The removal of financial incentives for doctors working in primary care is associated with a decline in performance on quality measures, according to new findings by researchers from the Universities of Dundee and Cambridge, ...
Sep 7, 2018
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Offering financial incentives to NHS commissioners reduces the amount of antibiotics in the community, and could help to curb drug-resistant infections.
Jun 27, 2018
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Does this sound like someone you know? He or she spends too much time in front of screens, gets little exercise and eats a diet high in fat and low in fruits and vegetables.
Jun 19, 2018
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Combining financial incentives and personalized goal-setting with wearable devices may be an effective way of encouraging patients with heart disease to increase their physical activity. In patients with heart disease, regular ...
Jun 13, 2018
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Dentists' calculation of the benefits vs the risks of X-rays is being distorted by financial incentives.
Jan 30, 2018
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The impact of pay for performance programs in US hospitals has been "limited and disappointing" say experts in a study published by The BMJ today.
Jan 3, 2018
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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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Money can be more powerful than nicotine, as a new study found that smokers who received financial incentives, in addition to personalized support, to help them quit were more successful than smokers who did not receive these ...
Oct 30, 2017
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For children with type 1 diabetes, daily monitoring of blood glucose levels is vital for since glucose level awareness dictates the rest of their diabetes care, like insulin dose adjustments, eating behaviors, and physical ...
Oct 23, 2017
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Physical activity increased among families in a randomized clinical trial as part of a game-based intervention where they could earn points and progress through levels based on step goal achievements, according to a new article ...
Oct 2, 2017
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