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Congressional Leaders Urged To Reach Agreement On Health Reform
The American College of Physicians (ACP) has urged Congressional leaders to “reach agreement on a legislative pathway to provide affordable care to all Americans and ensure that they have access to primary care physicians and other specialties facing shortages.” In a letter to key legislators, ACP President Joseph W…
Balancing rigor against the inherent limitations of investigating hard-to-reach populations
Maintaining rigor in research is critical; however, this need must be balanced by the necessity of conducting studies in populations where inherent barriers exist relative to key issues such as recruitment, attrition, sampling, sample size, assessment techniques, psychometric rigor, the identification of mediators and moderators and the practical relevance of the research question itself. Ultimately, the value of a study in health promotion should be judged on the practicality of the research question within the context of the target population. Striking the perfect balance between rigor and practicality to the field is a question that health promotion researchers and professionals need to determine through ongoing dialogue and debate.
Medicare Cutbacks Threaten To Put Cardiac Care Out Of Reach For Millions Of Rural Americans
Medicare regulatory changes expected to be finalized in November but overshadowed by the partisan bluster of the ongoing health care debate pose an imminent threat to 80 million patients in America suffering from heart disease, especially for the nearly one in four Americans over the age of 65 living in rural areas.
Hospitals, White House Reach Accord On Cuts To Pay For Reform
Major hospital groups reached an agreement Monday with the White House and Senate Democrats to accept $155 billion in payment cuts over ten years, a concession that would help pay for proposed health care reforms, the Washington Post reports. Government savings would come mainly from lower Medicare and Medicaid payments to the hospitals, and smaller subsidies for providing care to the uninsured.
Total Swine Flu A(H1N1) Human Infection Cases Reach 7,447 In The United Kingdom
The Health Protection Agency (HPA), UK, informed yesterday 3rd July, 2009, in its weekly update that the total number of confirmed human cases of Swine Flu A(H1N1) infection has reached 7,447. British health authorities estimate that the figure will be over 100,000 by the end of this summer.
Health Plus Of New York Expands Use Of Health Integrated Program To Reach Significantly More Members With Chronic Conditions
Health Plus, one of New York-area’s largest providers of State-sponsored health insurance, and Health Integrated, a Targeted Population Health Management company focused on the critical interplay between medical and psychosocial health, have renewed and expanded their partnership to benefit significantly more Health Plus Medicaid members who have complicated chronic medical conditions.
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