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Editor's Picks
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Osteoporosis Related Fractures Costing Healthcare System BillionsAs policymakers look to reduce healthcare costs, they might look closely at ways to prevent osteoporosis, the culprit that led to 1 million hospitalizations in 2006. Of those hospitalizations, 254,000 were because of fractures stemming from the gradual loss of bone, according to a new report released by the federal Agency for Health Research and Quality. [ Read More]
Consumers Fear Universal Coverage Could Cause Healthcare Access BottleneckUniversal health insurance will not ensure equal access to care because the healthcare system will be swamped with new patients, according to a new study of 1,000 Americans. The survey and study also found that alternative care access strategies—such as shared doctor appointments, online consultations, and worksite clinics as a way of alleviating the access bottleneck—received varying but significant support. [ Read More]
Health Reform Bill Features Healthcare Associated Infections DatabaseDebate continues surrounding the healthcare legislation that is currently being pored over by members of Congress. However, one part of the healthcare reform that has not been a sticking point is the requirement of a national reporting system for healthcare associated infections. One piece of healthcare reform legislation (HR 3200) includes a provision that would require all hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers to report data concerning healthcare associated infections to a database with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a condition of their participation with Medicare and Medicaid. [ Read More]
Duke Durham Partnership: Informatics Improves HealthMedical informatics is playing a significant role in a unique, newly launched partnership between Durham based Duke University and the Durham, NC, community. The goal of the partnership, known as Durham Health Innovations, is to improve the health of everyone living in Durham County by using medical informatics to identify interventions for community members whose needs aren't being met successfully by conventional methods. [ Read More]
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Time For 'Dr. Next'?
| Generation X and its life-balancing, tech-oriented, team-playing doctors is taking over. But what kind of healthcare will they give us? [Read More] |
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Prepare for the Cancer Boom
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Aligning the right cancer care team and utilizing the appropriate technology is essential for maintaining a patient-centered service line. [Read More] |
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Leaders Forum
Medicare Advantage Cuts Wrong Prescription for Improving Healthcare Efficiency: In its diagnosis of what ails the U.S. healthcare system, the Obama administration is at great risk of making a costly mistake by proposing cuts in a program that successfully addresses a core problem—the lack of coordinated care, say HealthLeaders Media contributors Robert Margolis, MD, and Craig Frances, MD. [Read More]
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Audio Feature
This audio feature offers a discussion between Technology Editor Carrie Vaughan and Edward Koschka, network vice president of information technology and chief information officer for Community Health Network in Indianapolis. He talks about the renewed focus on patient portals and RHIOs since the announcement of HITECH and the interoperability component, particularly in light of the HealthLeaders Media Industry Survey 2009, which showed that many CIOs saw such technologies as unlikely in the near term. [Listen Now]
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