Medical economics
Care costs more in consolidated health systems, reveals new research
Health care integration has long been touted as a panacea for reining in health care costs and boosting quality of care.
Jan 24, 2023
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Medical economics
Novel framework provides 'measuring stick' for assessing patient matching tools
Accurate linking of an individual's medical records from disparate sources within and between health systems, known as patient matching, plays a critical role in patient safety and quality of care, but has proven difficult ...
Jan 17, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Diagnosing, assessing and treating long COVID
About 1.4 million people in Canada have been affected by long COVID after infection, or suspected infection, with SARS-CoV-2. A new trio of practice articles in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) aims to help clinicians ...
Jan 17, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hepatitis C is a slow-moving killer that can be stopped. What's getting in the way?
Michael Mendez said that when learned he had hepatitis C, "I didn't even know what it was."
Jan 9, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Support for home cancer testing
Screening for bowel cancer using at-home fecal immunochemical tests could help to reduce the frequency of colonoscopies for some at above-average risk individuals, with a new study finding there is a low risk of advanced ...
Jan 9, 2023
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Health
Telehealth for mental health care increased more during pandemic than in-person care dropped
Telehealth services for common mental health problems surged 16 to 20 fold during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than making up for a drop in in-person care that occurred during the period for a number of conditions, ...
Jan 6, 2023
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Health
Medical providers often lack training in caring for those with disabilities
Patients with disabilities often face medical providers who make inaccurate assumptions about their quality of life that can lead to paternalism and substandard care, according to an essay published this week in the New England ...
Jan 5, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
As COVID turns 3, experts worry about where the next pandemic will come from and whether we'll be ready
For years, public health experts warned of the possibility of an illness spreading across the globe killing millions. After all, it had happened before.
Jan 3, 2023
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Medical economics
The case of the two Grace Elliotts: A medical billing mystery
Earlier this year, Grace Elizabeth Elliott got a mysterious hospital bill for medical care she had never received.
Dec 28, 2022
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Medical economics
Diagnostics can advance health sustainable development goals in Asia Pacific
We are at the halfway point from when we set our ambitious sustainable development goal 3 (SDG3) for good health and well-being by 2030. While many agree we were making progress towards this goal, no one could have foreseen ...
Dec 23, 2022
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