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Expert Opinion: Wellness in Crisis Good health may be the most overlooked and under appreciated of life's blessings.   |
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September 2005 |
Some Elderly Not Helped by Guidelines Generally accepted clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) offer little help to physicians who are treating elderly patients with multiple chronic conditions, according to a recent study. |
Reason
November 2003
Ronald Bailey |
Envy Your Kids In less than a lifetime, the $10.7 trillion U.S. economy could grow more than 12-fold, to $128.6 trillion by 2077, according to a new report issued by the nonpartisan Employment Policy Foundation. Real U.S. per capita personal income could rise fivefold, from $31,384 today to $155,632 in 2077. |
Managed Care
September 2004
MargaretAnn Cross |
Employers Take Stock of Illness on the Clock Presenteeism -- the condition of being on the job, but giving less than 100 percent -- is fertile ground for health plans with a suitable product. |
Managed Care
February 2008
John Marcille |
The Wellness Train Is Leaving; Are You on Board? Wellness is riding high, and health plans should consider using their expertise, data resources, and business connections to design programs that will appeal to buyers. |
BusinessWeek
February 4, 2010 |
How Disease Management Works Providers have convinced many big employers that their services save money and improve employee health. |
BusinessWeek
March 19, 2007
Michael Mandel |
The Real Threat Isn't Housing If productivity growth keeps sliding, a widespread crisis could be next. |
Managed Care
December 2003
Martin Sipkoff |
Health Plans Begin To Address Chronic Care Management As with so much else in health care, observing protocols, analyzing data, and rethinking benefit designs are important. |
AskMen.com
Jacob Franek |
Preventable Diseases Each and every year, millions of men die as a result of diseases that are, for the most part, entirely preventable. |
Managed Care
May 2006
Martin Sipkoff |
Health Plans Are Ill-Prepared for Looming Diabetes Epidemic The problem is outpacing insurers' resources and perhaps even their commitment. Can the chronic care model help? |
Managed Care
July 2007 |
The Formulary Files Chronic disease treatments contribute significantly to spending growth. |
Managed Care
April 2005
MargaretAnn Cross |
Don't Forget Productivity Gains When Rating Health Programs Disease management conference focuses on outcome measures that address issues such as presenteeism that concern most health care purchasers. |
American Family Physician
November 15, 2004 |
Chronic Kidney Disease An informative bulletin outlining the disease and treatment options. |
American Family Physician
January 15, 2004
Evans & McNeill |
Quantum Sufficit Where there is depression, there also may be chronic pain... Mortality from prostate cancer is decreasing... New mothers may need to be reminded to take care of themselves... How U.S. medical students will live is affecting what they choose to do... etc. |
Nurse Practitioner
March 2012
Baumann & Dang |
Helping Patients with Chronic Conditions Overcome Barriers to Self-Care Here are approaches nurse practitioners can use to reduce or eliminate barriers to self-care in adults with chronic conditions. |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 29, 2004
Paul Hemp |
If You're Sick---Stay Home! Sick employees who drag themselves to work every day cost their employers more in lost productivity than in what they contribute. Here are some ideas on how employers can cut "presenteeism." |
Food Processing
August 2012
Diane Toops |
New Research Suggests Doubling Vitamin C Intake For A Healthier Heart Oregon State's Linus Pauling Institute finds evidence that higher levels of vitamin C can help reduce the chronic diseases that today kill most people in the developed world. |
Managed Care
October 2004
Martin Sipkoff |
Not So Much of a Reach: Let Sick Pay Less for Drugs The idea is radical and simple: Those who need medication the most should pay the least. There is evidence that this is cost-effective. |
The Motley Fool
September 30, 2008
Morgan Housel |
National Debt: The Race Toward $10 Trillion We're about to breach a seriously depressing milestone. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2010
Martin Shenkman |
Not Fade Away Planners must care because the aging population brings with it great incidences of chronic illnesses and every aspect of planning is affected. |
Managed Care
February 2008 |
Medication Payment Proposal Lets Consumers Pay Annually Researchers suggest an annual license fee that would entitle consumers to a year's worth of medication for each prescription they take to manage chronic diseases, with a very small or nonexistent copayment for each monthly supply. |
American Family Physician
May 1, 2001 |
Pulmonary Hypertension Pulmonary hypertension happens when the blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries (the vessels that carry blood from the heart to the lungs) becomes higher than normal. This puts strain on the right side of the heart. Pulmonary hypertension is a serious problem... |
Managed Care
October 2000 |
HEDIS Performance: Routine reporting drives improvement Results published in NCQA's State of Managed Care Quality 2000 put a stake in the ground in terms of how well health plans care for members with costly chronic conditions -- and established how much room exists for improvement. |
InternetNews
October 22, 2010 |
Mobile Market to Hit $1T by 2014: Gartner Gartner predicts big things for the mobile sector, projecting that the collective market for mobile devices, applications and services will reach $1 trillion by 2014. |
Managed Care
May 2006
Michael S. Victoroff |
P4P Programs Offer Catnip That May Distract Doctors Current pay-for-performance programs apply only to a handful of diseases. If we don't pay for all the other diseases, will they get short shrift? |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2003 |
Benefiting from Diversity If you haven't already, you might want to consider expanding your client base -- demographically speaking, that is. According to a study, the purchasing power of minorities, along with their disposition towards investment, will increase dramatically in the next four years, to $1.3 trillion. |
Fast Company
December 2004
Lucas Conley |
No Wonder the Economy Is Dragging! The price of professionalism: Recent estimates from analysts, consultants, trade groups, and psychics of costs facing businesses (an incomplete list). The United States' gross domestic product is $11.66 trillion. |
American Family Physician
May 1, 2001
Trenton D. Nauser & Steven W. Stites |
Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension Regardless of the etiology, unrelieved pulmonary hypertension can lead to right-sided heart failure. Signs and symptoms of pulmonary hypertension are often subtle and nonspecific... |
IndustryWeek
June 1, 2007
Traci Purdum |
Commercial Spending On The Rise According to Visa's Commercial Consumption Expenditure Index, annual commercial spending in the United States grew to more than $17 trillion in 2006. |
American Journal of Nursing
February 2012 |
Original Research: Nurses' Presenteeism and Its Effects on Self-Reported Quality of Care and Costs This study sought to investigate the extent to which musculoskeletal pain or depression (or both) in RNs affects their work productivity and self-reported quality of care and considered the associated costs. |
The Motley Fool
June 16, 2006
Mike Norman |
Tune Out the Debt Doomsday Crowd Concerned about our astronomical national debt? You shouldn't be. Here's why. |
InternetNews
July 6, 2010 |
Gartner Revises IT Spending Forecast for 2010 The research firm trims its 2010 forecast for global IT spending. What areas still look strong? |
