In another recent study published by the NEJM (3), researchers compared
the health outcomes of patients that followed the very low sodium diet recommended by the FDA and AHA, consuming less than 3 g per day, and found that they had a higher risk of death or cardiovascular than those who consumed more than 7 grams per day:
The president and Congress must reach at least three additional objectives for the U.S. to rehabilitate its alarmingly dysfunctional health care system: 1) figure out a way to lower medical costs, which threaten to bankrupt the country if they continue spiraling upward; 2) improve
the health outcomes of its patients; and 3) make health care affordable for businesses and individuals.
The findings, which are published in BJU International, suggest that smoking may negatively affect
the health outcomes of patients with prostate cancer and may contribute to complications related to their care.
Not exact matches
Research has shown that medical
patients who develop emotional
health problems cost more to treat and respond less well to treatment; as a result, says Ahern, «it behooves the medical system to do a better job in detection and treatment
of behavioral
health because it drives
outcomes and drives the costs.»
But now that Obamacare is ensuring
health care providers get paid for better
outcomes rather than the number
of visits a
patient makes to the doctor, you can be sure hospitals will be using data to make sure they're delivering the best treatment they can.
But they've been hampered by somewhat skeptical physicians who still aren't sure that the drugs are worth their price (their topline costs are around $ 14,000 per treatment course); part
of the problem is that it's unclear whether or not those dramatic cholesterol reductions actually translate into broader
health outcomes like a reduced risk
of stroke or heart attack in heart disease
patients.
Ideally,
patients, nurses, and doctors should be able to have an open conversation about treatment, with the goal
of landing on the best
health outcome possible.
Value - based care is an emerging payment model that focuses on measuring a
patient's
health outcome against the cost
of delivering the
outcome.
But let's consider two major positives: First, with both
patients and stakeholders investing in our healthcare system, we're all on the same team: We all want to see more positive
outcomes for our loved ones and improvements in the
health of our nation, both literally and financially.
Insurers have been striking deals with pharma companies that will land them discounts on pricey drugs if those treatments don't demonstrably improve
patients»
health outcomes; hospitals are penalized if they have high rates
of patient readmissions.
To illustrate the issue, over the past 20 years, the cost
of a new drug per year
of a
patient's life has risen from $ 50,000 to $ 250,000 after adjusting for inflation, according to Peter Bach, director
of the Center for
Health Policy and
Outcomes at Memorial Sloan Kettering, who also spoke at the conference.
Currently, no PBM is delivering comprehensive and
patient - specific actionable information real - time to prescribers, pharmacists, members, and clinical / pharmacy staff
of payer to create better
health outcomes.
Vertically integrated provider
of value - based Kidney Care solutions for
Health Systems and Payers delivering improved
patient outcomes at reduced costs.
This is fostered by an environment
of continuous learning and teamwork, which in turn allows us to work with our
patients to achieve exceptional
health outcomes.
«
Health ventures are adding tremendous value to the healthcare system today, creating the next generation of digital health technologies that will positively impact patient outcomes, decrease costs and increase efficiency,» says Patrick Blanshard, Founder and CEO, Sensory Technologies Inc. and member of the Innovation Partnership: Procurement by Co-Design advisory comm
Health ventures are adding tremendous value to the healthcare system today, creating the next generation
of digital
health technologies that will positively impact patient outcomes, decrease costs and increase efficiency,» says Patrick Blanshard, Founder and CEO, Sensory Technologies Inc. and member of the Innovation Partnership: Procurement by Co-Design advisory comm
health technologies that will positively impact
patient outcomes, decrease costs and increase efficiency,» says Patrick Blanshard, Founder and CEO, Sensory Technologies Inc. and member
of the Innovation Partnership: Procurement by Co-Design advisory committee.
We aim to shift the digital
health dialogue from one focused primarily on the degree
of investment and future expectations to one about digital
health's effect on
patients and healthcare
outcomes.
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Meet Omada
Health: With 87M consumers at risk
of diabetes, 75,000
patients treated, 3 years
of outcomes data, NetPromoter scores in the 90's, 70 + clients, and looming reimbursement by Medicare for its diabetes prevention online social network, Omada has «cracked the code» on integrating consumer technology, medical coaching and big data at scale.
