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The Symposium Series for Health Care Finance and Policy

admin — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:33:27 +0000

Innovations don’t need to be complicated.

For example, the Boston Globe today features the story of Dr. Dennis M. Dimitri, a family physician affiliated with UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, who promotes open access, i.e. same-day scheduling of patient appointments. According to the article, this change has helped Dr. Dimitri address some of the problems associated with an over-burdened practice and has helped alleviate his patients’ experiences with delayed bookings and long wait-times.

The article further states, “Dimitri’s patients start calling in at 9 a.m. and are assigned 15-minute time slots on a first-call, first-serve basis. Those who want a traditional scheduled appointment can try for the two to three hours a day he reserves for advanced bookings … A few extra slots are left open for walk-ins and emergencies.” Importantly, the article goes on to mention that Dr. Dimitri’s office does not double-book and has very few no-show patients.

I share this article with you for two reasons. First, we should support physicians and providers in developing and adopting innovative and efficient approaches to delivering high quality, patient-centered care. Second, strategies like open-access scheduling are one of many opportunities that we will discuss Monday during the launch of the Health Care Finance and Policy (HCFP) Symposium, a new series of informational events aimed at better engaging consumers and policy makers on timely issues in health care, like integration and costs.

The kick-off event – Monday, July 19th from 10 a.m. to noon – will begin with a presentation of key findings from three new DHCFP reports (potentially preventable hospitalizations, preventable/avoidable emergency department use, and primary care in Massachusetts). Next, a panel will react to these findings, and discuss the challenges and opportunities for improving the delivery of health care services in Massachusetts. The panel will be moderated by my dear friend and colleague, John Auerbach, Commissioner of the Department of Public Health.

Panelists include:
• Amy Whitcomb Slemmer, Executive Director, Health Care for All
• Normand Deschene, CEO, Lowell General Hospital
• Lori Berry, CEO, Lynn Community Health Center, Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers
• Carla Bettano, Vice President of Business Development, Neighborhood Health Plan
• Dr. Michael Wagner, Chief, Internal Medicine and Adult Primary Care, Tufts Medical Center
• Jon Hurst, President, Retailers Association of Massachusetts

Though registration for this event is full, I welcome you to attend a future HCFP Symposium. We look forward to addressing other important health care policy issues, such as transparency and wellness.

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The New section: Skeptics reports

admin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:39:22 +0000

Perhaps you noticed that you have in the menu on the right is a new section, titled “Skeptics reports.” It is an idea that originated when I did low carb diet. I spent enough time searching studies “truth” I confirmed or denied that diets high in fat and protein were unhealthy.

The truth is that most of the available information confirms this idea. However, I decided to push it a little more and turn to the sources, since that information was often vague and very general, obtained at low stem magazines, internet, etc. Furthermore, there was the odd dissenting voice (on the other hand common in any area that a deepening) of some standing and on the other hand, my curiosity needed more details to know the why and the how of all those claims.

What was my surprise to find that some of the most recent studies in prestigious medical journal in the world contradict many of the accepted paradigms in nutrition: In some cases, modifying the diet including fruits verdures and did not reduce cardiovascular risk. In others, higher cholesterol values entailed a longer life.

Well, I will share that information to anyone interested. Moreover, for the record I do not intend to stop anyone from listening to her doctor, I just want to promote critical and skeptical spirit and enhance that professional journalists and communicators “current it” a little more time to make claims of weight.

Completed section I will go slowly and try to include studies of other issues, if I find content of interest. Sadly and suddenly, all are in English, of course. For the “non-angloentendientes” lazy reading and academic and scientific (usually pretty boring, really), I include a brief summary-review of each.

One more thing to complete, I am not convinced much of Study skeptics. “Is any suggestions? I begin: “Reports breakers”, “Studies controversial” …?

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Cheap Health Insurance for Families

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 05:33:41 +0000

There is still a way to find the cheapest health insurance for families in Florida. Many families spending cash each month to pay health insurance. If there are two parents and children, the price may be more than $ 500 per month. A year-end amounts to $ 6,000! That’s also assuming no incidents and everyone is still healthy.

In Florida there is a great program for children under the age of 19 years called Kid Care. This service provides cheap health insurance and prescriptions for children in Florida. Many families will have free health insurance for their children, eliminating the need to add them as dependents on their health insurance. The average cost of Kid Care is $ 15 – $ 20 per month and is based on the income level of parents.

Parents can find affordable health insurance and prescription by requesting free quotes from health insurance companies higher. It’s amazing the amount of savings possible for an individual. Would you like to save more than $ 2,800 a year in health insurance? That’s how much an individual keeps with our free quotes. Your savings could be even greater!

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Do not get sick during the holidays

admin — Thu, 27 May 2010 13:17:30 +0000

Each holiday season, millions of people travel to visit friends and family. To help you prepare to address these travel – crowded airports, well-attended festivals – the CDC has launched a campaign called National Travelers’ Health Public Awareness Campaign with the aim of helping people prepare for their travel and getting sick during the holidays.

The CDC encourages everyone to stay informed about what to do if you become ill while traveling and take the following steps when planning a trip:

* Travel only if you feel well.
* Wash hands frequently and carry a hand sanitizer Alcohol-based for use in the event that you do not have warm water and soap.
* Cover your mouth when you cough and sneeze with a disposable tissue or the inside of your arm, not your hand.
* If you are a person deemed high risk, when available, take the two flu vaccine: the vaccine against seasonal influenza and H1N1.

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Some tips to Quit Smoking

admin — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:42:05 +0000

Your age or the fact that you’re a man or a woman has nothing to do with smoking can hurt the body. Nearly all smokers have the satisfaction they draw a breath she did not even bother to read only dazzled the statements written warning on every cigarette pack to. Who do you think feeds of all this? Obviously, this is not the people around them. These are the tobacco companies that produce such nonsense on the market. Do not you think it is completely irrational, let it grow at the expense of health?

If you smoke, stop for a while their habit. It is possible to stop smoking cigarettes, if you really want. Everything is a matter of right mind set and finish your life. The desire of people to live a happy, healthy life with their families. To achieve this, it is important that you quit smoking.

You can begin your journey, which has remained at a distance to quit smoking at least one cigarette per day, despite the mark is used. For example, if you believe that reducing the numbers of cigarettes help you, your health, think again. Even a few cigarettes, smoking can damage your health. If you smoke a few cigarettes, and try not to continue, you will find yourself back to your old habit of smoking more than twenty cigarettes per day.

Let’s be cheated of cigarettes, which have a lower rate than nicotine, since they also impact negatively on health. The switch to a cigarette brand, which is a lower level of nicotine that you would have had more smoke from each cigarette. This would not stop smoking. So if a person wants to give up addiction completely, it is important to stop smoking once and for all time.

Many smokers who suffered from heart disease or death situations, who are more likely to quit to smoking cigarettes. The reasons for quitting the key to how successful you are finished forever. It is always better to have a valid reason for quitting before you are left no other choice.

If you are someone who wants to quit smoking cigarettes, they know that ceasing almost half the population of smokers smoking successfully and you too. Smoking has taken the lives of millions. Smoking has saved the lives of millions of people. Which path will you choose? There’s always time for a change. Quit smoking and you experience a change in your life today.

Actually if you wish to stop smoking, Smoke Deter Review is a natural formula that has been designed by experts in the field of homeopathic care to help those that would like to stop smoking.

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