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Author Archives: cshannon
Using patient-reported data to improve chronic disease care
From AHRQ’s Innovations Exchange: According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report, chronic diseases are responsible for 70% of deaths in America each year, and 75% of the nation’s health care spending focuses on chronic conditions. Using patient-reported … Continue reading
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Tagged AHRQ, chronic disease, consumer health, health services research, mobile resources, social media
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New issue of Health Communication Science Digest available
From the CDC: The April issue of Health Communication Science Digest (HCSD or Digest) is now available at http://www.cdc.gov/healthcommunication/ScienceDigest/index.html This month in the Digest are discussions of several new ideas and methodologies scholars are generating to better evaluate social media user-generated content and metrics. Other works examine user … Continue reading
Posted in Government publications
Tagged CDC, consumer health, health behavior, health communication
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The Naked truth about (scientific) models – Part 1
From our friends at Risk Bites, a new series of videos on what scientific models are and aren’t.
Medicare advantage costs often exceed traditional Medicare costs
From the Commonwealth Fund: Health plans participating in Medicare Advantage (MA), the private insurance option for Medicare beneficiaries, have long been paid considerably more to provide coverage of hospital and physician services than what the government spends to deliver the same benefits … Continue reading
Posted in Law & public policy
Tagged health insurance, insurance, Medicare, research
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Hospital billing varies wildly, government data shows
From the New York Times: A hospital in Livingston, N.J., charged $70,712 on average to implant a pacemaker, while a hospital in nearby Rahway, N.J., charged $101,945. In Saint Augustine, Fla., one hospital typically billed nearly $40,000 to remove a … Continue reading
CDC Twitter chat – Asthma Awareness Month
Join Acting NCEH/ATSDR Director Robin Ikeda (@CDC_DrIkeda) for a Twitter chat Friday, 3 May from 1-2:00, as part of National Asthma Awareness Month. Asthma is a chronic disease that affects the airways in the lungs. We’re partnering with the American Lung … Continue reading
Posted in social media
Tagged CDC, health behavior, health communication, social media
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Need help with statistics?
The Center for Statistical Consultation and Research (CSCAR) provides statistical consulting to all UM faculty, staff, and graduate students with the design, planning, analysis, and presentation of research studies. CSCAR also presents workshops on statistical methods, statistical software, and qualitative … Continue reading
The million-dollar workplace wellness heart attack screen
From the Health Affairs blog: Three years after wellness was hailed as perhaps the only truly bipartisan component of the Affordable Care Act, both lay and trade commentators have begun observing that the assumptions behind it were incorrect while downsides were overlooked. As a predictable result, savings have … Continue reading
Posted in Utilization
Tagged health behavior, health care reform, health policy, insurance
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Changes to My NCBI Saved Searches
The My NCBI Saved Search Settings page has been modified to let you edit search terms. You can change the search in the “Search terms” box, and then click the “Test search terms” link to check the search in PubMed before saving your … Continue reading
