Can’t Get In To See Your Doctor? Many Patients Turn To Urgent Care
A recent poll shows 27 percent of Americans have visited an urgent care center in the past two years. Why? Most cite convenience.
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Report Details Senior Health Care That Misses The Mark
New research from the Dartmouth Atlas Project identifies areas where older patients get care that doesn鈥檛 meet guidelines or their own goals.
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Managing Depression A Challenge In Primary Care Settings, Study Finds
Primary care physicians see many patients with depression. New research finds they continue to struggle to apply the treatment strategies used for other chronic illnesses.
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Slowing Down The ER To Improve Care For Patients With Autism
A small but growing number of hospital emergency rooms are taking steps to improve quality of care for patients with autism while also adding efficiency and cost effectiveness.
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Leading Scope Maker Olympus Agrees To Hefty Settlement In Kickback Cases
The company will pay $646 million to end civil and criminal probes. Olympus鈥 leaders acknowledge responsibility for 鈥榩ast conduct鈥 they say was inconsistent with the firm鈥檚 values.
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The Stethoscope: Timeless Tool Or Outdated Relic?
Why is a 200-year-old icon of the medical field still in wide use in the digital age? Some say modern tools are more informative and worth the extra cost, but the stethoscope has staunch defenders.
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Medicine鈥檚 Power Couples: A Challenge In Recruiting Physicians To Rural Areas
A research letter published in JAMA suggests that physicians increasingly marry people who match them in terms of educational levels and career pursuits, making it more difficult to attract them to small-town practices.
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EHRs In The ER: As Doctors Adapt, Concerns Emerge About Medical Errors
As hospitals adopt electronic health record systems, some emergency rooms are experiencing new patterns of medical errors.
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R2D2鈥檚 Next Assignment: Hospital Orderly
A gleaming new hospital in San Francisco has a fleet of robots dropping off meals, picking up trash and saving some money in a very 21st century way.
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With Special Tax Suspended, Medical Device Firms Reap Big Savings
The medical device industry is enjoying a two-year moratorium on a tax that was created to support the Affordable Care Act. Are firms using their savings to create more jobs, as many claim?
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Candidates鈥 Drug-Price Plans May Miss The Mark
There is more than one reason prices are rising, and no single solution.
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As Rural Hospitals Struggle, Some Opt To Close Labor And Delivery Units
Facilities for delivering babies are costly to run and hard to staff, so some small, rural hospitals are closing them, forcing pregnant women to travel for care.
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Women Increasingly Having Outpatient Mastectomies, New Federal Data Show
Agency For Healthcare Research and Quality data show that more women with breast cancer are opting for mastectomies over less-invasive options, and more are having the procedure in outpatient facilities where they don鈥檛 spend even one night in the hospital.
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Urging Openness About Superbug Infections, Doctor Omits Cases In Own Hospital
In a respected medical journal, a specialist advises colleagues on protecting patients but doesn鈥檛 mention potential infections from a contaminated scope at his Philadelphia cancer center.
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California Marketplace May Require Insurers To Pay Agent Commissions
Covered California鈥檚 Executive Director Peter Lee said the measure is needed to keep insurers from slicing commissions to avoid enrolling the sickest patients.
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Health Reform Roils Downton Abbey
The hospital consolidation plot in the final season of the beloved British series is historically accurate 鈥 and has parallels in today鈥檚 U.S. health industry.
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Insurers And Medicare Agree On Measures Tracking Doctors鈥 Quality
The first set of measures focus on seven types of care, including for hearts and cancer. The metrics will be integrated into formulas that determine physicians鈥 pay.
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Task Force: Not Enough Evidence To Recommend 鈥楩or Or Against鈥 Universal Autism Screening For Very Young Kids
Some health professionals worry that the task force鈥檚 findings could result in missed opportunities for early intervention.
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Special Report: Baltimore's Other Divide
Hospital Trying To Win Community鈥檚 Trust
Bon Secours is dealing with patients who are sicker than those in other Baltimore hospitals.
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Blue Shield Top Choice On California Exchange
Anthem sign-ups are trailing, and UnitedHealth and newcomer Oscar are playing a minor role in coverage thus far, according to unofficial reports.
By Chad Terhune