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Are Health Apps the Cure for Anything That Ails You?

10.18.2011 | Filed: News | Topic: ,
written by: Rochelle Sharpe

Health apps may have the potential to dramatically improve people’s lives, but those based on misleading or bogus information can cause serious harm.

Innovations in Caregiver Support During Hospice

10.04.2011 | Filed: News | Topic: ,
written by: Joanne Kenen

Taking a look at three research projects aimed at developing something that may improve end of life care for both the patient and the family.

VA Experience Shows Patient ‘Rebound’ Hard to Counter

09.15.2011 | Filed: News | Topic: ,
written by: Kaiser Health News

By Jordan Rau, KHN Staff Writer This story was produced in collaboration with the  Washington Post. The Veterans Health Administration, the largest integrated health care system in the country, has long employed many of the approaches...

Health Reform – Many Americans Don’t Know What It Means

09.13.2011 | Filed: News | Topic: ,
written by: Joanne Kenen

Polls have shown that the public remains divided about health reform – and remarkably ill-informed about it.

e-Patient Networks on the Rise

08.15.2011 | Filed: News | Topic:
written by: Rochelle Sharpe

In this era of government gridlock, consumers are no longer waiting for the political establishment to solve the nation’s health care crisis. Instead, they are banding together to fix problems themselves.

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