WCOE: Hunting for Health Care Procedures, Surging Costs of Cancer Care, Getting to Doctors Appointments, Logistic Toxicity, and A Beautiful Piece by Oliver Sacks
What Caught Our Eye (WCOE) Each week, we recap the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. |
Sites that are like #Priceline for #healthcare give consumers more power, but brings more responsibility to consumer: https://t.co/JkgQ8yLeYR
— Peter Ubel (@peterubel) August 12, 2015
Lots written lately about the soaring cost of #cancer care, but less chatter about which cancers. Pic from @RyanNipp. pic.twitter.com/NOdrC1Z1Ph
— Peter Ubel (@peterubel) August 14, 2015
Transportation is a huge issue for many cancer patients. https://t.co/oYfhdVC5Lt
— Shelley Fuld Nasso (@sfuldnasso) August 10, 2015
Logistic Toxicity, An Unmeasured Burden Of Health Care, by @ESchattner – https://t.co/LyoLUltwHO via @forbes
— Elaine Schattner MD, MA (@ESchattner) August 14, 2015
Beautiful piece by Oliver Sacks as he nears the end of his life. https://t.co/m1ksnDYJLP
— Shelley Fuld Nasso (@sfuldnasso) August 15, 2015