Science news articles about 'improved health care'

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bolstering the performance of the U.S. health care system is one of the biggest challenges facing the country, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday....

... propose reform plans that would improve health care quality, ensure that all Americans can afford ... already been done or recommended unnecessary treatment or care in the past two years. Adults across ...

Doctors in New Brunswick need to get more involved in improving the health-care system, the inquiry looking into the work of former Miramichi pathologist Dr. Rajgopa Menon heard Thursday.

... are bad when an insurance company tries to fix the health care system. WellPoint Inc. is funding ... Prize Foundation to devise solutions that improve health care cost and quality. Although the actual ...

... as much as $11 billion, the effort would likely return even more in benefits to the nation's health care system, according to researchers from RAND Health. "Establishing a system of unique patient ...

... leaders favor rethinking the way we pay health care providers, in order to attain better ... —would be effective or very effective in improving health care efficiency. In addition, more than half (56%) ...

... areas." The authors argue the case for supporting public-private partnerships for health system strengthening. Improving health care for the world's poor, they say, "means harnessing everyone's ...

... Proposals Some plans build in measures to finance improved coverage through new tax revenues ... 2009 will analyze and compare Congressional bills that seek to improve health care quality and efficiency ...

... disparities. This study compared 96 primary care clinics in five regions, including Chicago. ... should go beyond efforts to improve health care coverage and reimbursement. Interventions also should ...

The Obama Administration's goal to improve the entire health care system in the USA begins with an incremental first step by introducing nearly 500,000 physicians to electronic ...

... that President Obama’s $80 billion in stimulus funds allocated to health information technology and improved health care quality may be ineffective if physicians do not feel a strong attachment to ...

... recommendations aimed at creating a sustainable, trustworthy national CER initiative that could improve our health care system for individual patients and the community as a whole." The IOM committee ...

... of policy options to achieve near-universal health insurance coverage while reforming the U.S ... to achieve near-universal coverage, improve health care quality and efficiency, and lower the trajectory of ...

... addressed to increase social stability and improve health care retention,” says lead author Nick ... release. “In order to break the cycle of addiction, health risks – including HIV infection, criminal ...

... Geisinger Health System published in Health Affairs. The good news, as the paper points out, is that the solutions are basic: create policies that improve collaboration between providers and insurers ...