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9/29/15 - US to Give Almost $700 Million in Grants to Improve Patient Care

9/29/15 US to Give Almost $700 Million in Grants to Improve Patient Care

Wall Street Journal

Proponents of the initiatives say they will help reduce U.S. health-care costs at a time when growth in national health spending, which had dropped to historic ...

8/31/15 - Hybrid Academic-Community Cancer Centers Take Shape

8/31/15 Hybrid Academic-Community Cancer Centers Take Shape

MedPage Today

An alternative cancer center model has been emerging at a number of healthcare institutions around the country that offers patients local access to more and ...

3/25/15 - Studies of health information exchanges yet to show strong ...

3/25/15 Studies of health information exchanges yet to show strong ...

Medical Xpress

Health information exchanges are supposed to improve the speed, quality, safety and cost of patient care, but there is little evidence of that in existing health ...

2/23/15 - Why EHR Adoption in the ED is Crucial for Population Health

2/23/15 Why EHR Adoption in the ED is Crucial for Population Health

Health IT Analytics

Some patients have been taking advantage of the spread of urgent care centers, ... high enrollment in patient-centered medical home models, and expanded ...

1/16/15 - Community Program Decreased Heart Disease Costs, Deaths

1/16/15 Community Program Decreased Heart Disease Costs, Deaths

Endocrinology Advisor

"Improving access to health care, providing insurance, and concentrating on risk factors for heart disease and stroke made a substantial difference in the health ...

12/15/14 - Coordinated Care Increases Health Care Costs

12/15/14 Coordinated Care Increases Health Care Costs

The Heartland Institute

Coordinated Care Increases Health Care Costs ... The study's findings suggest recent health reforms aimed at promoting coordination of care may not save ...

12/2/14 - Health Information Exchanges May Reduce ED Use, Costs

12/2/14 Health Information Exchanges May Reduce ED Use, Costs

Medscape

Health information exchanges (HIEs) may reduce emergency department (ED) use andcosts in some cases, but their effects on other outcomes ...

10/30/14 - New health care payment model lowering costs

10/30/14 New health care payment model lowering costs

Boston Globe

A first-of-its kind health plan that rewards doctors for keeping patients healthy, rather than just doing expensive procedures, lowered health care spending and ...

10/21/14 - "School-based health centers" could be the future of medicine for ...

10/21/14 "School-based health centers" could be the future of medicine for ...

Elevation D.C

This isn't your mom's school nurse; it's a full medical center—in a high school. These school-based health centers are taking off in D.C. Here's why that's a good ...

10/2/14 - AACE Wants National Diabetes Panel

10/2/14 AACE Wants National Diabetes Panel

MedPage Today

The National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission Act (HR1074/S539) would coordinate all agencies involved in diabetes care and provide assistance from ...

9/26/14 - A Medicare Program Loses More Health-Care Providers

9/26/14 A Medicare Program Loses More Health-Care Providers

Wall Street Journal

Accountable care organizations seek to curb costs by better coordinating care. ... the Medicare Shared Savings Program, wherehealth systems can share in ...

9/24/14 - Win-Win? CVS Joining Forces With Hospitals, Doctors

9/24/14 Win-Win? CVS Joining Forces With Hospitals, Doctors

Kaiser Health News

Counting the MedStar partnership, CVS now has 41 such health-system agreements in ... the care-giving coalitions created by thehealth law to control costs.

9/18/14 - NC hospital chains partner to cut costs

9/18/14 NC hospital chains partner to cut costs

Salisbury Post

Growing pressure to cut medical costs is pushing three ... Healthcare spending for a family with a common employer-sponsored health plan ...

8/19/14 - Pharmacists enlisted to make sure patients stick with prescriptions

8/19/14 Pharmacists enlisted to make sure patients stick with prescriptions

Pittsburgh Post Gazette

4 in the health policy journal Health Affairs, suggested adherence ultimately lowers healthcare costs through reduction of ER and hospital visits. Non-adherence ...

8/7/14 - 6 Wisconsin health care systems announce partnership to reduce ...

8/7/14 6 Wisconsin health care systems announce partnership to reduce ...

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Six major Wisconsin health care organizations are forming a partnership to reduce costs and improve care. Gundersen Health System Vice ...

7/8/14 - Health care consortium aims to cut costs

7/8/14 Health care consortium aims to cut costs

Rochester Business Journal

With a goal of cutting area health care costs through a 25 percent reduction in local hospital admissions, URMC and the RGHS/Unity system have convened a ...

6/17/14 - US Hospital Study Aims to Rapidly Test Lung Cancer Drugs

6/17/14 US Hospital Study Aims to Rapidly Test Lung Cancer Drugs

Boston.com

A bold new way to test cancer drugs started Monday in hundreds of hospitals around the U.S. In a medical version of speed dating, doctors will sort through ...

5/20/14 - Cost-saving, coordinated brain care model for older adults attracting ...

5/20/14 Cost-saving, coordinated brain care model for older adults attracting ...

Medical Xpress

"Now that we have tested the ABC model in large clinical trials and shown that it improves care at a lower cost than standard care, we are traininghealth care ...

5/6/14 - Study Finds Good ROI for WHI

5/6/14 Study Finds Good ROI for WHI

MedPage Today

The upfront costs of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) -- some $260 million -- were a worthwhile investment, returning billions in healthcaredollars saved, ...

4/29/14 - US Supreme Court Upholds Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

4/29/14 US Supreme Court Upholds Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

Environment News Service

“Power plant pollution creates serious health risks for millions of Americans, ... of premature deaths and save tens of billions of dollars a year in health costs.”.