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Tag Archives: Primary Care
Retail Clinics Increase Medical Spending, Research Shows
http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/finance/retail-clinics-increase-medical-spending-research-shows#
By creating a new demand for previously unmet medical services, retail clinics are driving up medical spending, a study from RAND Corporation and Harvard University concludes. But one of the nation’s largest retail clinic chains, MinuteClinic, refutes the findings.
Dartmouth Atlas: Evidence-based, Coordinated Care for Seniors Elusive
http://healthleadersmedia.com/content.cfm?topic=QUA&content_id=325531
Three areas where the use of evidence-base care is particularly lacking are prostate cancer screenings, breast cancer screenings, and feeding tube placement for Medicare recipients with advanced dementia.
Health care ‘homes’ save Minnesota $1 billion
http://www.startribune.com/health-care-homes-save-minnesota-1-billion/368187001/
Reform strategy asks clinics to take more responsibility for managing patients.
Medical schools of the future
http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000482408
Bernard Tyson, Kaiser Permanente CEO, shares his plan to reshape the way physicians are educated and improve diversity in the medical community.
Study finds 20% of Americans have ‘no usual source of healthcare’
Sarbanes Refloats Primary Care Physician Reentry Act
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Participating doctors would be retrained and credentialed to serve as primary care physicians at VA medical centers, community health centers, and school-based health centers.
Briefing Recap: Barriers To Care For Patients With Complex Health Needs
The need to bolster primary care in the United States is critical. Among the 10 countries in this survey, the United States has the youngest population, yet it has the highest incidence of chronic disease and spends 50-150 percent more on health care per capita than the other nine countries in the survey. This survey highlights another unwanted distinction: US primary care doctors felt among the least prepared to treat people with multiple chronic conditions and reported being among the least prepared to manage conditions associated with aging outside of hospital or nursing home settings.
MedPAC suggests alternative models for rural hospitals
Standalone EDs, clinics could work as viable replacements
Obamacare Has Given Doctors A 3% Pay Raise
A demonstrator outside the Supreme Court in support of President Obama’s health law, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), holds up a “ACA is Here to Stay” sign June 25, 2015 in Washington after justices ruled 6-3 to save Obamacare tax subsidies. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg.
HENRY KOTULA 