News tagged with managed care
Largest study of high-deductible health plans finds savings, less preventive care
The largest-ever assessment of high-deductible health plans finds that while such plans significantly cut health spending, they also prompt patients to cut back on preventive health care, according to a new RAND Corporation ...
Mar 25, 2011 |
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Elder law expert: Health care reform act a mixed bag for seniors
Although the effects of the controversial health care reform act will be somewhat muted for many older Americans, it will inevitably have enough of an impact that seniors will discover that there is plenty to like and dislike ...
Feb 08, 2011 |
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Report: More than 100 million suffer lasting pain
(AP) -- At least 116 million U.S. adults experience long-lasting pain - the kind that lingers for weeks to months - and too often feel stigma rather than relief from a health care system poorly prepared to treat them, the ...
Jun 29, 2011 |
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Researchers determine that a first medical opinion can influence the second
A new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers indicates that physicians who give second opinions may be influenced by the first opinion and other external factors.
Jan 27, 2011 |
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Electronic Medical Records: An Obamanomic Step Toward Improved Health Care
The Obama Administration's goal to improve the entire health care system in the USA begins with an incremental first step by introducing nearly 500,000 physicians to electronic medical records via the American Recovery and ...
May 19, 2009 |
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Smart solution: Researchers use smartphones to improve health of elderly diabetics in China
Cellular phones - once a luxury used strictly for talking - have taken on many new roles in recent years. Now researchers at Saint Louis University and Old Dominion University in Virginia say smartphones can ...
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Innovative Web-based tool helps doctors improve care
A Web-based tool that extracts information from the electronic medical record (EMR) helps primary care physicians improve care and manage their entire panel of patients. Those are the findings of two new Kaiser Permanente ...
Oct 02, 2010 |
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Bundling 2 low-cost heart drugs prevents heart attack and stroke in large, diverse population
A program that bundled two generic, low-cost drugs - a cholesterol-lowering statin and a blood pressure-lowering drug - and gave daily doses to 68,560 people with diabetes or heart disease for two years is estimated to have ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Educate individuals to prevent sky-rocketing health care costs
Educating individuals about the costs of healthcare could save money and lead to a more efficient use of the healthcare system, report policy researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine and Boston University School ...
Apr 07, 2010 |
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Real-time physician electronic alerts reduce unnecessary blood testing in elderly patients
An electronic message sent to physicians the moment they ordered a blood test for elderly patients reduced unnecessary use of the test that is often false-positive for the elderly, according to a paper published in the November ...
Nov 05, 2010 |
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Survey shows many child care centers use pesticides to control pests
(PhysOrg.com) -- A survey of 637 licensed child care centers conducted by a UC Berkeley researcher for the California Department of Pesticide Regulation found that many of the centers have used pesticide spays and foggers ...
Jul 21, 2010 |
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Strength training, self-management improve outcomes for knee osteoarthritis
Researchers participating in the Multidimensional Intervention for Early Osteoarthritis of the Knee (Knee Study) determined that physically inactive, middle-aged people with symptomatic osteoarthritis benefitted equally from ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 05, 2010 |
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Study finds Medicare prescription benefit program has exceeded expectations
The program created to provide Medicare recipients with prescription drug benefits exceeded expectations during its first two years, extending pharmacy coverage to most seniors while reducing their overall spending on drugs, ...
Aug 24, 2009 |
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Use of mail-order pharmacies use could improve patients' medication adherence
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers found that 85 percent of patients who received their medications by mail stuck to their drug regimen, compared with 77 percent of those who used traditional pharmacies.
Jan 14, 2010 |
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Treatment for chronic illness needs to be less disruptive to people's lives
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many patients with complex chronic illnesses are being overburdened by their treatment, according to research by a Newcastle University academic.
Aug 12, 2009 |
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