Illness caused by cigarette smoking incurs heavy costs to the U.S. healthcare system. According to a recent Reuters study, 8.7 percent of all healthcare spending — or $170 billion annually — is used for treating illness caused by tobacco smoke.
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Medical laboratories already drive more than 70 percent of clinical decisions,i but they should be driving more decisions across the healthcare ecosystem.
While most government-funded marijuana research focuses on the negative health effects of the drug, $8 million in grants from the Colorado Board of Health will actually go toward studying marijuana's potential health effects, according to a CBS News report.
As the cancer mortality rate has declined in recent years, the number of cancer survivors has increased substantially, according to a National Cancer Institute report.
Using mHealth devices, apps and solutions to improve population health management can be hugely impactful for patients, providers and payers, according to a recent blog post by PatientPoints Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing Noel Khirsukhani.
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Obesity is one of the greatest health risks America's population faces today, according to the United Health Foundation's 25th annual America's Health Rankings. Our nation spends an estimated $147 billion to $210 billion on obesity and obesity-related health issues every year.
If patients play a bigger role in their own healthcare, care coordination and outcomes in general will improve. This may seem like common sense, but until the industry's relatively recent focus on preventive medicine and population health management, the vast…
The percentage of Americans who report doing no physical activity or exercise other than their regular job in the last 30 days increased from 2013 to 2014, according to the United Health Foundation's 25th annual America's Health Rankings.
Naperville, Ill.-based Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare has announced famous racecar driver Danica Patrick will be featured as the spokesperson for the system's new public health campaign, Healthy Driven.
Despite being a major concern, the Ebola epidemic is hardly the only public health issue the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the nation and the world have faced in 2014.