MEDICAL DEVICES

Overview

BCHT Initiatives

Collaborations with IHA

Bundled Payment Project

Value-Based Purchasing Project

Presentations

BIOPHARMACEUTICALS

Overview

BCHT Initiatives

Presentations

Health Affairs Journal

COLLABORATION WITH HEALTH AFFAIRS

Health Affairs is the nation's leading health policy journal. BCHT Director James Robinson has been a Contributing Editor since 2003 and served as its Editor-in-Chief from 2007 to 2008. In his current role as Contributing Editor, Robinson developed the new "TechWatch" section, sponsored by the Blue Shield of California Foundation.

Health Affairs devotes extensive coverage to medical devices, advanced imaging, diagnostics, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and other dimensions of health technology. The journal's November/December 2008 issue focused on The Price of Medical Technology. The September/October 2006 issue was entitled Biotech Drugs Come of Age and focused on biopharmaceuticals.

Dr. Robinson has published over 30 papers in Health Affairs over the past decade, including articles on insurer strategies for managing biopharmaceuticals and value purchasing of medical devices.