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Testimony--Creating the Framework for High Performing Health Care Organizations

From The Commonwealth Fund: In testimony before the Massachusetts Commissioner of the Division of Health Care Finance and Policy on March 18, 2010, Commonwealth Fund Executive Vice President for Programs Stephen Schoenbaum discussed ways in which health care organizations can...


How Health Reform Legislation Will Affect Medicare Beneficiaries

From The Commonwealth Fund: This issue brief examines the provisions in the pending legislation and how each one would work to improve benefits, extend the fiscal solvency of the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, reduce pressure on the federal budget,...


Efforts to steer patients to lower-cost physicians may be based on misleading rankings, study finds

From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Insurance practices that encourage patients to receive care from physicians who keep medical costs low are based on unreliable estimates of doctor performance and may not achieve the intended savings, according to a new study....


Long neglected nutritional training for doctors at all levels needed now

From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: The profession must take advantage of changes in medical education to ensure that all health professionals, but especially gut specialists, are given adequate training in nutrition, urge Dr Penny Nield and colleagues, in the launch...


Study: Low levels of vitamin D linked to higher rates of asthma in African-American kids

From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Researchers at Children's National Medical Center have discovered that African American children with asthma in metropolitan Washington, DC, are significantly more likely to have low levels of vitamin D than healthy African-American children. This study...


When mom has an eating problem

From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Norwegian research reveal the nature of emotional problems experienced by mothers with eating difficulties. Guilt and shame are key factors. Health workers need better training in order to be able to spot and alleviate such...