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By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, May 29, 2012
A CDC survey finds that nearly four in five emergency department patients said they went there because they had nowhere else to go. The rest said they sought the ED because their primary care doctor sent them.
By: Jim Molpus, for HealthLeaders Media, May 29, 2012
Oakland, Calif.–based Kaiser Permanente, even with its massive scale of 8.9 million health plan members, more than 16,000 physicians, and 170,000 employees, is built around the team medicine concept. This is an excerpt from a fuller case study which accompanies the May 30th Rounds event, Building ACO Foundations: Lessons From Kaiser Permanente's Integrated Delivery Model.
By: Margaret Dick Tocknell, for HealthLeaders Media, May 29, 2012
Aetna and Costco have expanded into nine states with their cobranded health plan, with two more pending regulatory review. As health insurance sales shift to direct-to-consumer models, Aetna attempts to tap into Costco's successful retail strategy.
By: Philip Betbeze, for HealthLeaders Media, May 25, 2012
To engage their physicians, healthcare leaders must empower them to change their own work patterns. The Mayo Clinic's YES Board shows that, when allowed to improve workflows and technology, physicians can make life- and cash-saving interventions.
By: May 15, 2012
Date: May 31, 2012
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