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Can IT Cure Healthcare's Inertia?

Paul Cerrato | InformationWeek | September 18, 2012

Perhaps you've seen the TV commercial for a popular arthritis drug that says, "A body at rest tends to stay at rest, while a body in motion tends to stay in motion." The ad refers, of course, to a law of physics called inertia--which brings to mind the U.S. healthcare system... Read More »

Changes In The Health Care System Driven By Self-Service And DIY Health

Jane Sarasohn-Kahn | O'Reilly Data | April 22, 2014

Health care is migrating from the bricks-and-mortar doctor’s office or care clinic to the person him or herself at home and on-the-go–where people live, work, play, and pray. As people take on more do-it-yourself (DIY) approaches to everyday life–investing money on financial services websites, booking airline tickets and hotel rooms online, and securing dinner reservations via OpenTable–many also ask why they can’t have more convenient access to health care, like emailing doctors and looking into lab test results in digital personal health records.

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Costly Testing and Lifestyle are Increasing Health Care Costs

Shar Adams | The Epoch Times | May 29, 2012

Chronic disease and costly testing are two big contributors to health care costs in the United States, with many diseases being preventable and many medical tests being unnecessarily performed. Addressing both issues could produce much-needed savings, say health care professionals.

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Getting To The Root Of Health And Disease

Terry Wahls | Huffington Post [United Kingdom] | March 9, 2014

I made a mistake for most of my professional career, a mistake nearly all my physician colleagues make...Instead of talking to my patients about food, toxin exposure, or activity level, I prescribed meds and moved on to the next person as quickly as I could...

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Healthcare Emergency: Shortage Of Nurses Will Impact Patient Care : Infographic

Jonathan Govette | Referral MD | August 1, 2013

Healthcare reform is here; this coupled with the aging population of the United States, all evidence points to the extraordinary need of advanced Nurse Leaders for today, and into the future. Currently Registered Nurses make up the largest segment of professional healthcare workers in our nation. However, these nurses are not immune to aging. Read More »

Living Sick And Dying Young In Rich America

Leah Sottile | The Atlantic | December 19, 2013

Chronic illness is the new first-world problem. Read More »

The Sad State of Uncoordinated Care in the U.S.

Richard Royer | The Doctor Weighs In | September 20, 2016

Care coordination deficiencies in the U.S. healthcare system can be so frustrating that they are (almost) comical. That is a message patient activist Jessica Jacobs aired as she advocated for healthcare operational efficiency improvements and care coordination. Until her death last month, Jacobs blogged and used social media to draw attention to America’s problems with disjointed healthcare. She did this by sharing stories of the numerous system failures she experienced firsthand as a patient with complex care needs...

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VA HBPC Provides Model For Medicare, Patient-Centered Medical Homes

Kyle Murphy | EHR Intelligence | November 5, 2012

Based on its ability to manage patient care and costs effectively, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) program for providing home-based primacy care (HBPC) should serve as a model for improving similar Medicare programs, according to a recent report by the American Action Forum. Read More »