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USC professor finds health plan consolidation leads to lower hospital costs: Q&A with Glenn Melnick
AmeriHealth Mercy, one of the largest Medicaid managed care plans in the country, has teamed with Boston-based healthcare communications network company NaviNet on a pilot program that will push prescription and clinical patient information to providers' handheld devices.
The Measure Applications Partnership (MAP), a public-private partnership convened by the National Quality Forum, released two reports on Tuesday that pointed to specific opportunities for more coordinated approaches to making healthcare safer and enhancing clinical performance.
Now that is has proven itself by beating the top two champions of the television game show Jeopardy! IBM's Watson technology is poised for its first commercial opportunity via a partnership with health insurance giant WellPoint that should see it providing clinical support to doctors as early as the first quarter of 2012.
As the 50-plus cohort is now nearly entirely made up of the baby boomer generation, the issue of addiction among seniors has started to garner some attention. A report released in 2009 by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) found that from 2002 to 2007 there was a rise of illicit drug use among those ages 50 to 59. A larger population of elderly patients with substance abuse issues will challenge the healthcare system say those in the field.
Walk-in health clinics and urgent care clinics are growing at a fast pace in the United States, their popularity fueled by convenience and affordability. A new urgent care clinic, Medhattan, is set to open this month in the shadow of Ground Zero. Its owners hope their facility will set a new standard of care.
The Medical Group Management Association is holding its annual conference in Las Vegas Oct. 23 to 26. If you’re going, here are some tips for making it a conference to remember
Inpatient rehabilitation operator HealthSouth is realigning its hospitals into six regions in order to position itself for future expansion.