This is the second in a two-part series. To read the first part, click here.
Health Care Topic: Medicare
Topics: Aging, Chronic Disease, Information Technology, Medicare
Jul 31, 2012
This is the first in a two-part series. To read the second part, click here.
Topics: Aging, Community Health, Medicare
Jul 24, 2012
Altarum Institute has released a report that highlights the Practice Change Fellows Program’s successful efforts to develop change leaders who spread innovations that improve the health of older adults.
Jan 17, 2012
Although not an easy discussion, it is vital that we know the preferences and choices of loved ones (and they know ours) regarding the kind of support you and those you love expect long before a crisis occurs.
Jan 3, 2012
The U.S. hospital sector is one of the largest industries in the United States. It’s a $700 billion dollar industry, and there is twice as much money spent on hospital care than is spent on the purchase of new cars.
Topics: Chronic Disease, Medicare
Dec 8, 2011
High-quality, cost-effective health care delivery is all about targeting: the right care, by the right provider, at the right time, in the right place, and for the right cost. It sounds straightforward, almost easy. The challenge to getting it right is understanding the range of variables in a person’s life that drive health care use and costs.
Topics: Health Reform, Medicare
Dec 1, 2011
There is surprisingly little consensus – and not even much being written – about what growth rate would be “sustainable”? Defining sustainable growth and establishing a credible target is one of our top research priorities.
Topics: Medicare, Military & Veterans Health
Sep 15, 2011
The Veterans Health Administration, the largest integrated health care system in the country, has long employed many of the approaches Medicare is pushing on all hospitals to cut unnecessary readmissions. But new data show VA hospital patients are just as likely to end up back in a hospital bed as are patients at private hospitals.
Topics: Health Policy, Medicare
Jul 12, 2011
“Granny” is in the health policy crosshairs yet again. This time, it’s IPAB – the Independent Payment Advisory Board, the topic of two separate House hearings this week – that will theoretically unplug her, ration her, or sink her with the Titanic.
Topics: Aging, Chronic Disease, Medicare
Jun 7, 2011
What if a high-risk, chronically ill elderly patient that was admitted to the hospital had an advanced practice nurse (APN) caring for him (or her) from the get-go? And that nurse enhanced health care team communication and prevented functional decline?
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