In a special Halloween edition of Research Corner, Tradeoffs Advisory Board members share some of the scariest health policy studies they’ve read this year.
Hospitals
Posted inHealth Technology
Ransomware Attacks: Bad for Hospitals, Deadly for Patients
New research shows that increasing ransomware attacks in health care are not only costly and disruptive, but also deadly.
Posted inCost of Care
How Charitable are Nonprofit Hospitals?
A new Health Affairs study finds that as nonprofit hospitals’ earnings grow, their charity care spending fails to keep pace.
Posted inHealth Technology
Rooting Out Racial Bias in Health Care AI, Part 2
The Biden administration is proposing new regulations to keep racial bias in AI from getting to the bedside.
Posted inHealth Technology
Rooting Out Racial Bias in Health Care AI, Part 1
Artificial intelligence could revolutionize health care. It could also perpetuate and exacerbate generations of racial inequities.
Posted inCost of Care
The Wonky Policy That’s Got Hospitals on High Alert
Medicare could soon pay hospitals much less for common outpatient services like x-rays and checkups.
Posted inHealth Technology
Two Worrisome Studies Highlight Patient Safety
Two new studies on ransomware attacks and medical devices have drawn attention to patient safety issues.
Posted inPublic Health
When Home Becomes a Hospital
What have we learned from the pandemic-feuled expansion of hospital-at-home care?
Posted inHealth Technology
How Patients and Providers Respond to Electronic Messaging Fees
Charging patients each time they message their health care providers may not be good for either group, research suggests.
Posted inCost of Care
States’ Uphill Battle to Stop Runaway Health Care Costs
Health care prices went from secrets to the subject of public meetings in Massachusetts. Now other states are following suit to bend the cost curve.