Archive for October, 2011
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Medicare Data, Private Research on Hospital Quality
While the data we are pointing you to here is all on Medicare patients (older, sicker??) the resource and findings are worth noting. HealthGrades conducted a study using CMS data for more than 40Million hospital records covering 27 medical diagnoses and/or procedure types at all of the nonfedera...
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Medical Home Models
A core principle of the on-site medical clinic (at least the successful ones) is to be a "medical home" for the employees and dependents they serve. It is one of the biggest differentiating factors between the on-site clinic and your employee's own private physician office. As a result, it isn...
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Care Continuum Alliance Sponsors New Blog
Care Continuum Alliance announced a new blog, called HealthSmarts. The blog was started in early August and hopes to provide a ".. credible, trustworthy community for poeple in our industry." We have had really good luck with articles, webinars, etc. provided by the Care Continuum Alliance i...
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Disney Medical Officer Receives Recognition
Walt Disney Parks & Resorts has their own on-site clinic program, and it was announced this week that their Chief Medical Officer, Pamela Hymel, M.D. was recognized with the Global Leadership in Corporate Health Award by the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and the NBG...
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New Clinics Open
A quick article to let you know about some new on-site clinics which opened recently, the employers and vendors involved. First, Haynes International (a manufacturer of metal alloys) partnered with Novia CareClinics to open a new on-site service for their 900 employees, some retirees and dependent...
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Diabetes Management
A study by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital demonstrated that there is a relationship between the number of interactions between a physician and the level of control of diabetes in a patient. Those of you working in on-site clinics could have predicted this finding. The study, pub...
