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Doubts arise about Medicaid incentive programs
As part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Medicaid program will begin introducing $100 million in incentives for enrollees to improve personal habits that could have a positive
Final days: Americans getting treated to death
Hope springs eternal. But that American tendency to fight death to the bitter end might not be the best way to depart this mortal coil. Doctors can't tell you how long a patient will live, but they
Using the RCA process to bring a patient's entire picture into focus
How often are physicians placed in a situation where they have the time, relationship, trust and information to identify the root cause of a chronic illness? How often are they positioned to truly
SPOTLIGHT: Mayo Clinic, GE and Intel team up to test telemedicine for chronically ill
As part of the first-ever study examining the effects of home-based monitoring across a variety of chronic conditions--rather than one specific disease--the Mayo Clinic, GE Healthcare and Intel will
