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The findings have implications for improving outcomes and reducing disparities in that they target a more vulnerable patient population.
A Medicare Advantage member who is food insecure can have up to 26.6 unhealthy days a month, correlating to 10 hospital admissions per thousand, or $15.64 per member per month in higher medical costs.
Seniors also reported their concern that rising healthcare costs will result in significant and lasting damage to the economy.
Even the positive health effects observed in participating employees fell short of certain clinical measures of health.
Large hospitals and teaching hospitals are the most likely to see reduced penalties; those in states with high Medicaid enrollment will fare better.
Searches for IUDs were 15 percent higher than expected following the 2016 election -- 10 to 21 million more searches than normal.
Ver2 Digital Medicine CEO Brian de Francesca talks about how telemedicine has evolved and efforts to provide medical care to refugees in camps using a cloud-based EHR built on blockchain.
Mike Fuller, regional managing director at InterSystems, declares that shaping the future of healthcare IT requires an understanding of common problems and solving them in a whole health economy.
Mazin Gadir, senior consultant and advisor with the Dubai Health Authority, discusses the goals of the city's ambitious health strategy, including transforming healthcare into a world-class, sustainable, innovative system.
In 2017, more than 119,000 bloodstream staph infections occurred and 20,000 people died from them. What's more, a rise in the infections could be due to rampant opioid use.