June 2009 Archives
The FDA has definitely taken strides to become more transparent, as President Obama has asked. In addition to the public meeting of the Transparency Task Force on June 24th, they have launched a new blog, FDA Transparency Blog. They plan on posting questions in the weeks leading up to the public meeting, and while comments are moderated, they have posted comments that have been critical of their practices to date.
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The Washington Post has created a forum dedicated to the health care reform debate that is consuming our nation's capital. Health Care Rx will pose weekly questions to its expert panel, spanning CEOs, academics, practicing physicians, former policymakers and patients. Hosted by Ceci Connolly, the forum hopes to provide "real-world insights into how to improve health care" and invites readers to join in the conversation and add your own suggestions.
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The Pew Internet & American Life Project released a new report today on “The Social Life of Health Information" in conjunction with the California HealthCare Foundation. Many of the findings support previous research, but this report focuses more on Americans use of social media content for health information and highlights shifts from previous studies.
Engaging the Public – A Priority for Health Care Reformers Who Want to “Bend the Curve”
posted by Gary Karr on Jun 11, 2009
posted by Gary Karr on Jun 11, 2009
Washington is buzzing about a recent article in The New Yorker that lays at least part of the blame for increasing health care costs on the overuse of tests, surgeries and other diagnostics without regard to whether those procedures bring us better care. Even President Obama is said to have read it.
One of pharma's biggest concerns with social media is adverse event (AE) reporting. But for an AE to be reportable, it must meet the four criteria: 1) an identifiable patient, 2) an identifiable reporter, 3) a suspect drug, and 4)...
My Washington colleague Tucker Warren, follows up on my earlier post about health reform with thoughts about how much the environment has changed in Washington since the last pitched battle over health care reform in 1994.
Recent health reform discussions in Washington make it easy to be skeptical – a sentiment aided by the controversy about draft legislation that carries s a price tag of more than $1.6 trillion while still leaving 15 million people uninsured.
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