The Oncology Center and Einstein Hematology (F superfamily Dayan - Daycoval) promote throughout 2016 a cycle of lectures on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Each month a type of cancer among those with the highest incidence in the population, will be discussed by hospital specialists....
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A new website is now online that will help parents manage common childhood illnesses and injuries which don’t require treatment in an emergency department. Developed by a team of emergency doctors and clinicians, the HEAL (Health Education and Learning) website aims to provide families across Alberta with easily accessible, reliable information about common minor illnesses and injuries in children....
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Accountable care organizations seeking to participate in the overhauled Medicare Shared Savings Program should expect a shorter period of time to begin to reap savings through their efforts to better manage their patient populations before the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services expects them to shoulder more risk. So they'd better plan accordingly, according to a new report from healthcare consulting firm Leavitt Partners. The overhauled MSSP program divides ACOs into two tracks bas...
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Centegra Health System is offering a breast cancer survivor support group for women. The HOPE (High On Positive Energy) Breast Cancer Survivor Group helps participants connect with other breast cancer survivors to share, learn and support one another during and after treatment....
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Integra Community Care Network, a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)-certified Accountable Care Organization (ACO) is partnering with UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Rhode Island to launch a Medicaid ACO entity.
As part of the joint effort, UnitedHealthcare is collaborating with physician groups as part of the State of Rhode Island Accountable Entities Pilot.
The initiative marks the first Medicaid accountable care entity launched in Rhode Island and the goal is to improve health ...
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St Margaret's Hospice has identified a number of key challenges that will face the future of palliative care in Somerset. They include increased competition for funding and a need for better integration of healthcare services. Sustaining and growing its workforce, including volunteers, as well as the growth in patients with complex needs such as dementia also needs to be urgently addressed, according to the report....
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