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Sharing Responsibility for Health Care Successes and Failures

(1/2025, A. Mark Fendrick, MD, The American Journal of Managed Care) comments “...This shift must start with an honest and rigorous assessment of which clinical services are high value (producing more health for the money spent) and which are low value (offering little to no benefit, potentially causing unnecessary costs and harm). For-profit arrangements could still be possible, but profits would be tied to the provision of services known to yield improved health (the desired outcome) and no longer be determined by process measures such as the amount, intensity, or location of services provided, some of which are not associated with better health.” Full

After TKA, Analgesia With Continuous Adductor Canal Block Bests Epidural

(12/10, Ellen Kurek, Rheumatology Advisor) reports “In patients who underwent inpatient total knee arthroplasty (TKA), continuous adductor canal block (cACB) resulted in better outcomes and less need for opioids than epidural analgesia, according to results of a retrospective study published in the Journal of Pain Research.” Full

EU HTA-Co-Ordination Group Prepares For New Wave Of Joint Clinical Assessments In 2025

(12/10, Francesca Bruce, Pink Sheet) reports “...The Member State Co-ordination Group on Health Technology Assessment (HTA), which will oversee the EU-level joint clinical assessments that become applicable from January, has set out its 2025 work program. It says it expects to start work on around 25 joint clinical assessments (JCAs) for medicines with new active substances in the coming year.” Subscription Required