Medical economics
Moneyball in Medicare? It's working, study says
Incentives for hospitals to improve their quality and reduce costs do work, according to a new University of Michigan study.
Sep 17, 2018
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News tagged with safety net
Health
Risk adjusting for race and poverty bolsters rankings of some hospitals
Sociodemographic risk adjustment of emergency care-sensitive mortality improves apparent performance of some hospitals treating a large number of nonwhite, Hispanic, or poor patients. That is the finding of a study published ...
Aug 24, 2018
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Health
An ironic health care twist for undocumented immigrants
They're in the country illegally. Or maybe they had protected status before, but lost it due to policy changes by the current presidential administration.
May 2, 2018
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Financial motives drive some doctors' decisions to offer IVF
Around one in 25 Australian babies are conceived using assisted reproductive technologies (ART), including in-vitro fertilisation (IVF). These interventions are almost all offered in private fertility clinics, backed by a ...
Nov 2, 2017
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Diabetes
Implementing large-scale teleretinal diabetic retinopathy screening program
Can a large-scale, primary care-based teleretinal diabetic retinopathy screening (TDRS) program reduce wait times for screening and improve the timeliness of care in the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, the ...
Mar 27, 2017
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Health
How a travel ban could worsen doctor shortages in US hospitals and threaten primary care
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Feb. 9 upheld the restraining order on President Trump's immigration ban. A key argument used by the States of Washington and Minnesota was the negative impact of the ...
Feb 10, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Some low-income, uninsured patients aren't referred for colonoscopy
(HealthDay)—Many low-income and uninsured patients don't have a follow-up colonoscopy after abnormal results on a colon cancer screening test—even if they're in a "safety net" health program, a new study finds.
Dec 13, 2016
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Health
Opinion: eHealth for long-term conditions: time for a health revolution
Our general perception of healthcare has three basic steps: get ill; do something; get better. However, the pressures on the NHS mean that this is not sustainable. Does the answer lie in use of technology or eHealth? A future ...
Nov 15, 2016
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Health
Medicaid expansion may improve financial status of trauma safety net hospitals
Trauma centers that care for the greatest proportion of uninsured patients stand to gain the most financially from state expansion of the Medicaid program. Findings from the first nationwide examination of the anticipated ...
Oct 18, 2016
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Health
Having an economic safety net encourages struggling Americans to become entrepreneurs, study says
Is it a hand up or a hand out?
Jul 13, 2016
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