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NewsBlue plans see 18 percent drop in operating earnings for '07
A new analysis by healthcare research and consulting firm the Sherlock Co. found that last year was not a good one for the nation's Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans, which lost money despite Read more...
Study: Despite earlier deaths, obese pay higher medical bills
New research suggests that young adults in their 20s who are as little as 30 pounds overweight may pay lifetime medical bills that are $5,000 to $21,000 higher than their normal-weight. Meanwhile, Read more...
Trend: 'Evidence based' hospital design increasingly popular
Ask any hospital patient what hospitals look like, and they'll probably conjure up a dull landscape of long, featureless hallways, rattling vents and a generally uninviting atmosphere. However, of Read more...
Study: Clot-sucking device cuts death rates for heart attacks
A new study suggests that a vacuum-cleaner-like device that sucks block clots out of the arteries of heart attack victims before angioplasty can have a dramatic effect on survival rates. In fact, the Read more...
Study: Hospitalized kids suffer too many infections
A new study released this week concludes that hospitalized children suffer a high rate of infections and other preventable complications that lead to longer stays and cost millions of dollars. The Read more...
Study: Social networks can have impact on health behavior
Underscoring the results of existing studies, new research has found that social networks can have a much bigger impact on health behaviors than previously suspected. The study, published in the New Read more...
Study: Admission day dictates heart failure, length of stay
A new study suggests that heart failure patients admitted to the hospital on Thursdays and Fridays have longer stays in the hospital than those admitted on other days of the week, while those Read more...
Study: ICU docs discuss end-of-life with blacks less often
New research from the Center for Reducing Health Disparities (CRHD) suggests that ICU physicians discuss prognoses and end-of-life issues less frequently with black patients and their families than Read more...
Harvard, RAND-backed provider payment model to be tested
An evidence-based healthcare payment model driven by researchers at RAND Corporation and the Harvard School of Public Health will be rolled out in January at four pilot test sites with funding from a Read more...
NIH offers free care to patients with rare illnesses
The NIH has launched a new pilot program designed to find patients with rare, hard-to-detect diseases and treat them--for free. The new Undiagnosed Disease Program is far from a panacea for such Read more...
| Press ReleasesPress Release: Study Finds Most Americans Would Prefer to Receive Medications from MDs ST. LOUIS , Mo . – August 20, 2007 Three out of four Americans would have their prescription filled in their doctor’s office instead of a pharmacy if given the choice, a new study finds, Read more... |
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