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CIO June 1, 2003 Sarah D. Scalet |
Immune Systems Health officials are working toward a sophisticated IT network that could detect the early warning signs of bioterrorism, but formidable obstacles remain. |
CIO June 15, 2002 Stephanie Overby |
Stopping Epidemics Early Even before last year's anthrax cases, doctors and public health officials had been testing Web-based databases and other bio-surveillance technologies that could help monitor medical data to stem an outbreak before it spreads. |
Food Engineering August 3, 2009 |
Collaborative guidelines for foodborne disease outbreak response published The guidelines, targeted to local, state and federal agencies, provide model practices used in foodborne disease outbreaks. |
Managed Care March 2005 Frank Diamond |
Kaiser's Asthma Outcomes Will Take Your Breath Away The company's Mid-Atlantic States Region has seen impressive savings since launching a disease management program for asthma. |
HBS Working Knowledge October 31, 2014 Gautam Mukunda |
Ebola's Call To Arms About Disaster Preparedness US health care has just received a critical wake-up call. Risk management tools used to handle normal disruptions are completely inadequate to quell a major catastrophe. |
InternetNews January 15, 2010 |
Hard Drive Theft Nets Health Data of Thousands Breach of protocol leads to the potential loss of Kaiser Permanente patient data in California. |
Salon.com October 26, 2001 Chris Colin |
Is there an anthrax doctor in the house? Scoops are few and desperation is catching at the annual conference of the Infectious Diseases Society of America... |
Food Engineering April 30, 2009 |
Food safety collaboration called for at all levels of government Recent salmonella outbreaks involving peanut butter and fresh produce underscore the need to repair gaps in state and local food safety programs and integrate them better with federal food safety efforts |
Chemistry World February 6, 2015 Anthony King |
Review plots path to face down antimicrobial resistance deaths The second installment of a UK government review on antimicrobial resistance has called for governments around the world to focus on 'easy wins' in the fight against microbial resistance. |
Managed Care July 2002 |
Money isn't everything Physicians are fairly happy with their incomes, but unhappy with the number of hours they have to work, as well as with the ancillary duties involved in practicing medicine, according to a survey. |
American Family Physician January 15, 2004 Matthew Neff |
HHS Announces Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Card Program The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy G. Thompson recently announced an interim final regulation for the Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Card Program, designed to help persons who are covered by Medicare with the cost of prescription drugs. |
Managed Care June 2002 John A. Marcille |
Lawrence Accomplished Much As Kaiser Permanente's CEO A look at the outgoing CEO of a health plan. |
American Family Physician December 15, 2000 Timothy F. Jones |
Mass Psychogenic Illness: Role of the Individual Physician Mass psychogenic illness is characterized by symptoms, occurring among a group of persons with shared beliefs regarding those symptoms, that suggest organic illness but have no identifiable environmental cause and little clinical or laboratory evidence of disease... |
Managed Care December 2003 Martin Sipkoff |
Health Plans Begin To Address Chronic Care Management As with so much else in health care, observing protocols, analyzing data, and rethinking benefit designs are important. |
CIO September 23, 2009 Kim S. Nash |
The Long Road to E-Health Records Kaiser Permanente's CIO stresses physician buy-in. |
Fast Company May 2010 Elizabeth Svoboda |
Designing the Perfect Health Care Clinic At Kaiser Permanente's Garfield Center, Hollywood-style sets help planners create a patient-friendly blueprint for the future of health care. |
Managed Care June 2002 Frank Diamond |
A Look at Kaiser CEO's Legacy: Faith in Quality Never Waned David M. Lawrence, MD, MPH, guided the country's largest not-for-profit health plan through the tumultuous managed care decade. |
Fast Company Christina Farr |
AHA, Alphabet Set Aside $75 Million To Cure Coronary Heart Disease The American Heart Association, Verily (the company formerly known as Google Life Sciences), and European pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca are investing the funds over a five-year period. |
Managed Care June 2003 Frank Diamond |
How To Manage the Worried Well They have symptoms, but that doesn't mean primary care physicians can pinpoint a physical problem. Yet they do suffer, and are a cost center for insurers and employers. |
Searcher March 2002 Eva Perkins |
Bioterrorism Resources on the Internet: A Primer What is bioterrorism? Which organizations and governmental agencies publish in this area? Using the power of the beloved Internet, one can easily and quickly access a wealth of information. Here's how to do it... |
Managed Care December 2004 |
Kaiser Official Defends Decision To Launch HSAs In what appears to be a wrenching decision, Kaiser Permanente is gearing up to begin offering health savings accounts. |