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While job stress can lead to physical ailments like heart disease, a new study shows that a healthy lifestyle can significantly reduce the risk of poor health outcomes in the face of workplace worry. English researchers from University College of London...
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As we age, our potential for needing long-term care services increases with the rising occurrences of co-morbidities amassed by the diminishing nutritional dietary habits of our society. So why do we have Medicare and what exactly does it cover in regards to...
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I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.” You remember that line, right? Well, that was yesterday’s technology. As 76 million baby boomers age, this younger, more mobile population is living a healthy independent life and outgrowing the utility...
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In this edition of By the Numbers we explore the numbers behind the ranks of the rapidly increasing over-65 population, including the key trends in health and wellness. 72 Million The number of Americans who will be over the age of 65 by 2030, marking a more...
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Prevention is a word we associate with taking action prior to things happening to ensure they don’t occur. We take preventive steps in all aspects of our daily life – we wear seatbelts to prevent injuries while driving, we lock our doors to keep...
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A year ago CNN published an article titled Caregiving for Loved Ones the ‘New Normal’ for Boomers. An estimated 55 to 60 million Americans provide care to a disabled adult. Statistics vary according to reporting years but we can assume the numbers...
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As the world changes, so does the neighborhood. And just what is the neighborhood? It’s more than just the folks that live across the street. More than just the friendly faces at the grocery store. It is all those factions that are a part of your life...
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A small study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison suggests that the sharp increase in obesity prevalence is having a tremendous impact on the quality of sleep of millions of Americans who suffer from disrupted nighttime breathing, a condition known...
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The latest FDA drug approvals have direct application to case managers and the patients they monitor. For the treatment of COPD, prostate cancer and more, these drugs are new tools for your mission of coordinating patient care effectively and...
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The fact is Medicare spends nearly 30 percent of its budget on beneficiaries in their final year of life, with approximately half of Medicare dollars spent on patients who die within two months. Yet, given a moment of hope from the medical community...
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While job stress can lead to physical ailments like heart disease, a new study shows that a healthy lifestyle can significantly reduce the risk of poor health outcomes in the face of workplace worry. English researchers from University College of London...
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| 06.01.2013 |
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As we age, our potential for needing long-term care services increases with the rising occurrences of co-morbidities amassed by the diminishing nutritional dietary habits of our society. So why do we have Medicare and what exactly does it cover in regards to...
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Never in my wildest dream could I have imagined I would be faced with caring for my parents while still raising my college-aged daughter and working my way through unknown territory in healthcare. Why is this a surprise? Because I am a former healthcare...
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Healthcare is at a profound inflection point. Virtually all healthcare professionals are contending with an industry in the midst of truly tectonic shifts in the healthcare landscape. These forces include the inexorable transition from “volume to...
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The entry point of hospital admissions is shifting dramatically, according to a new study from Rand Corp. that tracks total admissions between 2003 and 2009. Over that time, hospital admissions from the emergency department (ED) increased by 17 percent...
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Welcome to the June 2013 issue of Case In Point. In this issue we focus on the baby boomer generation. In 2011, the first of the baby boomers reached what used to be known as retirement age. And for the next 18 years, boomers will be turning 65 at a rate of...
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An unprecedented release of hospital-billing data reveals that a patient’s location can have a tremendous effect on the price of the healthcare services they receive, according to information that the federal government published online last week. As...
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Across America, countless friends, family, co-workers and mothers are shattered by their breast cancer experience. Some, close to me, lost the battle. I felt an urgency to use the powerful tool of the arts to return these women to a sense of complete beings...
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Patient engagement is on the minds of healthcare leaders today who care about the Affordable Care Act and its driver, healthcare reform. While many healthcare leaders embrace the engagement as a concept, challenges loom large in an industry characterized by...
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As America’s population ages and technology advances, more seniors are choosing to “age-in-place” in their own home. Caregiverlist.com, a publisher of online hiring tools for senior care companies, released the 2013 Caregiverlist Employment...
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