MA Attorney General's Annual Reports on Health Care Cost Trends and Cost Drivers Reports
The Health Care Division of the Office of the Attorney General works to promote public health and to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system. The Division has conducted groundbreaking examinations of health care cost trends and cost drivers that have directly led to new laws that have increased the transparency of the health care market and encouraged more efficient health care purchasing. The Division also provides guidance and public reporting on the community benefits offered by nonprofit hospitals and health plans through the innovative Community Benefits Program.
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2012 Massachusetts EHR Landscape Assessment
Many organizations worked closely together to reach out to providers and to gather input and information regarding the EHR vendor landscape in 2012. The overarching goal for this project was to determine where the Last Mile Management Office (LMMO) can have the greatest impact interfacing the statewide HIE services with the Commonwealth’s providers and provider organizations.
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Critical Care, Critical Choices: The Case for Tele-ICUs in Intensive Care
The New England Healthcare Institute (NEHI) and the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative released a report in 2010 that shows tele-ICU technology could save 350 additional lives, benefit hospitals financially, and save more than $122 million annually if broadly and effectively implemented across Massachusetts. Intensive care units (ICUs) are a vitally important component of health care in U.S. hospitals, treating six million of the sickest and oldest patients every year. The choices about how to manage ICUs carry high stakes: ICUs have both the highest mortality and the highest costs in health care, accounting for 4.1 percent of the nation’s $2.6 trillion in annual health care spending, or nearly $107 billion per year.
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2014 MeHI Provider and Consumer Health IT Research Study
The Massachusetts eHealth Institute (MeHI) at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative presents the "2014 MeHI Provider and Consumer Health IT Research Study." Sponsored by MeHI and conducted by the respected health industry research firm Market Decisions LLC, this study is designed to provide
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HPC 2014 Cost Trends Report
Consistent with the statutory mandate of the Health Policy Commission (HPC), this 2014 Cost Trends Report presents an overview of healthcare spending and delivery in Massachusetts, opportunities to improve quality and efficiency, and progress in key areas and contains recommendations for strategies to increase quality and efficiency in the Commonwealth.
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