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Tackling Rural Health Challenges During Rural Health Month and BeyondOrganizations should step up and improve rural health by offering new, innovative ways to improve access to the care that rural residents so desperately need.
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Do We Need to Realign Evidence-Based Versus Precision Medicine?An interview with geneticist and pathologist Gabriel Bien-Willner, MD, PhD, FCAP, on why we need to change our outlook toward precision medicine in oncology.
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The Art and Science of Wound Care NursingNational Nurses Week, celebrated May 6-12, 2017, offers an opportunity to reflect on the art and science of the profession, which combines clinical knowledge and the ability to make a difference in lives, which can only be gained through hands-on experience.
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CDC Publishes New Resource: Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic StewardshipThe CDC has now published the Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Recommendations and Reports, to provide guidance for antibiotic stewardship in outpatient settings.
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Pelvic Floor Disorders (Part 2): Barriers to Effective TreatmentPatients face many obstacles to effective treatment for pelvic floor disorders.
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Do Electronic Medical Records Improve Diabetes Quality in Physician Practices?Policy makers should not expect public sector electronic medical record investments to yield substantial short-term improvements in publicly reported measures.
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Should Lower Doses of Melatonin Be Used For Older Adults?Tabula Rasa HealthCare (NASDAQ:TRHC) is a leader in providing patient-specific, data-driven technology and solutions that enable healthcare organizations to optimize medication regimens to improve patient outcomes, reduce hospitalizations, lower healthcare costs and manage risk. Medication risk management is TRHC’s lead offering, and its cloud-based software applications provide solutions for a range of payers, providers and other healthcare organizations.
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Innovation in Colorectal Cancer Screening - There Has to Be a Better WayGiving patients a convenient, at-home option and a navigation system for colorectal cancer screening can help boost low testing rates.
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Moving Beyond Theory: The Need for Active Cultivation of the Value FlowerMoving beyond academic rhetoric is the bold step needed to make a wider field of value flowers take root and flourish.
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Men's Health Month: How Primary Care Providers Can Reduce Gender Health DisparitiesJune 1 kicked off the 22nd annual Men’s Health Month. While raising awareness among male patients is a focus of Men’s Health Month, primary care providers can also play a role
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Quality Data: Simplify Data Governance, Advance Interoperability, and Improve AnalyticsUnsustainable healthcare costs are driving seismic changes to the way payers do business and are requiring the ability to extract deeper insights from data assets.
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Contributor: Navigating Health Equity in 2024: The Evolution of Accountability, Part 2The article emphasizes the significance of accreditations in addressing health disparities and promoting health equity, highlighting programs for achieving accreditation and advocating for the integration of social determinants of health (SDOH) and health equity practices within pharmacy and health care.
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Provider Perceptions of Pharmacists in Primary Care–Based Accountable Care OrganizationsIn this article, the authors describe their experiences addressing provider perceptions and methods to overcome several challenges to clinical pharmacist integration in primary care–based accountable care organizations.
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The Future of Value-Based Care for Family PhysiciansAs the country increases the pace of shifting to value-based payments, a significant question remains: how can independent primary care doctors operate in this new environment?
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Corporate America Must Address Employee Chronic Conditions to Help Achieve the Triple AimThe Triple Aim will be within reach when there is greater stakeholder engagement and systemic ownership. A good start is for more employers to provide more American workers with access to high-quality wellness programs that can impact chronic disease with population health strategies.
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Exchanging Healthcare Data: A Look at 3 Standards Competing to Provide InteroperabilityThree standards—Direct, Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR), and cloud fax—all hold promise for helping healthcare organizations more easily share information.
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A Vision for the Next Generation of PractitionersWhy do I teach? A vision for the next generation of practitioners.
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How Managed Care Can Advance Responsible Genetic TestingHealth plans and patients need to know they can trust their diagnostic service provider, because genetic tests are not always the best option.
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Seeking Innovative Solutions to Patient Cost SharingAn interview with The American Journal of Managed Care about the PAN Challenge grant.
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Living While at High Risk of Developing Alzheimer DiseaseIn 2017, an estimated 5.5 million Americans were diagnosed with Alzheimer disease (AD) and 200,000 under 65 years of age are described as having early-onset AD. Even more striking is the finding that 47 million Americans are presymptomatic with stage I AD. These dire statistics beg the question about the merits of getting tested for AD since lifestyle changes can help people at risk, but they are less likely to improve the conditions of those already experiencing cognitive impairment or dementia.
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Payers: Embrace the Value of Physical Therapy to Reduce CostsAs our country continues its push to lower the cost of healthcare, especially among the burgeoning population of seniors with age-related disabilities, transitioning to a value-based insurance design payment model that rewards value, rather than quantity, will become progressively more important. In the realms of musculoskeletal pain and movement dysfunction, this transition must be accompanied with sincere efforts to identify treatments that can effectively manage pain and reduce the total cost of care.
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Contributor: How a Health Cloud Can Help Create Seamless Virtual Health Care Experience in a Post–COVID-19 WorldPatients worldwide are reluctant to visit clinics and hospitals amid fears of COVID-19. Implementing virtual care capabilities can not only relieve the patients of this fear by minimizing in-person exposure and preventing the virus from spreading, but also improve patient-centered care delivery.
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Contributor: Agility Required to Keep Pace With Code Changes During PandemicAndria Jacobs, RN, MS, CEN, CPHQ, chief operating officer for PCG Software, discusses 3 billing and claims issues facing the health care industry in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
