward the ideas that you believe in. Your voice has power. Your actions are meaningful. Your work here is not done. Go git ’em, tiger.
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“It’s easy in our culture, to think you need a plan, a map and a guarantee. But that’s what keeps you stuck. Free your genius. Stay committed, true, and dogged to the one thing you can do. Your only job is to listen to the next step. Your only job is to sniff the ground, … Continue reading
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Physicians Group Blames Drug Shortages On GPOs.
See on Scoop.it – Advocacy Action & Issues in Cancer Heather Swift‘s insight: Medscape (1/25, Nelson) reports that although “a number of reasons have been cited” for the ongoing drug shortages, the Physicians Against Drug Shortages lays the blame “firmly at the feet of group purchasing organizations (GPOs),” arguing that the “real reason for … Continue reading
Making the Case for Hastening Progress Toward Health Equity – Institute of Medicine
See on Scoop.it – Advocacy Action & Issues in Cancer Heather Swift‘s insight: The discussion around how to define the concept of "health equity" has been going on for some time. In this commentary, Dr. Eve Higginbotham, Visiting Scholar in Health Equity, Association of American Medical Colleges, indicates that there are moral and economic factors … Continue reading
Obesity at Davos: Forum asks pharma, big food to solve problem
See on Scoop.it – Advocacy Action & Issues in Cancer The World Economic Forum has some notable past achievements in healthcare, such as galvanizing support for the fight against AIDS and the vaccination of children in poor countries, but tackling the rise in obesity promises to be a much more… See on medcitynews.com
3 things that must happen for patient-centered care to become the standard
See on Scoop.it – Advocacy Action & Issues in Cancer A patient-centered care system will require a shift in the payment model, buy-in from the entire continuum of care and consideration of socioeconomic factors. Heather Swift‘s insight: 3 things that must happen for patient-centered care to become the standard It’s pretty clear by now that … Continue reading
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