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Students challenged to redesign retail space for health care use

This year's PDC Summit gave students a chance to work on interdisciplinary teams to address a growing health care trend

For Haven’s Sake: Transformation Objectives within Sight

The news 15 months ago that Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase were forming a joint venture to achieve better outcomes at a lower cost for the roughly $4 billion they spend collectively on health care for their 1.2 million workers was a bold move. But since anteing up to get in the game of transforming health care, those involved in the venture — recently named Haven — have largely kept poker faces.

Intermountain to Bring More Services for Seniors to Their Homes

In another example of how hospitals and health systems can broaden the scope of their virtual care programs, Intermountain Healthcare is expanding its well-established Homecare & Hospice program to include home-based primary care and some traditional services.

The Doctor Will See You Now (No, Really) and Fill Your Prescription Instantly

After six years of development and supported with private-equity funding, OnMed, a health technology company, has launched a telemedicine kiosk that can dispense medications as the patient consults with a physician remotely. The HIPAA-compliant OnMed Station can be set up almost anywhere, according to the company, bringing health care via high-definition video and audio to patients at large workplaces or public spaces like colleges, airports and hotels.

CDC: Health care-associated infections declined in 2017

Acute-care hospitals reduced Clostridium difficile infections by 13 percent and central line-associated bloodstream infections by 9 percent in 2017.
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Bipartisan Legislation Would Increase the Number of Medicare-funded Residency Positions and Help Alleviate Physician Shortages

Bipartisan bills were recently introduced in both chambers of Congress to help alleviate the critical shortage of physicians. The Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019 (S. 348/H.R.

NQF launches task force on the next generation of quality

In partnership with the AHA and other national health care leaders, the National Quality Forum today launched a task force to identify opportunities to drive and optimize high-value, person-centered care for every patient by 2030.

CDC: Ebola cases in Congo top 1,000

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has exceeded 1,000 confirmed or probable cases.

GAO: Private coverage remains concentrated among largest insurers

Enrollment in private health insurance plans remained concentrated among a small number of issuers in 2015 and 2016

Chairman’s File: The future of health care in the digital age

I have hope that the rapidly evolving health care landscape will empower us to deliver better care than ever before and to build a nation of healthier individuals and communities.