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By Linda Barlow | Sep 15, 2015

HCUP: Potentially Preventable Pediatric Inpatient Stays for Asthma and Diabetes

A statistical brief from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) addresses one of the key issues in the healthcare industry today: preventing hospitalizations. HCUP examined trends in the rates of potentially preventable pediatric visits for asthma and diabetes, which have increased by 21 percent in recent years after seven…more.

Categories: General, Prevention/Patient-Centered Care
By Alex Revelos, Fellow, MIT System Design and Management | Jul 14, 2015

Health Care Innovation is a Game That Everyone Can Play

Why? Because everyone has been a patient, experienced a pain point, identified an unmet need, or had an idea to improve the health care experience. However, one of the really challenging parts of health care innovation is that, while there are a lot of respectable ideas out there, the vast…more.

Categories: Cost-Savings, General, Prevention/Patient-Centered Care
By FitClick Editorial Staff | Jul 7, 2015

Millennials are Shaping the Future of Health Apps

What comes to mind when you think of millennials? Are you reminded of stereotypes about this generation’s apathy? Self-serving nature? Tendency to be too self-involved? While the validity of these stereotypes is debatable, what you may not associate with millennials is their role as leaders of our nation’s health and…more.

Categories: General, Prevention/Patient-Centered Care
By N. Lawrence Edwards, MD, Rheumatologist and Chairman, Gout & Uric Acid Education Society | Jun 23, 2015

“Go for Six”: Raising Awareness about Gout and Elevated Uric Acid Levels

Though gout is extremely common — affecting even more Americans than Rheumatoid Arthritis — it is a disease that gets very little attention. While gout incidence is on the rise in the U.S., research from the Gout & Uric Acid Education Society has shown that only 10 percent of gout…more.

Categories: General, Prevention/Patient-Centered Care
By Eric Heil, Co-Founder and CEO, RightCare | Jun 16, 2015

The Caregiver Act and AARP’s CARE Act Aim to Reduce Readmissions

Hospitals nationwide have gone to great lengths in an effort to reduce readmissions and improve patient quality. However, despite these concerted efforts, hospitals continue to incur fines from Medicare for excessive rates of patient readmissions, which are projected to total more than $428 million. Even worse, readmissions cost patients a…more.

Categories: Cost-Savings, General, Prevention/Patient-Centered Care
By Paul DeMiglio, Senior Media Strategist, AACOM | Jun 9, 2015

Record Number of Medical Students Commit to “D.O. More”

Nicholas A. Kaup, an osteopathic medical student at the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences College of Osteopathic Medicine (KCU-COM), is passionate about making life better for patients by one day becoming a doctor of osteopathic medicine (DO). He explains, “Osteopathic medicine encompasses what it truly means to be…more.

Categories: General, Prevention/Patient-Centered Care
By Linda Barlow | Jun 2, 2015

Many Insured Americans Not Getting the Healthcare They Need

Last month, FamiliesUSA.org issued a sobering report about the disconnect between having medical insurance and receiving the healthcare one needs. The report concluded that for many Americans with non-group coverage (as opposed to having insurance from an employer or a public coverage program), deductibles and other out-of-pocket costs are prohibitively…more.

Categories: Access to Care, Cost-Savings, General, Prevention/Patient-Centered Care
By Gene Weingarten, Columnist, Washington Post | May 27, 2015

Hep, hep, hooray!

Editor’s Note: As we come to the conclusion of Hepatitis Awareness Month, we are pleased to share with our readers a column written by Gene Weingarten of the Washington Post. Gene Weingarten is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and writes “Below the Beltway,” a weekly humor column that is nationally syndicated.…more.

Categories: General, Prevention/Patient-Centered Care
By Linda Barlow | May 21, 2015

Awareness and Assistance Are Crucial to Fighting Hepatitis C

May is Hepatitis Awareness Month, a time when the healthcare and patient advocacy communities rally support for the millions of Americans afflicted with the disease, including an estimated 3.2 million suffering from chronic Hepatitis C (also known as HCV). Over time, chronic Hepatitis C can cause serious health problems, including…more.

Categories: Access to Care, Cost-Savings, General, Prevention/Patient-Centered Care
By Linda Barlow | May 14, 2015

“It’s Lupus”: The Words No Woman Wants to Hear

They’re in the prime of their lives: young women who are finishing college, getting married, starting careers and families. Then comes the devastating diagnosis: systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), otherwise known as lupus. One and a half million Americans are afflicted with lupus, but the disease occurs 10 times more in…more.

Categories: General, Prevention/Patient-Centered Care