Population Health
More patients want to interact with doctors via social media, which opens new opportunities to treat chronic conditions, reduce unneeded visits.
Reductions in uninsured rates ranged from -14.3 percent in the Guamanian or Chamorro subgroup to -4.1 percent in the Japanese subgroup.
U.S. investments in global health research and development from 2007 to 2015 not only created jobs but injected millions into local economies.
One hospital lost $3.5 million in a single year dealing with rising infection rates among patients taking cocaine, OxyContin, Demerol, Percocet and other opioids.
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery, which focused on just one type of operation, saved more than $1.3 million while freeing up beds for over two-dozen additional patients.
HELP Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander said he would ask Senate leaders to consider the bill this summer.
Researchers put the onus on hospitals, manufacturers and regulators to do a better job of reducing contamination and called for an end to manual cleaning processes.
Bipartisan bill is expected after questions are answered by April 26 deadline; Senate HELP committee gets ready to markup Opioid Crisis Response Act.
The move would also make sense from a population health standpoint, since many people become sick, are hospitalized, or die from vaccine-preventable illnesses.
Mergers and acquisitions can result in economy of scale and other financial benefits -- but it can also be easy for patient access and services issues to go unaddressed.