Monthly Archives: April 2011

PCMH models are new, diverse, dynamic, and evolving. We need to understand them, work with them, and design them from blueprints that meet patients’ needs.

The economics literature has not consistently found that cost shifting exists, and when it is discovered, the rate of shifting tends to be far lower than a dollar for dollar transfer.

Joint-use agreements can make a significant impact on the number of locations available for communities to engage in physical activity and play, while protecting the interests of schools and city agencies.

We know palliative care helps. Let's make it standard care.

An unwieldy mix of factors—some cultural, others financial—seem to have created a perfect storm that keeps all the testing machinery in overdrive.

A major challenge of the current system of care for adults with functional limitations is the inability of middle-income individuals to protect themselves against the financial risk of needing and accessing available supports and services.

A program that sends free health and wellness cellphone text messages to women during pregnancy and the first year of the baby’s life has been getting attention for its positive results.