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New primary care models target depression
Nearly 17 percent of people will have a major depressive disorder during their lifetimes, according to 2007 data from the National Comorbidity Survey of mental health disorders, reported Kaiser
Single payer fails, mental health coverage passes in CA
Insurers can breathe a sigh of relief now that it seems highly unlikely that California will implement a single-payer healthcare system, at least not this legislative session, after the state senate
Poor follow-up with depressed patients linked to readmissions
A quarter of Ontarians (25 percent) hospitalized for depression boomeranged back to the hospital with an emergency room visit or readmission within 30 days, according to a new study published in the
Insurers criticized for preventing psychiatric care
A new study is criticizing health insurers in Massachusetts, where statewide reform has lead to innovative changes like global payments, for preventing patients from accessing timely psychiatric
Treat depression to improve diabetic outcomes
It's a patient's mental state, not his blood glucose, that clinicians should tackle first, researchers found in a study just published online in the journal Medical Care. That's the upshot of a
Depression lessened for heart disease patients with collaborative program
A hospital-initiated collaborative care program to treat depression, a common condition among cardiovascular disease patients, helped those patients show improvement with their depression, anxiety,
BCBSNC, UNC hope patient-centered practice reduces costs
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and the UNC Health Care System are developing a new type of medical practice that enables providers to work collaboratively with patients in delivering
Benefits of phone outreach in cancer patients may be replicated across other conditions
Easing the two most common physical and psychological symptoms in cancer patients--pain and depression--may be as simple as a phone call, according to a new study examining the use of telemedicine in
Depression in nurses is depressing me
As you may have read this week in FierceHealthcare, two new studies suggest that nurses working in hospitals are much more susceptible to depression than their counterparts in clinics, schools or
Do high-volume facilities cause depression in nurses?
Nurses are among the most respected professionals in society and among the hardest working in healthcare. But they also are subject to high patient loads, a lack of respect from superiors, and long
