Disease Management news and information

Economists and policymakers are puzzling over how big an impact the Great Recession and its aftermath are having on reducing healthcare spending, whether the economic upswing will unleash pent-up demand for care, and whether the current lower spending is actually good for Americans' health.
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A World Health Organization official said Sunday that it wasn't surprising that a new strain of bird flu has spread to China's capital after sickening dozens in the eastern part of the country.
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Gene-sequencing technologies may help providers identify and characterize bacterial pathogens during an outbreak, such as the E. coli outbreak in Germany that sickened thousands of people in 2011.
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Lifespan Corp. and insurer UnitedHealthcare will launch an “accountable coordinated-care organization” in Rhode Island on July 1.
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The state of Arkansas's health system transformation was given a significant financial boost from the state's largest company, Wal-Mart Stores, which committed to providing $670,000 to help underwrite the work of the Arkansas Health Care Payment Improvement Initiative.
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Primary-care doctors provide superior care for patients with diabetes, according to a new study.
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The rate of flu vaccinations among hospital workers in November increased to 83.4% from 77.8% a year earlier, although figures were static for the overall healthcare workforce and the general public.
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More elderly and at-risk adults get their flu and pneumonia vaccinations when the shots are coordinated and given by nurses instead of doctors, according to a North American study.
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Use of an Internet-based mental health management program may improve symptoms among patients with depression, according to a study in the journal Psychiatric Services.
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People who visit a retail or convenient-care clinic instead of a primary-care doctor for a minor illness may be less likely to visit a physician the next time they have a similar condition, according to a study by RAND Corp. researchers.
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