The Role of Religion




The Role of Religion Spirituality Among Caregivers of Persons with Dementia Dr. Alison Kulak uses her own experience to relate how relgion, spirituality, and psychology work together in the care of persons with dementia. By: ConcordiaEdmonton Continue reading

110+ Health Care Providers Announce Plans To Use Advanced Medical Records Technology To Improve Care For Thousands Of …

DENVER, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –South Metro Primary Care (SMPC), one of the largest primary care independent practice associations in the Denver metro area, along with their medical management company Physician Health Partners (PHP), have announced plans to connect the electronic health records systems of its 118 primary care providers to the CORHIO health information exchange (HIE). In partnership with PHP, SMPC is one of 32 Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) in the U.S., a federal program designed to improve quality and care coordination for more than 24,000 Medicare beneficiaries in the Denver area. Connecting to the HIE will allow the 118 primary care providers in 26 practice locations to quickly and securely access their patients’ information from hospitals, other provider offices and public health departments, helping them to provide more proactive and higher-quality care. Continue reading

The Top Docs in Concierge Medicine of 2013 Honored by Concierge Medicine Today

Concierge Medicine Today, chooses only a few select physicians in the concierge medicine and/or direct pay business model environment across the U.S. each year who meet the criteria to qualify as a Top Doc. This year, they selected only 15. Continue reading

2013 Health Care Quality Report Cards are a Vital Tool for Consumers Making Health Care Choices

SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –The Office of the Patient Advocate (OPA) released the 2013 Report Cards today on a redesigned, consumer-friendly Website, www.opa.ca.gov, and, for the first time, as a mobile app for iPhone and iPad. The Website and app make it easy for consumers to review quality ratings on more than 40 clinical care measures for the state’s 10 largest commercial Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO), six largest commercial Preferred Provider Organizations (PPO), and 209 medical groups. Continue reading

MPs: Health care failing diabetics

Diabetes health care in England is failing thousands of people, a group of MPs has warned. Almost half of people with diabetes are not getting the nine annual recommended checks, MPs said Members of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Diabetes have called on ministers to take action on the “poor state” of diabetes care after its report highlighted “huge variations” in standards of care across the country. Continue reading

Prudential receives Innovation in Reducing Health Care Disparities Award

NEWARK, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The National Business Group on Health has honored Prudential Financial, Inc. (PRU) for their ongoing commitment to reducing health care disparities in the workplace and for supporting a diverse workforce. The company was recognized with the 3rd Annual Innovation in Reducing Health Care Disparities Award at the National Business Group on Health’s 2013 Business Health Agenda conference held in Washington, DC. Continue reading

Penn Medicine physician: Emphasis on ‘value’ in health care reform sends mixed messages

Public release date: 6-Mar-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Holly Auer holly.auer@uphs.upenn.edu 215-200-2313 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine PHILADELPHIA – The wide consensus that health care spending poses a threat to the nation’s fiscal solvency has led to the championing of “value” as a goal of health care reform efforts. But the divergence of opinions between patients and physicians on the meaning of value presents an obstacle to progress in achieving genuine reform, says Lisa Rosenbaum, MD, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar and cardiologist at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Continue reading

Mental health care is improving, Flemming says

Health Minister Ted Flemming said a second year of government investment in improvements to mental health care in New Brunswick will be announced in the upcoming budget (CBC) Health Minister Ted Flemming says his government is committed to continued improvements to mental health care services in the province. This week a Moncton mother and Provincial Court Judge Michael McKee expressed concerns that improvements were not happening quickly enough and people are unable to receive the care they need quickly. Continue reading

Freedom Plaza sounds off

By TBO.COM | Staff Published: February 27, 2013 Updated: February 27, 2013 – 12:00 AM March rarely roars in like a lion at Freedom Plaza, and if March goes out like a lamb, that’s only the bleating of golfers out on the course, lamenting missed shots. The month of March will, however, produce some very explicit sounds around the Freedom Plaza campus. Continue reading

Gorman Health Group Welcomes Dawn Aston and Michael Bush to the Firm's Elite Team of Government Health Care Experts

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Gorman Health Group (GHG), the leading consulting firm and solutions provider in government health care programs, announces today the arrival of two new additions to the firm’s team of government health care experts. Dawn Aston and Michael Bush bring a combined 53 years of experience in a variety of topic areas, including Health Insurance Exchanges, Medicare Advantage and Part D, and health reform implementation Continue reading

New health care program for uninsured Cuyahoga County residents

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The MetroHealth System has received approval from federal officials to launch a Medicaid waiver program that will provide a medical home and health coverage for up to 30,000 uninsured residents of Cuyahoga County. The program began Friday. The program, called MetroHealth Care Plus, is the first in Ohio to provide healthcare coverage to more of the uninsured. Continue reading