Outlook for Regional Health Care

Establishing a Regional Contact & Service Centre for Public Health Care: The Case in Central Macedonia, Greece

Regional Healthcare System Authorities (RHSAs) run under the Ministry of Health and Welfare in Greece, aim is to improve the level of quality that health care organizations offer as well as to control the expenditure of health care services provided by the health care organizations. In this article we present the considerations taken during the establishment of the first Regional Contact & Serv...

Mental Health and Physical Activity

Objectives: People with serious mental illness experience heightened physical ill-health. Physical activity is an effective strategy for improving physical health in this group. This paper explores nurse views on the place of physical activity in the physical health care of people with serious mental illness who are receiving mental health care services. Methods: A qualitative exploratory study...

Managed care outlook. HMO members willing to pay to manage benefits online.

Improving Medicaid as Part of Building on the Current System to Achieve Universal Coverage

The U.S. health care system suffers from a number of problems. Almost 46 million individuals were uninsured in 2007, an increase of 6 million people since 2001. Employer-based coverage, the primary source of health insurance across the nation, continues to erode. Costs continue to rise and bear primary responsibility for the nation’s bleak long-term fiscal outlook. While the United States spend...

Health reform on the horizon. A White House veteran shares her insights on the future of health care reform.

J eanne Lambrew, PhD, is an associate professor at George Washington University's Department of Health Policy and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. Her years of policy work at the White House and experience testifying on health reform issues on Capitol Hill give her a unique platform from which to discuss current efforts and the extended outlook for health care reform in the ...