Health
Calorie counts on restaurant menus have customers ordering less
Bye-bye artichoke dip. Heavyweight appetizers and fatty entrees may not get much love when restaurants list calories on their menus.
Sep 13, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Screen all adults under age 65 for anxiety disorders, expert panel says
For the first time ever, the nation's top panel of preventive health experts has recommended that doctors routinely screen all adult patients under 65 for anxiety disorder.
Jun 20, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Nearly $500 million a year in Medicare costs goes to 7 services with no net health benefits
A UCLA-led study shows that physicians frequently order preventive medical services for adult Medicare beneficiaries that are considered unnecessary and of "low value" by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force—at a cost ...
Apr 29, 2021
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Health
Medicaid expansion improved coverage more for married versus unmarried people
New research suggests that, under the United States' Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), expanded Medicaid coverage has provided greater improvements in health insurance coverage for married people, especially ...
Oct 23, 2019
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Health
Doctors call for single-payer health reform, cite need to move beyond Affordable Care Act
In a dramatic show of physician support for deeper health reform - and for making a decisive break with the private insurance model of financing medical care - 2,231 physicians called today for the creation of a publicly ...
May 5, 2016
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Health
HITECH Act did not speed up electronic health record adoption as hoped, study shows
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act was signed into law Feb. 17, 2009, to promote the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology, improve the quality of health ...
Aug 20, 2015
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Medical economics
Here's how the inflation reduction act will lower the cost of health care
President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law, making it the most significant health care legislation enacted in more than a decade.
Aug 17, 2022
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Medical economics
Affordability and access challenges among subscribers to non-group insurance plans
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) expanded access to non-group health insurance through the creation of insurance Marketplaces that include subsidies and decision support, but challenges remain.
Mar 4, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Even before ACA, cancer survivors in non-expansion states had less health-care access
How will Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) change cancer survivors' access to healthcare? Answering the question first requires defining access to healthcare before the ACA. An analysis published in the ...
Dec 22, 2015
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Health
The Internet of medical things
Each year, more than a million people suffer from medication errors in the United States. In recent years, the spread of barcode-based medication-administration systems has cut the rate of errors, but the barcode systems ...
Jun 4, 2014
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