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NewsIOM: Chronic conditions a public health 'crisis'
Despite existing national initiatives to help patients with chronic illnesses, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) indicated in a report yesterday the industry still isn't doing enough for patients in Read more...
Study: Swine flu vaccines may not arrive in time to beat fall infection spike
Let's hope that the more pessimistic estimates of swine flu spread aren't accurate. If so, things could get a bit ugly in October, when another outbreak of the H1N1 virus is expected to peak. Read more...
Study: Medical homes boost quality, cut costs
The patient-centered medical home model is looking sexier by the minute, with studies increasingly suggesting that it works well on financial and clinical grounds. This time, it's a study done by the Read more...
Study: Patient non-compliance with drugs costs $290B per year
People who don't take their medications as prescribed end up costing the health system up to $290 billion per year in increased medical costs, according to a Boston-based health policy group that is Read more...
Extending Medicare drug payments pays
Extending prescription coverage for Medicare enrollees sounds like an expensive boondoggle to some. However, a new study suggests that the extra cost of such coverage was substantially offset on Read more...
Case study: ED visits soar in MA
As FierceHealthcare readers know, more patients are seeking care in emergency departments than ever before, taxing not only EDs but hospitals as a whole. This problem includes hospitals in Read more...
Study: Reform could reduce health disparities
One sad fact of U.S. medicine is that right now, there's often large differences between the care different racial and socio-economic groups receive. These disparities include differences not only in Read more...
PA governor backs program for chronically ill
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell hopes to cut back on the amount of money spent on chronically ill patients while increasing the quality of care. In a speech to the Pennsylvania Homecare Association in Read more...
| Press ReleasesIBM Launches University Competition to Combat Growth of Non-Communicable DiseasesARMONK, N.Y., Oct. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Novartis (NYSE: NVS) today announced the NCD Challenge, a competition among a number of the world's leading universities designed to tap Read more >> DuPage Medical Group Selects Phytel to Improve its Population Health ManagementLarge Multispecialty Group in Illinois is Also Using Phytel to Develop Patient-Centered Medical Homes DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The 300-doctor DuPage Medical Group, one of the largest physician-owned Read more >> Magellan Launches Integrated Health Home in Collaboration with State of Iowa to Improve Access to Care, Control CostsFour providers selected to pilot program linking behavioral health treatment and physical health care for people with serious mental illness DES MOINES, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Magellan Health Read more >> HHS Announces New Investment in School-Based Health CentersWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Education Secretary Arne Duncan today announced awards of $95 million to 278 school-based health center programs across the country. Read more >> Affordable Care Act to Improve Access to School-Based Health CareWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- On Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. (EDT), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will be joined on a call by U.S. Department of Read more >> |
