AAP opposes retail-based health clinics
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) continues to oppose retail-based clinics (RBCs) as sources of primary care for infants, children, and adolescents, according to its most recent policy...
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Chronic care management of three ailments could save Medicare billions
A new study provides further evidence that improving patient care coordination can result in better outcomes and lower healthcare costs, especially among patients with chronic diseases. A team of...
View ArticleBetter coordination of care could save $1.5 billion annually
Improving the coordination of care for elderly patients with chronic diseases reduces costs, use of health services and complications, according to a new RAND Corporation study published online in...
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Transition of care: The challenge for pharmacists
Salvatore Giorgianni Jr.Pharmacists have been handed a golden opportunity to engage in a cognitive service distinct from distributing “the product.” It is an opportunity that can move us from sale of...
View ArticleDisconnected: How stalled interoperability hurts patient care
Internist Edward Gold, MD, of Emerson, New Jersey, doesn’t believe that the efforts of the government to promote electronic health data exchange have been successful. “I don’t think we’re more...
View ArticleAn interoperability report from the field: It’s not pretty
Interoperability is a nice dream, but the waking version is still a nightmare. Many frustrations stem from the lack of standardized programming and data formats. My colleague at Edward Medical Group...
View ArticlePediatrician perspectives: Caring for NICU graduates in the community
With advances in obstetrics and neonatal care, more premature and critically ill newborns are surviving to neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) discharge and entering the world of outpatient medicine....
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Mental health services in primary care
Many people in the United States live with a mental illness, and far too many suffer needlessly despite proven treatments to ease such suffering. Children are no exception. A report of the Surgeon...
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