USPSTF Reviews Skin Cancer Screening Recommendations
August 17th 2016The USPSTF recently sought to update it's screening recommendations for skin cancer and evaluate the harms this type of test poses to the patient, and whether this tool leads to earlier detection of skin cancer than other care means.
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Cancer Patients View Their Prognosis Much Differently Than Physicians Without Ever Realizing It
August 15th 2016New research published in JAMA discovered that patient-oncologist discordance was common among the cases studied, and patients were unaware that their opinions differed from their physician’s.
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Patient-Reported Outcomes Used Minimally in Hospitals, But Future Looks Promising
August 13th 2016Survey results reveal only 18% of health systems consistently use patient-reported outcomes and highlights key barriers to implementing patient-reported outcome measures in the clinical setting.
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St. Jude's Research Discovers Links in Psychological Symptoms Among Adolescent Cancer Survivors
August 12th 2016A recent study led by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital discovered that cancer survivors who underwent the same or similar therapies displayed the same symptoms of mental health.
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UK Study Finds Simpler, More Cost-Effective Treatment for Depression
July 25th 2016Depression affects nearly 350 million people worldwide, but long waiting lines and limited access to services have impeded depression treatment. Only about a quarter of patients in the United States have received any type of psychological therapy in the last year and 1 in 10 UK citizens have been waiting over a year to receive treatment.
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Motor Vehicle Crashes Remain Leading Cause of Death in US, Serious Public Health Concern
July 11th 2016The analysis found that if motor vehicle crashes in the United States had declined at the average rate of other countries in the survey, 18,000 lives would have been saved over the study period.
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What Is Value-Based Care? Depends on Who Is Asked
June 23rd 2016While the United States healthcare system has been slowly transitioning to value-based care from a system based on volume, a recent study found that primary care physicians and health plan executives aren’t actually on the same page.
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Policy Changes Threaten Hospitals' Medicaid Payments
June 14th 2016Medicaid payments to hospitals comprise a large portion of a hospital’s finances; however, policy changes occurring under the Affordable Care Act may have several implications on the way hospitals receive payments from Medicaid.
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