Health
Health reform differs across states, report finds
(HealthDay)—Californians' experience with health reform is probably very different from that of, say, the citizens of Texas.
Jan 31, 2014
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Health informatics
HIT modernization crucial to improve healthcare for Native Americans and Alaska Natives
The Indian Health Service (IHS), a division within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, needs technology improvements to enhance healthcare for Native Americans and Alaska Natives, according to a Health Affairs ...
Feb 3, 2020
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Medical economics
Implementing an evidence-based community health worker model
In the U.S., where many minority populations have deeply rooted distrust of the medical system due to historical and ongoing barriers to high-quality care, it can be helpful when trained members of the community—called ...
Mar 12, 2024
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
UK, drugmakers establish $100M Alzheimer's venture fund
Major drugmakers, the British government and a top Alzheimer's research charity are pooling more than $100 million to create a global fund to accelerate efforts to find a treatment or even a cure for the mind-robbing disease ...
Mar 17, 2015
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Health
US health care lags behind other affluent countries, study finds
(HealthDay)—American adults are far more likely than those in 10 other high-income countries to go without health care due to cost, or to have trouble paying their medical bills, a new study finds.
Nov 13, 2013
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Health
Study finds 20M would lose health coverage under Trump plan
A new study that examines some major health care proposals from the presidential candidates finds that Donald Trump would cause about 20 million to lose coverage while Hillary Clinton would provide coverage for an additional ...
Sep 23, 2016
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Medical economics
Feds say hospitals that redistribute Medicaid money violate law
The Biden administration wants to crack down on private arrangements among some hospitals to reimburse themselves for taxes that help fund coverage for low-income people. It contends the practice violates federal law.
Aug 21, 2023
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Health informatics
Report highlights public health impact of serious harms from diagnostic error in US
Improving diagnosis in health care is a moral, professional and public health imperative, according to the U.S. National Academy of Medicine. However, little is known about the full scope of harms related to medical misdiagnosis—current ...
Jul 17, 2023
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Health
Three of four are aware of ACA individual mandate; only four of ten aware of marketplaces, subsidies
As the key components of the Affordable Care Act roll out this week, more than three-quarters (76%) of U.S. adults are aware of the law's individual mandate, while only four of 10 are aware of the new health insurance marketplaces ...
Sep 30, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New nets 'prevent' 13 mn malaria cases in Africa: Project
A new kind of mosquito net delivered across sub-Saharan Africa averted an estimated 13 million malaria cases and nearly 25,000 deaths over three years, the project's backers said Wednesday.
Apr 17, 2024
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