New Paper Reveals Reasons for Payer Discontent with Disease Management

A thought provoking manuscript addressing key challenges facing the industry. Nashville, TN (PRWEB) September 8, 2008 -- From pioneering research and profound insight into the inner workings of disease management (DM) comes a thought provoking manuscript addressing key ...

Avoiding a Holiday Season of Discontent

Stress is everywhere, but learning what relaxes you can help, expert says SATURDAY, Dec. 6 (HealthDay News) -- For many people, stress is as much a part of the holiday season as family gatherings and good food. But learning the art of relaxation can help relieve social, financial...

FRC Action: Obama Administration Working to Overturn Pro-Life Laws in Other Countries

...ama Administration - are free to do the same. "It is appalling but not surprising that this Administration has a total lack of respect for life. discontent to pro-life protections in our own country, they feel strangely compelled to export a pro-abortion agenda overseas, using taxpayer dollars to do so. ...

Need for Health Care Reform Escalates; One in Four Americans Skip Care When Sick or Injured

...itte Survey WASHINGTON, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- As health care reform heats up in the White House, nearly 40 percent of consumers have expressed discontent with the status quo, rating the U.S. health care system a D or an F. A quarter of consumers have skipped care when they were sick or injured; two in f...

Children's Hospital study finds African-Americans more distrusting of research than whites

...ch community to acknowledge that African-American distrust toward medicine and research is not irrational; on the contrary, it reflects the legitimate discontent of far too many black families who experience racial discrimination when seeking medical care along with the clear and convincing evidence of racial d...

91 Percent of Oncologists Polled Report Adverse Patient Events as Result of CMS National Coverage Decision on ESAs

...d evidence-based guidelines that are in alignment with the FDA label. And in this instance, it is not surprising that the community is expressing such discontent with a policy that they believe does not represent the prevailing medical evidence, or the best interests of their patients." Tomaszweski added, "Th...

Consumer Reports: 'A World of Pain' For Uninsured Seeking Insurance on Their Own

... According to Metcalf, the latest nationally representative survey conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center underscores the level of discontent of the 7 percent of Americans who manage to obtain individual coverage. "If we're going to rely on individual insurance to fix our health care system,...

NEWSWEEK: Media Lead Sheet: October 1, 2007 Issue (on newsstands Monday, Sept. 24).

...elicals in an effort to win over a constituency that has been solidly Republican for a quarter century. They are hoping to take advantage of deepening discontent with the GOP among some evangelicals. No one expects miracles, of course. For now, the Democrats' best target may be Hispanics, the fastest-growing su...

Skinny Girl-bands are Making Detrimental Impact on Teenage Girls

...s for adolescent girls, they added. The researchers found that girls who watched the videos for just 10 minutes had a noticeable rise in their discontent about their bodies. The visual images in the music videos . . . raised girls body dissatisfaction significantly, whereas the music itself had ...

John Hopkins Hospitals- Now at Tokyo

...res in mind//. As part of that move, a John Hopkins clinic will be set up at Tokyo, Japan. The reason behind this is cited to be Japan’s growing discontent with the national health-care system. Accordingly, around 40 percent of the government’s healthcare budget is taken up by caring for an aging populati...