On The Record (with daily recap)
Kaiser: Drew Altman looks at what’s in store during 2012 Today in TIE: Don wonders who owns the MMSE and points out some good resources that can help you think about causation, while Aaron has two posts on paying for things that work: one focused on the macro level, and another on the doctor/patient
The IOM confirms that vaccines are safe
The IOM has released a report entitled, Adverse Effects of Vaccines: Evidence and Causality: The committee finds that evidence convincingly supports a causal relationship between some vaccines and some adverse events—such as MMR, varicella zoster, influenza, hepatitis B, meningococcal, and tetanus-c