Participation in a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) reporting program reached 91% in its first year, topping the goal of 90% participation of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency said. Ina May 31 blogposting, CMS Administrator Seema Verma also noted that...
• Community education:Health care and mental health centers and group practices should provide education related to successful aging similar to the community health education most now provide for smoking cessation, weight loss, and diabetes management. These materials could be designed to provide oppor...
Addressing a rural shortage Like manyrural communities, Renfrew County does not have enoughfamily physiciansto meet the needs of its population of 106,365. Approximately 20 percent of its residents do not have a family physician or an alternative primary care provider. IVC addressed these problems ...
Provide referral to specialized, validated nutrition weight loss programs if weight goals are not achieved. Long-term:Adherence to diet and physical activity/exercise program aimed toward attainment of established weight goal. AHA Scientific Statement: Diet and Lifestyle Recommendations: Revision 2006 (...
The trainees were practicing medicine in one of the training centers shown in Figure 2, most of which are in the National Guard Hospital (53%) and the King Abdulaziz University Hospital (20%) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Almost half of the participants were junior residents in the first (R1)...
Fatalities from childhood injuries are just the tip of the burgeoning iceberg, the morbidity implications of non-fatal childhood injuries contribute to significant healthcare and social burden as well as cost considerations. Injuries may result in physical, mental or psychological disabilities which ...