Shifting to the chronic care model may save lives.

How Much Can We Save the Cost from Shifting from Single - Test Strip to Multiple - Test Strip in Point of Care Testing Analysis for Common Clinical Chemistry Parameters ?

Cancer Care in Developing Countries: Does Early Detection Truly Save Lives?

Background:“Early detection save lives” is a common and almost universal slogan for promoting cancer screening world-wide. Doubtlessly, early detection of cancer can save lives when the detection is followed with appropriate interventions. Conversely, when early detection is not followed with appropriate intervention(s), then it becomes effort in futility. Therefore, we are advocating that the ...

Choosing wisely and beyond: shared decision making and chronic kidney disease.

In 2012, the Kaiser Permanente Area Medical Directors of Quality decided to sponsor analytic activities to improve shared decision making for patients with chronic kidney disease. The objective was to move shared decision making for renal replacement therapy or maximal conservative management upstream rather than waiting until the patient presented to the emergency room requiring acute dialysis...

Self-Care and Relevant Factors Shaping Quality of Life among the Elderly with and Without Chronic Disease

Background: As world's population is growing, quality of life (QOL) and related factors such as self-care keep gaining mounting attention as they may affect the lives of the elderly significantly. The majority of the elderly people suffer from at least one chronic illness which plays an important role in elderly QOL. Objectives: This study was conducted to investigate self-care and related fac...

Lower Cost Why Behavioral And Environmental Interventions Are Needed To Improve Health At

We used a dynamic simulation model of the US health system to test three proposed strategies to reduce deaths and improve the costeffectiveness of interventions: expanding health insurance coverage, delivering better preventive and chronic care, and protecting health by enabling healthier behavior and improving environmental conditions. We found that each alone could save lives and provide good...