Chronic care management, which includes the monitoring and addressing of chronic diseases such as arthritis, diabetes, obesity and heart disease, is a challenge for any hospital or medical group.

In light of the nationwide shortage of clinicians and other allied health professionals, hospitals and health systems are struggling to staff operating rooms and are spending more money on the labor ...

Because of its often slowly progressive nature, dementia is often included among chronic disease management programs. Yet, for many reasons, its management demands different approaches. With the rise ...

The proper role of government in financing and delivering health care is one of the hottest public policy issues of our time. Some experts call for more regulation and more subsidies, while others ...

A long and deeply-reported feature story in The Washington Post on Tuesday put a spotlight on the stark effect that an epidemic of chronic illness is taking on too many millions of Americans. "Forty ...

Ethical principles are especially pertinent to the conduct of professionals in psychology and psychiatry. The hard work comes when principles are in conflict, and clinicians must consider what values, ...

The two mechanisms commonly used by states to limit health care competition are the approval process known as “certificate of need” (CON) and state-imposed caps limiting the construction of new health ...