WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Community health centers can help fill gaps in the U.S. healthcare system for relatively little money, researchers said on Tuesday. ...
Obama directs $600M toward community health centers, improving electronic medical records President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday the government is spending almost $600 ...
Despite spending more than twice as much as other developed countries, the United States still lags behind in terms of access and quality, an international survey said Wednesday. Insurance restrictions and health care costs make US patients more likely than people in ...
Despite spending more than twice as much as other developed countries, the United States still lags behind in terms of access and quality, an international survey said Wednesday. Insurance restrictions and health care costs make US patients more likely than people in ...
A thousand miles from the health care debate in Washington, Dr. Don Klitgaard and his colleagues are carrying out their own reform in a small Iowa community. They've reorganized their clinic so nurses bird-dog patients whose health problems, if ignored, could send ...
Asia Johnson, 6, of Boston, receives an intranasal H1N1 vaccine at the primary care clinic at Children's Hospital Boston, Friday, Oct. 9, 2009 in Boston. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole) Copyright 2009 AP News
HHS announces Medicare pilot program with incentive payments for better primary care The Obama administration announced a new Medicare pilot program Wednesday to strengthen primary care services for patients and cut costly emergency room visits — by offering financial incentives to doctors. ...
When Dr. Robert Flaherty launched a private practice in 2001, he soon found himself cramming in as many patients as possible to make ends meet, leaving little time to discuss with them the steps they could take to prevent future health troubles. ...
Projection of a shortage of family practitioners warrants immediate attention Family doctors have been the linchpin of medical care in this nation. But family practitioners, who make that first diagnosis so we get the right medical treatment, are dwindling in number. A ...
You've tried one-on-one talk sessions, family meetings, and therapeutic role playing -- and nothing works. Now what? When you have family problems, whatever they might be -- non-communication, substance abuse, anger issues -- one of the most effective solutions is to see ...
Victor Rozanski's wife gave him an ultimatum: It's either me or the bottle. He chose the bottle. The drinking wrecked his marriage. The 47-year-old lost his job as a printer, and hopped on a bus to Atlantic City, where his life's savings ...
HOUSTON (Reuters) - At Ben Taub General Hospital in the rich U.S. oil hub of Houston, 52 people wait in a holding room designed for 26, in beds crammed so close together that patients can touch one another. "They can't even go ...