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Health is leading the way in Advancing the
Patient ExperienceTM by providing an array of services that support and complement clinical outcomes, including healthcare parking and transportation, patient transport, patient experience solutions and employee support se
Patient ExperienceTM by providing an array
of services that support and complement clinical
outcomes, including healthcare parking and transportation,
patient transport, patient experience solutions and employee support se
patient transport,
patient experience solutions and employee support se
patient experience solutions and employee support services.
«AMSSM appreciates the importance
of quality initiatives and the principles
of the Triple Aim - improving
patient and population
health, enhancing
patient experiences and
outcomes, and reducing unneeded cost in healthcare.
For the purposes
of this economic evaluation, the forms were initially used in a related study funded by the National Institute
of Health Research (NIHR) research for
patient benefit programme «assessing the impact
of a new birth centre on choice and
outcome of maternity care in an inner city area,» which will be reported in full elsewhere, comparing the costs
of care in a free standing midwifery unit with care in an obstetric unit in the same trust.16 The data collected included details
of staffing levels, treatments, surgeries, diagnostic imaging tests, scans, drugs, and other resource inputs associated with each stage
of the pathway through intrapartum and after birth care.
Although such a calculator may provide more specific information about the chance
of VBAC, which can be used by
health care providers and their
patients to further the process
of shared decision making, no prediction model for VBAC has been shown to result in improved
patient outcomes.
That means your facility can play an important role in the
health outcomes of babies born in your facility and enhance the
health and
patient satisfaction
of your
patients.
This is especially critical since Andrew Lansley has rightfully placed
patient health outcomes at the heart
of Government reforms; a pressing imperative given rising public
health challenges and an aging population predisposed to long - term conditions (LTCs).
The inter-professional model
of care will result in enhanced
patient satisfaction, and improved
health outcomes while increasing dental student awareness
of urban
health issues.»
Erie County and each Mall partner are teaming up with the University at Buffalo's School
of Public
Health to conduct long - term studies of the health outcomes and health care utilization of patients who visit the Health
Health to conduct long - term studies
of the
health outcomes and health care utilization of patients who visit the Health
health outcomes and
health care utilization of patients who visit the Health
health care utilization
of patients who visit the
HealthHealth Mall.
He is an expert in the use
of systems - based methods to improve
patient outcomes, a leading researcher in use
of large scale clinical laboratories and electronic
health records to improve the effectiveness and efficiency
of care, and a nationally recognized thought leader in the very methods needed to transition to the future
of lower - cost, more
patient - centered,
health care for the 21st century.
Let me point to 10 things that I sketched out this morning: too much money spent on administration and bureaucracy and not enough on front - line
patient care; too little
patient - centric information to inform decision making; too little innovation; too little clinical input into decision making; too much inertia and hostility to reform, as we have seen today; too much process - driven target culture distorting clinical decision making; falling productivity; poor
outcomes across a range
of clinical indicators; too often, weak commissioning
of servicing; and widening
health inequalities in the past 10 years, in addition to the scandals that occurred in Staffordshire and Kent.
A new study entitled «Oral Nutrition Supplements» Impact on Hospital
Outcomes in the Context
of Affordable Care Act and New Medicare Reimbursement Policies» and conducted by leading researchers at the University
of Southern California, Stanford University, The Harris School at The University
of Chicago and Precision
Health Economics, and supported by Abbott, found that the use
of oral nutritional supplements decreased the probability
of 30 - day hospital readmission, length
of stay and costs among hospitalized Medicare
patients aged 65 and over.
Researchers at the Veterans
Health Administration conducted a systematic review
of 67 published studies to determine the effectiveness
of strategies to reduce or discontinue long - term opioid therapy prescribed for chronic pain and the effect
of dose reduction or discontinuation on important
patient outcomes.
Under Litofsky's mentorship, Kristen Scheitler - Ring, a medical student doing a pathology fellowship at the MU School
of Medicine, studied the
outcomes of patients treated at MU
Health Care from 2010 to 2014.
The authors identified 68 publications meeting criteria for inclusion in the analysis: 59 reporting the prevalence
of preoperative mental
health conditions (65,363
patients) and 27 reporting associations between preoperative mental
health conditions and postoperative
outcomes (50,182
patients).
