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Bringing oral health tips and tools to disabled adults
I recently had the chance to spend the morning with Malissa Savage, a community health worker dedicated to reaching people…
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Resources address oral health issues facing disabled, elderly and other special-needs patients
Malissa Savage, a community health worker who works with people in need of dental care, notes that variations in physical…
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Covering the annual ‘holiday check in’ on aging relatives
Family gatherings during the holidays are an ideal time for adult children to assess the well being of aging parents and…
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Will jobs beat ideology to spur Medicaid expansion in the South?
We’ve written extensively about Medicaid expansion and the impact on hospitals that have many low-income uninsured patients that would be…
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Study reinforces home care’s role in reducing hospitalizations for seniors
Home care has long been held up as a model to help avoid preventable hospitalizations or readmissions. A new study…
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Covering the annual ‘holiday check in’ on aging relatives
Family gatherings during the holidays are an ideal time for adult children to assess the wellbeing of aging parents and…
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Reports graphically illustrate spending on dental, other health care
America spends a lot of money on dental care – roughly $111 billion a year – according to a new…
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LGBT youth expert to discuss health issues in webcast
This week, six national advocacy organizations called for greater efforts to educate LGBT youth about sex, because they say research…
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Patient outcomes are among the most overlooked stories in health care
If you saw our November webcast on how consumers and payers can evaluate physician quality, you know that we began…
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Five journalists awarded yearlong fellowships to investigate health systems
The Association of Health Care Journalists has awarded AHCJ Reporting Fellowships on Health Care Performance to five journalists who intend…
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