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JAMA: Dynamics of Obesity and Chronic Health Conditions Among Children and Youth

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Health Affairs: Meta-analysis of the literature on disease management and wellness programs found medical costs fall $3.27 for every dollar spent on wellness; absenteeism costs fall by about $2.73

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CHCS: Refining the Portrait of People with Multiple Chronic Conditions

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2010 Potpourri III

by Kevin Roche on Saturday, January 23, 2010

Healthy health care snacks–concierge medicine, personalized medicine, health care hiring, electronic medical records, Medicaid, disease management–all for your reading pleasure on the weekend.

Tags: Care Management, Chronic Disease, Disease Management, HIT, Medical Care, Personalized Medicine, Physician Practice Models, Physicians

Disease Management Works If You Give It Time.

by Kevin Roche on Thursday, January 14, 2010

Skepticism has increased regarding the ability of disease management programs to create cost savings. A new white paper indicates that if the analysis is conducted over a multi-year period, savings are more likely to be found.

Tags: Care Management, Chronic Disease, Disease Management

mobihealthnews

by Vita Advisors on Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Wireless remote monitoring technology developer MedApps announced partnership with Meridian Health to monitor recently discharged from acute care settings with CHF

Tags: Chronic Disease, Disease Management, Monitoring, Wireless

Inverness Continues to Build Health Management Business

by Kevin Roche on Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Inverness Medical has agreed to acquire Free & Clear, a provider of smoking cessation and other wellness services.

Tags: Disease Management, M&A, Medical Care, Services, Wellness and Prevention

Another Approach to Managing Chronic Disease

by Kevin Roche on Friday, August 14, 2009

Because chronic disease accounts for a large percentage of total health spending, approaches to managing those diseases are constantly being developed and modified.

Tags: Chronic Disease, Disease Management, Medical Care

More on Prevention’s Cost Savings

by Kevin Roche on Sunday, June 14, 2009

The Wall Street Journal article summarized some research results regarding the potential cost savings of prevention and wellness efforts, particularly for persons with chronic diseases. The overall conclusion is that not much money is likely to be saved by such methods, primarily because the cost of these programs when applied to a large population tends to outweigh the health care cost savings which eventually accrue.

Tags: Chronic Disease, Consumers, Disease Management, Medical Care, Wellness and Prevention

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7/28

On the airways, obesity public service announcements are lining up while a “Truth” campaign about tobacco languishes for lack of money.

7/19

“There is no such thing as a drug with no side effects. But when it comes to obesity, the risk/benefit ratio is so skewed to the risk side in the FDA’s decision that it makes it very difficult for any obesity drug to get through”

7/19

In spite of high unemployment numbers, there’s a lot of fat in the workplace—and it’s costing a bundle

7/16

The American Cancer Society and three federal agencies named 19 chemicals and shift work on Thursday as potential causes of cancer that deserve more investigation.

7/15

A panel of federal health experts dealt a surprising setback Thursday to a highly anticipated anti-obesity pill from Vivus Inc., saying the drug’s side effects outweigh its ability to help patients lose weight.