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The Department of Health and Human Services'(HHS) recently published proposed rule (42 CFR 425) for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) could result in some positive changes for the health care industry, but there are a few problems that should be corrected, an expert says.
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Proposed rules for the creation of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) will require participating organizations to provide primary care to 5,000 or more patients and to meet 65 quality standards.
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Hospitals are working more proactively in forging relationships with the next-level-of-care providers, the experts say.
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When you're troubled by an ethical dilemma, don't go it alone. Reach out to your peers and your professional organizations for help, the experts say.
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What content should go on electronic readers, such as iPads and Nooks, purchased for use in community health libraries and facility-based resource centers?
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Paid caregivers make it possible for seniors to remain living in their homes.
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COPD in Never Smokers; Early Prostate Cancer: Prostatectomy vs Watchful Waiting; Dietary Vitamin D and Incident Diabetes; Functional Cobalamin Deficiency in Diabetes; Should Leukotriene Antagonists Have Higher Priority for Asthma Control?; Selenium Impacts Orbitopathy in Graves Disease;
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Results of a new study indicate patients who have tested positive for herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) but don't have symptoms or genital lesions still experience virus shedding during subclinical episodes.