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By David A. Kindig, MD, PhD Yes, the online CDC journal Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) has just released a compilation... 
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By David A. Kindig, MD, PhD My professional coming of age took place the late 1960s, in one of the...
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Could a national single-payor system — a system that is very different from the current state of affairs and is also different from the Affordable Care Act — help hospitals and create a more beneficial healthcare system at large?
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This is evident in the funding cuts to the national organization of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and to regional organizations such as the AIAI. In essence, the cuts will discourage health care services and programs from ...
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Private firms to bid to run care of patients with long-term conditions
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Swapping GPs for nurses eases white-coat hypertension
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Dr Amir Hannan explains how his practice has saved money and resources by providing access to records and self-care advice on its website:
"We now have over 1,850 patients accessing their records. Some 16% of patients have currently signed up, with on average 10-30 patients signing up every week. Patients from the ages of zero to over 90 have joined the scheme, with the largest group being women between the ages of 20 and 65. Nearly 30% of our patients with type 1 diabetes, 34% of our obese patients, 46% of patients on methotrexate and 9% of our Bengali patients now have access to their records.
Overall 16% of our practice's patients have signed up. Over the last three months there were over 40,000 page views on our website, averaging over 13,000 page views per month, and over 3,400 recorded logins for a range of online services and access to electronic records.
There were an average of five online visits per patient – well over 650 individual patients out of the total of 1,850 patients registered went online over this time. An average of 50 appointments and 20 appointment cancellations were made online each month, helping improve access and reduce DNA rates.
We have recently completed a joint study with Manor House surgery in Glossop to show that, as a result of providing patients access to their records, we could make savings of almost £20 per patient per year in saved appointments.
Our study showed that on average, we have saved more than one appointment per patient per year and that we saved more than three telephone consultations per patient. The full results of this study will be published soon."
[AS: Will financial savings rather than moral obligation be what finally expedites the provision of electronic health records to patients?]
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ForbesHow To Slow The Health Care Value LeakForbesAnd rather than addressing how to stop the leak, the inefficiency is accepted as the normal course of business. What's more, new taxes are implemented to cover the increased cost of the known waste.
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Even having good health insurance is no guarantee of getting the best health care. Ashlie Hubbard learned this the hard way after the birth of her daughter, who has special needs.
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“They're targeting new patients, usually patients who are fairly you and health who probably have money but don't have insurance,” said heath care business consultant David Williams. According to Williams, it's also a buyer ...
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The Moderate VoiceHealthcare Business News Access to care declined in past decade, report saysModernHealthcare.comBy Maureen McKinney Adults' access to healthcare fell considerably during the past decade, particularly among the uninsured, according...
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Northwest Public RadioLong-Term-Care Insurance: Who Needs It?NPRby Marilyn Geewax Americans routinely buy all sorts of insurance — for cars, homes, health and even pets and boats. But when it comes to long-term-care insurance, relatively few sign up.
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A sizable percentage of hospitals expect to reduce their spending on capital projects during 2012 as they confront a variety of budget issues, according to a new survey of 730 hospitals from Premier Read more...
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Employers and health insurers increasingly are using online games to encourage healthier behavior among workers. However, researchers note that there is a lack of data showing that such games are an effective strategy to improve employee wellness.
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Facebook is now making it possible for its millions of users to publicly declare their organ donor status on their timelines.
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If you've not yet heard of telemedicine or think that it's not a great way to deliver quality health care, you may want to read this. Telemedicine, made possible by the availability of mobile networks, is revolutionizing health care.
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Communicating a Hospital Crisis: Best Practices for 4 ScenariosBecker's Hospital ReviewHospital patients will need to know how this change in staffing may affect patient care.
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Future of patient monitoring is clearly based on IT integration, data access and capture from across hospitals and remote access from any point within the hospital or across globe. Protocol based standardised charting solutions saving on time ...
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In the relationship era, sales tactics may drive consumers away.
[AS: Marketing is so steeped in the 'unshakeable wisdom' of a set of precepts forged in an offline world, that it seems to have forgotten that people aren't cattle, and brands are called brands for a reason. People don't want to be branded. I suspect that cows aren't too keen on it, either. Brands don't want people; they want what they have, not who they are. More encouraging grist for the #postmarketing mill here. Keep thinking.]
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Family physician Dike Drummond is not a fan of social media in healthcare, at least when it comes to busy physicians trying to cram just one more process into their schedules. In a recent blog post Read more... Via Lionel Reichardt / le Pharmageek
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The market for mobile health care applications for smartphones and tablets continues to expand and this year it could double.
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While you're helping clients find their voices, are you losing your own?
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WBURMassachusetts payment-reform bill would overhaul how health-care providers are ...Washington PostMitt Romney, Massachusetts became the first state to extend insurance coverage to all its residents.
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"Social media is changing the nature of healthcare interaction, and health organizations that ignore this virtual environment may be missing opportunities to engage consumers."That was the very ominous and foerboding opening line from a press...
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