Disease Management news and information

Many hospitals and health systems are making the shift from caring for the very sick to focusing on improving the living conditions of communities they serve by concentrating on disease prevention and reducing waste and toxic products.
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The Scripps Translational Science Institute in San Diego has launched a six-month “Wired for Health” study to evaluate the effectiveness of using mobile health devices to reduce healthcare costs.
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The authors of Cracking Health Costs say more companies should re-evaluate their approach to wellness programs.
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Should hospitals focus on the specific diseases that lead to the most readmissions, or should they look at internal issues that may be driving their overall readmission rates higher? It's a crucial question as hospital leaders search for ways to improve outcomes and avoid rising Medicare penalties...
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Patients are more likely to fill prescriptions that treat costly, chronic diseases when health insurers offer them a financial incentive to do so through value-based insurance design. That's the good news in a research review just published by the journal Health Affairs.
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The U.S. will have to do more to prevent chronic illness than simply managing it better in order to save significantly on costs for Medicare's most expensive patients, a new study suggests.
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ActiveCare, which provides remote health monitoring for diabetes and chronic disease management, has named Jonathan Olson its chief technology officer.
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Obesity is still rising, but at a slower pace, which some experts say may be a sign people are finally responding to a smattering of policy initiatives and an outpouring of national concern.
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The doctors of Cornerstone Health Care in High Point, N.C., understand more than most the risk behind healthcare's push to overhaul payment policy.
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Commercial insurers participating in accountable care arrangements are less likely than Medicare to use payment models featuring the “upside-only” shared savings preferred by providers.
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