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Center for Technology and Aging awards $500,000 in home-monitoring grants
The Center for Technology and Aging, an Oakland, Calif.-based organization that seeks to improve the quality of home- and community-based care for seniors, has awarded $500,000 in grants to test
Group kicks off effort to improve medication compliance
As most physicians know, patients often fail to take their medication on the schedule or in the quantity prescribed. Worse, some fail to take some medication at all, and may not let their doctor
Report: Primary care model needs update
Existing primary care practice models don't seem to be working for anyone involved. That's the conclusion drawn by a new report from the New England Healthcare Institute, which concluded that without
Study: CPOE adoption calls for long-term effort
It may be a good idea for your organization to implement computerized physician order-entry, but don't kid yourself--keeping it going is no picnic. That is one of the main conclusions drawn by a new
Report: Remote monitoring can cut costs substantially
Remote home-based monitoring of patients with congestive heart failure can cut costs substantially by reducing the number of hospitalizations these patients experience, according to a new research
Blue plan: EMRs don't offer good ROI, but CPOE does
Most of the talk around electronic medical records to date has come with the assumption that such systems would not only improve care, they'd also save money. Well, one health plan has decided that
