"The health care industry in the U.S. is peculiar. We spend close to 18% of our GDP on health care, yet other countries get better results-and we don't know why. To date, we still lack widely accepted answers to such simple questions as 'Would requiring everyone to buy health in…
The health care industry in the U.S. is peculiar. We spend close to 18% of our GDP on health care, yet other countries get better results-and we don't know why. To date, we still lack widely accepted answers to such simple questions as ""Would requiring everyone to buy health in…
"The health care industry in the U.S. is peculiar. We spend close to 18% of our GDP on health care, yet other countries get better results-and we don't know why. To date, we still lack widely accepted answers to such simple questions as 'Would requiring everyone to buy health in…
Predictive Health
by O'Reilly for Higher Education (Firm), Johns, Michael, Brigham, Kenneth
America's health care system is crippled by desperate efforts to prevent the inevitable. A third of the national Medicare budget-nearly $175 billion-is spent on the final year of life, and a third of that amount on the final month, often on expensive (and futile) treatments. Suc…
How we can reinvent medicine to extend our best years.
Our health care system is crippled by desperate efforts to prevent the inevitable. A third of the national Medicare budget--nearly $175 billion--is spent on the final year of life, and a third of that amount on the final month, often on expensive (and futile) treatments. Such ef…
Capturing Social and Behavioral Domains and Measures in Electronic Health Records: Phase 2
by Institute of Medicine, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Committee on the Recommended Social and Behavioral Domains and Measures for Electronic Health Records
fromOnline access: National Academy of Sciences National Academ…
Determinants of health--like physical activity levels and living conditions--have traditionally been the concern of public health and have not been linked closely to clinical practice. However, if standardized social and behavioral data can be incorporated into patient electroni…
Determinants of health--like physical activity levels and living conditions--have traditionally been the concern of public health and have not been linked closely to clinical practice. However, if standardized social and behavioral data can be incorporated into patient electroni…
Engaging students in community change has far-reaching benefits that not only support but also extend beyond academic achievement. Students who participate in such efforts become better connected to their schools and communities while learning and practicing the principles of de…