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Proposal creates care "warranty" model
Offering any kind of guaranteed results for healthcare services isn't just counterintuitive--some doctors might tell you it's just plain crazy. But that isn't stopping healthcare quality advocate... Read more...
One in five Medicare patients readmitted to hospitals within 30 days
Medicare patients readmitted to hospitals cost an estimated $17.4 billion in 2004, several years before a legion of aging baby boomers will become eligible for the entitlement. Better planning for... Read more...
Commonwealth Fund calls for massive healthcare reform
Apparently the Commonwealth Fund has a solution to the nation's healthcare problems. The group is calling for a new national insurance exchange that could cover tens of millions of Americans,... Read more...
'Do-it-yourself' healthcare a problem among uninsureds
According to research conducted by the Commonwealth Fund, young adults comprise the nation's largest group of uninsureds; in 2007 alone, 13.2 million young adults were without insurance. An article... Read more...
COBRA unaffordable for many
According to the Commonwealth Fund, most workers who lose their jobs cannot afford to continue their healthcare coverage through COBRA, the 1985 law that allows workers to keep their job-based health... Read more...
Study: Some healthcare reform bills are better than others
Congress got a little excited at the end of their last session, and introduced almost a dozen bills intended to shrink the number of uninsured patients in the U.S. And while no one bill is likely to... Read more...
Commonwealth Fund launches hospital ratings site
The non-profit research firm Commonwealth Fund has decided to make its entry into the growing list of competing hospital quality ratings systems. Commonwealth's new site, WhyNotTheBest.org, offers... Read more...
Study: U.S. chronically ill most likely to go without care
In yet another sign of the stresses facing our healthcare system, a recent study found that chronically ill patients in the U.S. are much more likely to go without healthcare because of the cost than... Read more...
Study: Quality of U.S. healthcare lags despite high spending
While American healthcare is perhaps the most expensive on the planet, we aren't getting as much as we should for our investment, according to a new study by the Commonwealth Fund. The report notes... Read more...
Study: Majority of patients want EMRs
A new study from the Commonwealth Fund suggests that the majority of patients would like to see doctors move to electronic medical records, with many suggesting that EMRs would help to improve care... Read more...
