Using drones to deliver automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to people in cardiac arrest could drastically cut the time it takes to provide a potentially lifesaving electric shock, according to new research in JAMA.
If insurers are permitted to drop coverage for the essential health benefits that they are required to cover under the Affordable Care Act—as legislation pending in Congress would allow them to do—they probably would do so, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation report released Wednesday.
Joanne Conroy, who currently serves as CEO of Lahey Hospital, will assume her new role in August, in today's bite-sized hospital and health industry news from Alaska, Kansas, and New Hampshire.
Many hospitals are employing financial counselors to assist patients in figuring out how their benefits work and whether there are any untapped benefits they're not aware of.
People are more likely to stock up on vegetables when the foods are described in "indulgent" terms, such as "sweet sizzlin'" or "crispy," than when they are sold as the "healthy" option, according to a new study in JAMA Internal Medicine.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's annual June report recommends that Congress implement a unified payment system for post-acute care three years ahead of schedule, among other proposals.
