Ambulatory Care

February poll of 618 Colorado physicians before the ballot measure was proposed found support within group for physician-assisted death in general.

Naltrexone and acamprosate are the two drugs on the market for patients with alcohol cravings.

Others par8o clients include MGM Resorts in Las Vegas, The William F. Ryan Community Health Network, Dignity Health, and St. Joseph Health System in Anaheim, California.

Health centers and emergency departments are experimenting with a variety of programs that aim to divert patients with dental complaints into specialty clinics.

Clinics like those at CVS and Walmart move toward more population health and chronic disease management services.

Programs substantially cut the risk of dying from another cardiac problem, improve quality of life and lower costs; less than one-third of patients whose conditions qualify for the rehab actually participate.

Bundles would cover a screening mammogram and other later diagnostic breast imaging services.

The healthcare providers plan to open several more centers in the urban market by early 2017.

Premier Inc. is joining forces with America's Essential Hospitals, which champions care for vulnerable populations, in a bid to improve quality, cost and population health at its member hospitals.

A report in 2012 by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse revealed that medical schools devoted little time to teaching addiction medicine -- only a few hours over four years. Since then, the number of Americans overdosing from prescribed opioids has surpassed 14,000 per year, quadrupling from 1999 to 2014.