Laramie-based University of Wyoming's healthcare volunteer program Healthy U is helping rural Americans who have chronic diseases learn self-management skills and gain access to health support groups located closer to their homes, NPR reports.
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New York City-based Northwell Health has partnered with a software platform that aims to assist patients and providers overcome social determinants of health.
Elevating public-private partnerships like Medicare Advantage and managed Medicaid is the best way to answer Americans' call to overhaul the healthcare system, according to Cigna CEO David Cordani.
Suicide rates reached a peak in 2017, the highest in seven years, according to NBC News coverage of a study from Boston-based Harvard Medical School.
Last month, Humana launched a radio station for its employees where each day, DJ Reggie Reg welcomes weekday listeners to a station "where wellness never sounded so good," he told NBC affiliate Wave 3 News.
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Analytics is playing an increasingly important role in accurate risk stratification, for example, helping to predict which individuals might develop common and expensive conditions such as diabetes or heart failure.
Dayton, Ohio-based Kettering Health Network and Cigna inked a new contract ahead of a June 14 deadline, according to the Dayton Daily News.
Veterans have expanded access to medical care outside of VA hospitals through a new program launched June 6 under the Mission Act.
Social determinants of health can impact a person's overall health just as much as genetics, which is why physicians should ask questions relating to more than just biology when screening patients, according to the American Medical Association.
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