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I thought this was interesting even if it doesn’t deal with our specialty specifically. One in Five US Adults Use Tobacco Products Alcohol Remains a Leading Cause of Premature Death Obesity Epidemic Is Global, New Study Confirms Noncommunicable diseases are the main cause of illness and disability in the United States and are responsible for […]
Read MoreForty-six individuals die every day in the United States from an overdose of prescription painkillers, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Healthcare providers wrote 259 million prescriptions for opioid painkillers in 2012. “That’s enough for every American adult to have their own bottle of pills,” CDC director […]
Read MoreWhat is “employee engagement”? Psychologists, sociologists and CEOs alike are still arguing about the proper definition of the term, but they agree on the basics: An engaged employee is fully absorbed, satisfied, and furthers the organization’s mission through positive action. As an emerging leader, you probably embody engagement, and you know how it affects your […]
Read MoreAuthors: Robertson CS et al., JAMA 2014 Jul 2; 312:36 Neither the administration of erythropoietin nor the transfusion threshold has shown improvement of neurologic outcome in patients with traumatic brain injury. Head trauma occurs in 1.5 million Americans annually, at a cost of more than $56 billion. Erythropoietin (EPO) has potential as a neuroprotective agent […]
Read MoreCataract surgery may reduce the rate of cognitive decline and improve vision, cognition, and quality of life in dementia patients, new research suggests. Preliminary results from an ongoing prospective study conducted by investigators at Case Western University in Cleveland, Ohio, showed that in a cohort of patients with dementia and clinically significant cataracts, immediate cataract […]
Read MoreA new study confirms that people with fibromyalgia (FM) can experience objective impairments in cognitive and executive function independent of depression. FM patients “often complain about the so-called ‘Fibro-fog’, a cluster of cognitive disorders not always reflected in poor test-based performance, but which strongly interferes with work and daily life,” lead author Valentina Tesio, PhD, […]
Read MoreAmerican Cervical Arterial Dissections and Association With Cervical Manipulative Therapy Stroke. published online August 7, 2014; Author: Long, Lori D. et Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association After a neck adjustment — also known as cervical manipulative therapy and typically employed by chiropractors and other healthcare providers — people are at increased […]
Read MoreCMS has released a proposed rule that would update the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for calendar year 2015. Here are eleven things to know about the PFS and the proposed rule. 1. Medicare uses the PFS to reimburse providers for covered physicians’ services provided to Medicare Part B beneficiaries. The PFS assigns relative values to […]
Read MoreIn Massachusetts, rates of discretionary surgical procedures rose, while rates of non-discretionary or emergency procedures declined in the years following the state’s insurance expansion, researchers found. As the insured population grows, hospital surgery centers should expect to perform more elective and discretionary surgical procedures, but fewer non-discretionary operations performed on an emergency basis. That’s what […]
Read MoreI thought this was interesting so I wanted to share it with our readers. UnitedHealth Group, based in Minneapolis, is one of the nation’s largest companies based on revenue and has introduced health insurance innovations including drug formularies, hospital admission pre-certification processes and physician office software to manage and control costs. Here are 10 things […]
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