Meaningful reform of primary care should not only address the provision, documentation and payment of care; it should be based on patients' goals for their lives and health, with corresponding redesign of electronic health ...
Mar 13, 2018
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(HealthDay)—Burnout is prevalent among physicians, affecting over one-third of physicians in a single health system, and is associated with health care delivery, according to a research letter published online Feb. 19 in ...
Feb 20, 2018
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As health care and technology become ever more intertwined, the importance of data-driven, evidence-based product recall decisions is only going to accelerate. According to published research co-written by a University of ...
Jan 30, 2018
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The quality and efficiency of notes doctors took about their patients improved when they received education and guidelines that emphasized best practices. In a study led by UCLA researchers, physicians were instructed to ...
Jan 17, 2018
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The practice of indirect referrals by nonpublic emergency departments and their affiliated physicians are prevalent in communities with a public hospital option. Uninsured patients are the most affected. Those are the primary ...
Dec 27, 2017
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Incentive payments, introduced to encourage community-based psychiatrists to see new patients after discharge from a psychiatric hospital or following suicide attempts, do not increase access, found new research published ...
Dec 11, 2017
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New research from Victoria University of Wellington explores the conflict between the values of nurses and the values that drive healthcare delivery.
Dec 7, 2017
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Health care might have found its Wonder Woman. She can identify health risks in young African-American women and help them successfully resolve those risks. She is engaging, empathetic, culturally competent, and extremely ...
Nov 28, 2017
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The link between addiction and mental health disorders may be firmly established in scientific circles, but treatments designed to address them together are uncommon.
Nov 28, 2017
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A prototype Medicare program designed to improve value of care by paying more to physicians who perform better on measures of health care quality and spending has failed to deliver on its central promise and, in the process, ...
Nov 28, 2017
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