Archive for Research
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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...
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NASCAR, On-site Clinics, and Medicine
Forbes had a recent article that we should all read and re-read about one of the key innovators in medicine, Dr. Harlan Krumholz of Harvard, labeling him as one of the most powerful doctors "you never heard of." We will pardon their misuse of the preposition at the end of their description, bu...
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There may be an “AP” for that
It isn't the purpose of this Web site to keep you all abreast of new medical treatment options or medical technology. But, when we saw a recent article about a study on the use of mobile phone technology to improve glucose control in diabetics, it made us realize that those of you who are medical ...
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Top Five Conditions by Dollars Spent for Retirees
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (a division of the Department of Health and Human Services) recently reported on the 5 most expensive medical conditions treated in the elderly. The report indicates that nearly 1/3rd of total health care dollars spent were on the elderly, and a maj...
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amednews.com – PCMC Reduces Cost
A 1-year study by the University of California, Davis, Health System was reported on the amednews.com Web site, and was published in the May/June issue of the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. The study shows that ". . . including patients in more of the treatment and care-planning d...
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Study Finds Electronic Rx Error Rate Equal to Handwritten
For those employers who have invested mega-dollars in electronic medical records and prescription writing tools, this study demonstrated that those electronic prescriptions have just as many errors in them as the old-fashioned handwritten ones that physician offices fax to the pharmacies. The st...
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Data on Consumer-Driven Health Plans
The Employee Benefit Research Institute recently published Brief 345 regarding the use of high deductible and consumer-driven health plans. The Brief gives statistics and insight into what is happening with the use of these plans, as employers offer them as a component of their overall plan to hel...
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NBGH & Towers Watson 16th Annual Survey on Value
Technically, it is the 16th Annual National Business Group on Health and Towers Watson Employer Survey on Purchasing Value in Health Care. As always, a reliable body of research by two nationally credible entities involving 588 companies (representing the employment of more than 9.2 million people...
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Putting the Patient back in Patient-Centered Care Webinar
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is sponsoring a webinar on March 30 from 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. EST focusing on the use of healthcare information technologies to improve patient involvement in their own care management. You can read more about the qualifications and backgrounds of the pr...
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National Business Group on Health Releases Survey
The NBGH released a survey yesterday which shows that 75% of workers use their employer as a resource for medical and health information (based on 2010 data, up from 54% in 2007). To quote Helen Darling, President of the NBGH, the survey shows ". . that workers want their employers to play a rol...
