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WOONSOCKET, R.I., Jan. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The clinical and financial impact of medication nonadherence on the U.S. health care system - estimated at nearly $300 billion a year - has motivated numerous researchers to evaluate interventions to identify cost-effective best practices to address the issue. In addition, while a patient's social support network has been associated with improved outcomes and healthier behaviors, the role a patient's social connections and networks can...
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Most people don't take their medicine when they are supposed to; this makes medication non-adherence one of the largest problems facing healthcare today. According to Express Script's latest drug trend report, it precipitated over $300 billion in unnecessary spending in 2011. To improve adherence, Abiogenix has created the uBox, a smart pillbox that encourages people to follow their medication regimen as prescribed. Unlike other devices...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Nearly 70 percent of the medications prescribed to patients come in the form of generic prescriptions. However, even though these off-brand drugs are chemically equivalent to their brand-name counterparts, most differ physically (different shapes and colors). And a new study has found that patients are over 50 percent more likely to stop taking their meds when the generic version doesn’t match the brand name. Researchers from...
Five Star Homecare opens new corporate offices in Boca Raton, Florida serving Palm Beach, Martin, Okeechobee, Indian River and St. Lucie Counties. Five Star Homecare specializes in private duty nursing care for those in recovery from chronic illnesses who wish to stay at home. Boca Raton, Florida (PRWEB) December 28, 2012 As a home health agency, Five Star Homecare places caregivers into the home of patients. Five Star Homecare is consumer oriented and aims to help patients stay at home...
Healthcare spending in the United States continues to rise as health prevention becomes the new focus to keep healthcare costs down. Columbia, SC (PRWEB) December 28, 2012 Healthcare spending in the United States continues to rise at an unsustainable rate, projected to reach 20% of the gross domestic product by 2015. One response to this trend has been a renewed attention in disease prevention, diagnostics, personalized medicine, and disease management. The best way to save taxpayers and...
HR Team sites Executive Team support as key to success Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) December 27, 2012 Pentec Health, Inc. today announced that it has been selected as HR Department of the Year, for organizations with an HR Department of 6-20 employees, by The Delaware Valley HR Awards, Inc. This award comes shortly after last month’s recognition by 100 Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania, largely due to the programs established within its Human Resources Department. Charlie Wilson, Vice...
In-depth analysis places BayCare in top 25 percent of Home Care Programs in the U.S. LARGO, Fla., Dec. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- BayCare HomeCare was once again named as one of the top home care agencies in the nation based on performance measures in quality outcomes, process of care measures and financial performance. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121227/DC34841LOGO) "I am delighted to have our team members recognized again this year, because it really...
An analysis of nationally representative survey data found significant improvement in the delivery of underused care, but more limited changes in the reduction of inappropriate care in ambulatory health care settings between 1998 and 2009, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication. "Given the rising costs of health care, policymakers are increasingly interested in identifying the inefficiencies in our health care system," the...
A trusted name in the healthcare marketing industry for over 25 years, JB Communications is proud to announce the launch of its new marketing and public relations product--MediWebPR (http://www.mediwebpr.com), a full service, cost effective, evidence based online marketing program for physicians, practices and hospitals in the U.S. Santa Rosa, CA (PRWEB) December 24, 2012 MediWebPR’s parent company JB Communications has offered quality, successful medical marketing strategies to a...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online While surgery is something you hope you never have to go through, it is something you expect will go smoothly when you do have it. And while nine times out of ten it does go smoothly, you should keep in mind that surgeons are people, and people are not perfect. Surgeons, who usually subscribe to the philosophy of “never events,”—certain medical mistakes that should never occur—often do make mistakes in the operating room...