Mental
health conditions may be common among
patients seeking bariatric surgery; however, the prevalence
of these conditions and whether they are associated with postoperative
outcomes has not been known.
Although self - appraisal
of overall well - being may mediate physiologic responses to surgery,
patient - reported
health status has not been extensively studied among bladder cancer
patients to date, and its utility in predicting postoperative
outcomes, such as complications, has not been previously examined.»
Using data from the Pediatric
Health Information System database, a large, regionally diverse system, the researchers examined racial disparities in the treatment and
outcomes of hospitalized white and black pediatric
patients with moderate to severe Crohn's disease.
• When it comes to defining provider quality, most Americans tend to focus on certain aspects
of quality relating to doctor -
patient interactions and doctors» personality traits, rather than the effectiveness
of the care provided or the
patient's own
health outcomes.
Enabled by cutting - edge technologies at GIS, I look forward to more studies in this area with a view to understanding the role
of microbial communities in diseases, and eventually leading to better
health outcomes for
patients.»
«STS public reporting uses detailed clinical registry data and
outcomes that have been risk adjusted, meaning that the results take into account the condition
of the
patient at the time
of surgery and whether or not there were other
health problems, such as diabetes.»
Patients treated by cardiologists received more testing, procedures and medication within 100 days
of their ER discharge and had the best
health outcomes.
Patients who didn't seek follow - up care within a month received the lowest rate of care and had the worst health outcomes — demonstrating the need to improve follow - up with high risk chest pain patients after they're discharged from the emergency room,
Patients who didn't seek follow - up care within a month received the lowest rate
of care and had the worst
health outcomes — demonstrating the need to improve follow - up with high risk chest pain
patients after they're discharged from the emergency room,
patients after they're discharged from the emergency room, Ko said.
The study, entitled COMET (Comparison
of Operative to Medical Endocrine Therapy) for low - risk ductal carcinoma in situ, received funding through a $ 13.4 million, five - year award from the
Patient - Centered
Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), an independent, nonprofit organization authorized by Congress in 2010 to support research that enlightens
health care decisions.
The study, Developing an Interventional Stroke Service: Improving Clinical
Outcomes and Reducing Cost and Delivering Great Cost Savings Benefits to
Health Economy, conducted at the University Hospital
of North Midlands, Stoke - on - Trent, U.K., found that mechanical thrombectomy (the use
of a device to retrieve a clot from the vessel) in the treatment
of stroke reduced the average stroke
patient's hospital stay to 14 days when compared to previously recorded 90 days.
While EHRs let students to check their diagnostic impressions by monitoring
patient outcomes, the practice raises ethical questions about the appropriate use
of protected
health information.
Aileen P. Wertz, M.D.,
of the University
of Michigan
Health System, Ann Arbor, and colleagues examined the feasibility and
outcomes of a partnership between a free independent clinic (Hope Clinic, Ypsilanti, Mich.) for indigent
patients and an academic medical center (University
of Michigan
Health System) in providing hearing aids.
Researchers suggest that reducing the frequency
of AKI - D diagnoses would improve the
health outcomes of NRSOT
patients and take less
of a financial toll on the
health care system.
Job satisfaction is an important predictor
of registered nurses» (RNs) job turnover,
patient satisfaction, and nurse - sensitive
patient outcomes (including pressure ulcers and falls), which can result in higher
health care costs and penalties for hospitals that receive Medicare and Medicaid payments.
Principal Investigator John Morris, MD, clinical co-leader
of the Molecular Therapeutics and Diagnosis Program for the CCC, co-leader
of the UC Cancer Institute's Comprehensive Lung Cancer Program, professor in the division
of hematology oncology at the UC College
of Medicine and UC
Health medical oncologist, says a number
of antitumor vaccines have shown promise for causing immune responses against tumor antigens to improve
patient outcomes.
The study, one
of the first to evaluate hormonal contraception and
health outcomes in women with a chronic condition, should encourage physicians to include implants and IUDs in birth control discussions with diabetic
patients.
«Our study shows once a
patient leaves the hospital their overall
health outcomes are similar regardless
of where they live.»
«Because the foundation
of precision
health is adjusting treatment modalities specifically for each
patient, consideration
of sex variability is necessary to increase successful
outcomes.