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Centering Healthcare Institute receives the Cares Award for its CenteringPregnancy Group Prenatal Care program

Centering Healthcare Institute has been honored by the Premier healthcare alliance with the 18th Annual Monroe E. Trout Premier Cares Award for its CenteringPregnancy Group Prenatal Care program, which provides an innovative prenatal group care model now present in more than 300 sites across America. Centering Healthcare Institute last night received the Cares Award and $70,000 for the work it has done to provide care to mothers and babies nationwide.

28 Jan 2010

Alzheimer's disease becomes center of discussion at the World Economic Forum

For the first time ever, Alzheimer's disease is a focus at the World Economic Forum. Today more than 35 million people worldwide have dementia and those numbers will double every 20 years to 65.7 million in 2030 and 115.4 million in 2050, according to the World Alzheimer's Report from Alzheimer's disease International (ADI), a London-based, nonprofit, international federation of 71 national Alzheimer organizations.

28 Jan 2010

Mayo Clinic's QI programs recognized for inclusion in pilot MOC program

The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM), the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), and the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP)—the nation's three largest physician certifying boards—today announced that Mayo Clinic has been approved as a Portfolio Sponsor of Maintenance of Certification (MOC) activities.

28 Jan 2010

One Medical Group announces the availability of online appointment scheduling for members

One Medical Group, the modern medical practice that's reinventing primary care, today announced the availability of online appointment scheduling for its members in San Francisco and New York City.

28 Jan 2010

Depression raises risks of advanced and severe complications from diabetes

Depression raises risks of advanced and severe complications from diabetes, according to a prospective study of Group Health primary-care patients in western Washington. These complications include kidney failure or blindness, the result of small vessel damage, as well as major vessel problems leading to heart attack or stroke.

28 Jan 2010

St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center opens Geriatric ED to treat senior patients

St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, Paterson, NJ, recently opened the region's first dedicated Geriatric Emergency Department (Geriatric ED). Treating patients age 65 and older, the department is designed to meet the complex needs of older patients in a senior-friendly environment.

27 Jan 2010

Extensive gap exists between primary care practice and obesity care

Using combined and intensive treatments and restructuring care to treat obesity like other chronic diseases may help primary care clinicians and patients better address the condition, according to a commentary and three articles published in the January 25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

27 Jan 2010

Trial results show primary care doctors are capable of helping obese patients to lose weight

Despite a general belief among physicians that extreme obesity is too difficult to treat, except with bariatric surgery, researchers at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center have learned a substantial proportion of individuals with extreme obesity can lose 10-percent or more of their body weight through medical treatment that does not include surgery.

27 Jan 2010

New disease management initiative in Colorado aims to treat low back pain and improve patient outcomes

HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a leading provider of managed care market intelligence, reports that by increasing the role of the primary-care physician, the recently launched Colorado Low Back Collaborative (CLBC) aims to treat lower back issues with a more holistic view, and ultimately improve patient outcomes while lowering costs associated with the care of low back pain.

27 Jan 2010

Factors linked to duration of breastfeeding period

Ethnicity and number of previous births are factors that can predict the length of time a woman will breastfeed her child. A new study published in the open access journal BMC Pediatrics has examined the effects of maternal factors and hospital infant-feeding practices on breastfeeding.

27 Jan 2010

Doctors accepting medicare patients decline in rural Arizona

Doctors Accepting Medicare Patients Decline In Rural Arizona

27 Jan 2010

Health care providers play a critical role in H1N1 vaccinations

Results from the latest C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health indicate health care providers play a critical role in influencing parents and patients to vaccinate their children and themselves against H1N1 flu.

27 Jan 2010

Bayh urges Dems to move to the center; Nelson says he cannot support national exchange

The Wall Street Journal: "Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana, the very embodiment of calm understatement, seems an unlikely character to play the role of scold. But in recent weeks—particularly after last week's Massachusetts mauling—he has been scolding his Democratic Party, and sternly.

27 Jan 2010

Recent releases in global health

"Picture the situation in Haiti: families living on top of sewage-contaminated rubbish dumps, with no reliable sources of food and water and virtually no access to health care. This scenario depicts the situation in Haiti before the earthquake that catapulted this impoverished and conflict-ridden country into the international headlines,"

23 Jan 2010

Researchers produce DVD to help patients live with and manage neuropathic pain

Health professionals and patients can now go online for help and tips from a groundbreaking pain clinic, which halved referrals to hospital.

22 Jan 2010

Analysis: Will financial incentives and penalties improve hospital care?

The English NHS should "proceed cautiously" in introducing payment for performance schemes aimed at improving the quality of care in hospitals, warn researchers from the University of York on bmj.com today.

22 Jan 2010

Watson Pharmaceuticals provides detailed overview of its global operations at Investor Day meeting in NY

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today provided a detailed overview of its expanded global operations, enhanced supply chain capabilities and commercial and pipeline developments in its Brand and Generics businesses during an Investor Day meeting held in New York, NY.

22 Jan 2010

Doctor offers tips for parents on how to speak with children about disasters

David Schonfeld, MD, Director, Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and Director, National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement, gives parents the following tips on how to speak with their children after disasters have occurred.

22 Jan 2010

VNSNY receives funding for testing IT strategies to aid elderly cognitive impairment patients

The Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) Center for Home Health Care Policy & Research, the only research center focused on studying home health care in the U.S., has received funding from The Center for Technology and Aging to test state-of-the art information technology (IT) strategies designed to help elderly patients with cognitive impairment and their caregivers safely manage multiple medications.

21 Jan 2010

AMA, AARP and MOAA join in unprecedented multi-state event to focus on Medicare physician cuts

Focusing on looming Medicare physician cuts of 21 percent that begin on March 1, the American Medical Association (AMA), AARP and the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) joined together today in an unprecedented multi-state event.

21 Jan 2010

Primary Care News and Research

Latest Primary Care News and Research

Centering Healthcare Institute receives the Cares Award for its CenteringPregnancy Group Prenatal Care program

Alzheimer's disease becomes center of discussion at the World Economic Forum

Mayo Clinic's QI programs recognized for inclusion in pilot MOC program

One Medical Group announces the availability of online appointment scheduling for members

Depression raises risks of advanced and severe complications from diabetes

St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center opens Geriatric ED to treat senior patients

Extensive gap exists between primary care practice and obesity care

Trial results show primary care doctors are capable of helping obese patients to lose weight

New disease management initiative in Colorado aims to treat low back pain and improve patient outcomes

Factors linked to duration of breastfeeding period

Doctors accepting medicare patients decline in rural Arizona

Health care providers play a critical role in H1N1 vaccinations

Bayh urges Dems to move to the center; Nelson says he cannot support national exchange

Recent releases in global health

Researchers produce DVD to help patients live with and manage neuropathic pain

Analysis: Will financial incentives and penalties improve hospital care?

Watson Pharmaceuticals provides detailed overview of its global operations at Investor Day meeting in NY

Doctor offers tips for parents on how to speak with children about disasters

VNSNY receives funding for testing IT strategies to aid elderly cognitive impairment patients

AMA, AARP and MOAA join in unprecedented multi-state event to focus on Medicare physician cuts

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

Primary Care News and Research

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Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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