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Leaders from CIGNA, Dartmouth-Hitchcock share about their ACO success
Dick Salmon
Accountable care delivery seems to be on everyone's radar, but many healthcare leaders are scratching their heads over the many details involved in this coordinated care
Johns Hopkins, Walgreens collaborate to improve chronic care
Johns Hopkins Medicine has entered a partnership with Walgreens to improve outcomes of patients with chronic diseases, as well as collaborate on population-based research, the companies announced
Seeking new uses of remote patient monitoring
The spotlight continues to shine on remote patient monitoring, particularly as providers and hospitals seek accountable care partnerships to save money and improve outcomes. According to separate
Predictive modeling is good, but care coordination would be better
In the past week, two organizations in different parts of the country announced efforts to harness information technology to improve predictive modeling. The Heritage Provider Network in southern
CMS to fund $100M in Medicaid grants to encourage healthy living
CMS will distribute $100 million in new Medicaid grants to states to help run preventive medicine programs. The grants, mandated by the Affordable Care Act, will offer Medicaid enrollees incentives
Wi-Fi Alliance, Continua to collaborate on wireless device standards for home health
The Wi-Fi Alliance and the Continua Health Alliance have agreed to work together to facilitate and promote the use of Wi-Fi wireless networking for personal health and fitness devices. The two
CDC debunks myths about the uninsured
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has debunked two long-held assumptions used by opponents of expanded health insurance coverage under the healthcare reform. First, the
Home health could prevail over facility-based care
Although healthcare has been concentrated in hospitals, clinics and other facilities over the past century, a Cleveland Clinic physician, Dr. Steven Landers, believes home healthcare is where the
Express Scripts focuses on non-adherent patients
Express Scripts has launched a proprietary software system that determines which of its enrollees are most likely to stop using their medications in the middle of a prescribed regimen, the St.
Docs should help patients understand bevy of 'medical' info available on Internet
Patients often turn to the Internet to obtain information about virtually any medical condition these days. But it's often of dubious fact or too clinical for laypersons to understand, making
