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SPOTLIGHT: Doctors often miss cultural signals
Research has often highlighted that blacks routinely see worse outcomes than whites in treatment of chronic illness. Now, a new study of diabetes patients has suggested that there are significant Read more...
VistA may be in its waning years; How hospitals are thinning down ED crowding; and much more...
> For many years, the VA's VistA open source EMR has been held up as an example for the industry to follow. Now, it's looking like VistA may be in its waning years. Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Hospitals begin auctioning unpaid debts online; US stockpiling antivirals against bird flu pandemic; and much more.
> Hoping to get another shot at collecting their money, hospitals are auctioning off patient debt via online auctions. Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Boston hospital faces $30M investment; Vaccine could someday halt Type 1 diabetes; and much more...
> It's no fun being this deep in the hole. To get back into fighting shape, Boston's Carney Hospital will have to invest $30 million in facilities upgrades. Read more...
Panel issues care guidelines for heart implant patients
In the past, much of the discussion over implantable heart devices like pacemakers and defibrillators was over which patients were suitable candidates--and how to get health plans to pay for them. Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Health plans vow premium, reimbursement crackdown; Diabetes drug spending takes lead position; and much more...
> Hoping to calm nervous investors, health plans are promising Wall Street types that they're going to hike premiums and ratchet down payments to providers. Good luck, guys. Read more...
Study: More than half of insureds on chronic-care meds
A new study suggests that for the first time, more than half of insured Americans are regularly taking prescriptions for chronic health problems. The most popular drugs include those used to lower Read more...
OH pharmacists lobby health plans to expand patient care role
Fresh from the success of a 10-year demonstration in Asheville, North Carolina, Ohio pharmacists are lobbying insurers to convince them to pay for care coordination services. The pharmacists contend Read more...
Hospital rates for some PA HMOs patients rising
For decades, it's looked like HMOs had pretty much cracked the problem of keeping hospitalization rates at a minimum across broad populations. But for some reason, that doesn't seem to be the case in Read more...
ALSO NOTED: UnitedHealth stands behind Vytorin; Groups release diabetes management toolkit; and much more...
> Despite the controversy over its effectiveness, UnitedHealth Group has said that it will continue to cover Vytorin has it has in the past. Read more...
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