Archive: Jun 2016

  1. UConn Health, Hartford HealthCare Explore Forming ACO

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    UConn Health has selected Hartford HealthCare as its partner in exploring the formation of an Accountable Care Organization, concluding a search that began in fall 2015. This is not a merger or sharing of assets. Rather, an ACO is a group of doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare providers who voluntarily collaborate to coordinate care and ensure that shared patients receive the best care at the lowest possible cost – otherwise known as “value-based care.”

  2. Doctors less satisfied, more burned out with electronic records

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    UCHC-AAUP is concerned about endless time spent on EMR and physician burnout. Here is some of the latest research:

    “Most doctors who use electronic health records and order entry software tend to be less satisfied with how much time they spend on clerical tasks and are at higher risk of burnout than others, according to a new study…

  3. Court: UConn can withhold names of animal researchers, for now

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    The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a trial judge used the wrong legal standard when he ordered the University of Connecticut to give an animal-rights group the names of researchers who had violated animal-research protocols. The university withheld the names to protect the researchers from potential abuse by animal-rights activists.

  4. Union Endorsement Comes With Asterisk and A Letter

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    A coalition of Connecticut labor unions may be angry, but they aren’t taking a scorched earth approach to endorsing members of the General Assembly who voted in favor of a budget that cuts services and lays off state employees.

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