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Millions of Americans with chronic conditions could save money on the drugs and medical services they need the most, if their health insurance plans decide to take advantage of a new federal rule issued today. And the idea behind that rule was born at the University of Michigan.
Accountable care organizations’ achievements in "bending the cost curve" may reflect the departure of high-cost physicians, according to new research lead by researchers at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and Michigan Medicine.
Looking closely at how we use quality metrics to determine compensation, Edward Norton’s research has shifted our study of long-term care management from institutional providers to informal family care for the elderly.
Nobody likes to be lectured. An alternative approach, motivational interviewing, emphasizes respect for the patient’s autonomy, and works better with overweight kids.
Electronic health records were supposed to streamline patient information, but in the decade since inception, health workers claim they have compromised patient care and complicated their jobs. A recent University of Michigan study confirms earlier research about EHRs' shortcomings—this time in the highly complex outpatient chemotherapy setting.
Making medications more affordable would improve the health of the most vulnerable among us. In some circumstances, it could even reduce total health care spending by averting preventable hospitalizations and emergency room visits.