Putting the ‘value’ in value-based payments
By JOSH SEIDMAN Like Matthew Holt, I have also been ranting about the fact that “We’re spending way too much money on stuff that is the wrong thing.” As Matthew said, “it’s a rant, but a rant with a point!” And that’s a lot better than most rants these days. In addition to having a point, I’m also bringing a lot of data to my rant. More specifically, we’ve known for a long time that clinical care only drives 20% (maybe less) of health outcomes, yet we continue to spend more and more on it. We do that despite the well-documented fact that the U.S. performs worse than most OECD countries despite sp...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy clubhouses Josh Seidman SDoH Serious Mental Illness Source Type: blogs

The Shocking Way Depression and Schizophrenia Hijack Learning Abilities (M)
The subtle learning bias seen in people with depression and schizophrenia that stops them grasping patterns in everyday life. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - February 8, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Depression subscribers-only Source Type: blogs

Artificial Intelligence Can Diagnose Schizophrenia With These Simple Questions (M)
The diagnosis of other mental health conditions by AI could soon follow. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - December 14, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Artificial intelligence Schizophrenia subscribers-only Source Type: blogs

Why Schizophrenia Causes Problems With Planning And Memory (M)
Schizophrenia can also cause delusions, hallucinations and dramatic changes in behaviour and is one of the most serious types of mental illness. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - November 2, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Neuroscience Schizophrenia subscribers-only Source Type: blogs

Family support is pivotal in the treatment of schizophrenia
Research reveals that most caregivers of people living with schizophrenia are family members (94 percent), and oftentimes, the journey of the caregiver can be just as challenging as that of the patient, whether they’re newly diagnosed or have been managing the condition for years. As they navigate the journey together, it’s important that patients have a Read more… Family support is pivotal in the treatment of schizophrenia originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 22, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Conditions Psychiatry Source Type: blogs

Fight Aging! Newsletter, August 14th 2023
This study demonstrates just how vital the thymus is to maintaining adult health." « Back to Top Does Amyloid-β Aggregation Cause Broad Disruption of Proteostasis? https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2023/08/does-amyloid-%ce%b2-aggregation-cause-broad-disruption-of-proteostasis/ Researchers here speculate on the ability of insoluble amyloid-β aggregates to be broadly disruptive of the solubility of many other proteins, and thus disruptive to cell and tissue function. Is this important in aging? The evidence here shows the existence of the mechanism in a lower species, but that doesn't ...
Source: Fight Aging! - August 13, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

Stimulating the Olfactory System as a Way to Improve Late Life Cognitive Function
The research noted here adds to evidence for the lack of use of the senses to contribute to age-related declines in cognitive function: a sort of "use it or lose it" proposition for the brain that becomes especially pronounced in later life. This effect is better studied in the context of age-related deafness, given the sizable amount of data on hearing aid use. Here, however, researchers focus on the sense of smell, and find that cognitive function can be improved by stimulation via scents. When a fragrance wafted through the bedrooms of older adults for two hours every night for six months, memories skyrocketed....
Source: Fight Aging! - August 7, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs

A Common Mineral Deficiency Linked To Mental Health Issues (M)
One-quarter of the world's population has this mineral deficiency that is linked to anxiety, depression and schizophrenia. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - July 13, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Mental Health Nutrition subscribers-only Source Type: blogs

This Symptom Of Schizophrenia Is Among The Most Distressing
Schizophrenia is one of the most serious types of mental illness. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - June 27, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Schizophrenia Source Type: blogs

The Surprising Link Between High IQ And Schizophrenia
How schizophrenia and high intelligence are linked. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - June 11, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Mental Health Source Type: blogs

Diversion
To be clear, we are not talking about people who have committed serious felonies. That is another discussion. But the large majority of people who are involved with the criminal justice system are charged with fairly minor offenses -- what may be labeled disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct, public intoxication, shoplifting or other petty theft, maybe getting in a fight or vandalizing property of someone they ' re mad at. As we have seen, a lot of these people have diagnosable mental and/or substance use disorder, limited education and job skills.  As we have also seen, if they are convicted (or more realisti...
Source: Stayin' Alive - May 20, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs

Bonus Features – March 5, 2023 – Two-thirds of patients connect with regular docs when they need medical care when traveling, half of clinical workflow automation users plan to expand their use, and more
This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job. News and Research With the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency due to end on May 11, the Drug Enforcement Administration has proposed restrictions on the remote prescription of controlled substances, with only buprenorphine and Sch...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 5, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Abridge Alan Swenson ATA Biofourmis canon medical CareCloud Carequality Chugai Phmarceutical DEA Derek Shaw Dustin Spencer eClinicalWorks eCW emt Source Type: blogs

What is Health Care ’ s LEGO?
BY KIM BELLARD Last week the esteemed Jane Sarasohn-Kahn celebrated that it was the 65th anniversary of the famous LEGO brick, linking to Jay Ong’s blog article about it (to be more accurate, it was the 65th anniversary of the patent for the LEGO brick). That led me to read Jens Andersen’s excellent history of the company: The LEGO Story: How a Little Toy Sparked the World’s Imagination.   But I didn’t think about writing about LEGO’s until I read Ben’s Cohen’s Wall Street Journal profile of  University of Oxford economist Bent Flyvbjerg, who studies why projects succeed or fail.  His...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: The Business of Health Care Healthcare Kim Bellard LEGO Modularity Source Type: blogs

The Most Depressed College Majors
These college majors have a higher risk of serious mental illness, including depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - January 12, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Mental Health Source Type: blogs

Fight Aging! Newsletter, January 9th 2023
Fight Aging! publishes news and commentary relevant to the goal of ending all age-related disease, to be achieved by bringing the mechanisms of aging under the control of modern medicine. This weekly newsletter is sent to thousands of interested subscribers. To subscribe or unsubscribe from the newsletter, please visit: https://www.fightaging.org/newsletter/ Longevity Industry Consulting Services Reason, the founder of Fight Aging! and Repair Biotechnologies, offers strategic consulting services to investors, entrepreneurs, and others interested in the longevity industry and its complexities. To find out m...
Source: Fight Aging! - January 8, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs