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By: Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, September 29, 2009
While attention will be focused this week on the Senate Finance Committee healthcare reform hearings, work on reform legislation also has been proceeding on the other side of the Capitol. House leaders are meeting behind closed doors this week to iron out—and eventually prepare for the House floor— provisions in the tri-committee versions of the House's reform measure, HR 3200.
By: Cynthia Johnson, September 28, 2009
Advocates of an online tool called HeartAware say it identifies and educates those at risk for cardiovascular disease and prevents needless visits to the ER. But skeptics argue that the survey is an invitation to purchase unnecessary services.
By: Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, September 28, 2009
Many individuals traditionally get wellness information from their physicians' offices, clinics, or hospitals. However, moving away from the four walls of a healthcare organization and into the community can have an impact as well.
By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, September 29, 2009
For anyone focused on the corporeal side of medicine, it's always a grim reminder to see just how much of the healthcare bill stems from treatment of maladies of the mind. A report from the federal Agency of Health Research and Quality analyzed numerous research papers published in the last three years to conclude that mental disorders, including violent behavior between intimate partners, were one of the five most costly conditions in the U.S. in 2006.
By: Marianne Aiello, for HealthLeaders Media, September 28, 2009
While many hospitals still tend to avoid starting a blog for fear of sparking bad publicity, at least one CEO has found in many cases that the opposite is true.
By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, September 28, 2009
If your healthcare organization doesn't have a policy on employee conduct for online communications and social media, it should.
By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, September 28, 2009
A Medicare advocacy group has called out a skilled nursing home corporation for scaring elderly residents into thinking their benefits will be worse if provisions in H.R. 3200 are voted into law.