The U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs found itself in an unusual position earlier this year — professors had the chance to study the H1N1 virus up close after a large-scale outbreak quarantined hundreds of cadets. Scientists from the Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine Epidemiology Consult Service worked with academy staff and discovered [...]
Continue reading …The nation’s hospitals are on the clock to upgrade their information technology — and big brother is watching. “The government doesn’t just want to see hospitals using information technology — they want meaningful use of that technology as part of health care reform,” said Bill Luallen, a partner in the health care provider practice at [...]
Continue reading …However, switch from paper-based system won’t be easy Editor’s Note: PricewaterhouseCoopers is conducting a series of five seminars during October and November about health care reform. This is the third in the series covered by Amy Gillentine. The series will continue through Nov. 27. Health information technology could be the silver bullet for health care [...]
Continue reading …Penrose-St. Frances Health Services is ranked the No. 1 hospital for critical care services in Colorado. An annual survey by Healthgrades, a Boulder-based company, ranks the system in the top 5 percent nationally. The nation’s 5,000 non-federal hospitals were included in the study, which examined mortality rates and complication rates from government data for 2006, [...]
Continue reading …Health care reform could include “warranties” on treatments Editor’s Note: PricewaterhouseCoopers is conducting a series of five seminars during October and November about health care reform. This is the second in the series covered by Amy Gillentine. The series will continue through Nov. 27. Health care might soon come with a 30-day “warranty” — with [...]
Continue reading …Clearing up the muddy waters of the proposed legislation Myths. Distortions. Outright lies. All characterize the debate about health care reform. From a congressman shouting, “You lie!” at the president, to a myriad of special interest groups “spinning” what’s in the proposed legislation — how can anyone tell what really is part of the reform [...]
Continue reading …No one yet knows what the final version of health care reform will be…
Continue reading …Hospitals that provide a substantial amount of uninsured and uncompensated care — and other safety net providers — could experience serious financial problems as a result of the health care reforms being debated by Congress. House Bill 3200 cuts payments for uninsured or uncompensated care by 50 percent starting during 2017. “There are about 150 [...]
Continue reading …Imagine the day when mammograms will be unnecessary. Imagine the day when celebrating another year won’t seem so miraculous. Imagine the day when we won’t have to fear for the lives of our daughters. – Imagine, from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure philosophy. Breast cancer is personal for Nancy Forgi. Her grandmother, mother [...]
Continue reading …Add another acronym to the health care reform debate: ACOs. John Bertko, a visiting scholar at the Brookings Institute, said that Accountable Care Organizations — sort of the new millennium’s answer to Health Maintenance Organizations — could be a way to tie together the various aspects of reform. “We can create a system where reform [...]
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