(Medical Xpress)—Despite the recent recession, states increased the overall number of loan repayment programs designed to recruit health care professionals to live and practice in underserved communities, according to research ...
Nov 13, 2013
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(Medical Xpress)—New research led by Queen Mary University of London reveals offering modest financial incentives to patients with psychotic disorders is an effective method for improving adherence to antipsychotic treatment.
Oct 30, 2013
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(HealthDay)—Patients with prostate cancer may be encouraged to get radiation therapy by urologists who own the equipment, new research suggests.
Oct 24, 2013
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A review study published today finds that financial incentives –as modest as $5 per week – can increase the amount of exercise people do.
Sep 17, 2013
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A pay-for-performance program in electronic-health-records-(EHR)-enabled small practices led to modest improvements in cardiovascular care processes and outcomes, according to a study in the September 11 issue of JAMA.
Sep 10, 2013
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When health care pundits began to suggest that pay-for-performance would solve some of health care's woes, Dr. Laura Petersen, professor of medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and director of the Houston VA Health Services ...
Sep 10, 2013
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A commercial health insurer's large scale demonstration program designed to improve quality and lower costs for subscribers also lowered costs for Medicare patients who used the same health care providers but were not covered ...
Aug 27, 2013
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Financial incentives can be a very effective tool in encouraging employees to lose weight at companies that offer their workers those types of programs, research from a University of Texas at Arlington economics assistant ...
Aug 13, 2013
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A new study published in the July/August 2013 issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior evaluated the motivational effects of Project WebHealth, a web-based health promotion intervention developed to prevent ...
Jul 31, 2013
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(HealthDay)—Financial incentives can drive providers' adoption of health information technology, including e-prescribing, according to a study published in the July issue of Health Affairs.
Jul 17, 2013
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