Immediate Care Business News

Workplace Healthcare Improves Patient Outcomes

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:10:30 PDT

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.—Patients who use workplace primary care and pharmacy services have higher adherence rates to medications for chronic conditions, according to a new Take Care Health Systems study published in the current issue of the American Journal of Managed Care.Findings showed overall adherence to medication was nearly 10 percent higher ...(195 words)

Study Explores Decrease in Primary Care Physicians

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:22:01 PDT

CHICAGO—Adverse work conditions may be to blame for the decline in the number of primary care physicians nationwide, according to a study published in the latest issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. “Unfavorable work conditions are associated with stress, burnout and intent to leave for primary care physicians,” said ...(417 words)

Mayo Clinic Examines Prescription Painkiller Addiction

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:10:36 PDT

ROCHESTER, Minn.—Chemical dependency and recovery in patients and physicians are closely examined in a series of articles and editorials in the July 2009 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings. The subject is especially timely, as the immense challenges, including potential tragedies, of prescription chemical addiction and abuse are being discussed.Addiction to ...(720 words)

HealthCare Partners Opens Second Urgent Care Center

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:05:38 PDT

GLENDORA, Calif.—HealthCare Partners recently opened the Glendora Urgent Care Center at the site of its medical office in Glendora, bringing more healthcare options to the residents of eastern San Gabriel Valley. This marks the second urgent care center HealthCare Partners has opened in the region.The HealthCare Partners Glendora UCC is ...(80 words)

Researchers Advancing Vaccine Against Valley Fever

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:01:30 PDT

Medical mycologists at the South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases (STCEID) and the Department of Biology at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) have significantly advanced the fight against San Joaquin Valley Fever, a respiratory infection of humans, commonly called Valley Fever, which is caused by the ...(340 words)

Health Departments Get Mixed Marks for Communicating About Flu

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:56:30 PDT

State and local health departments get mixed marks for efforts to convey information about the H1N1 virus to the public using their Web sites immediately after U.S. officials declared a public health emergency in April, according to a new RAND Corporation study.While 46 of 50 state health departments posted some ...(791 words)

Influenza Monitoring by the U.S. Military

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:51:52 PDT

The recent global swine flu outbreak has underscored the critical need for good surveillance and rapid access to epidemiological data. The U.S. military, starting with early monitoring efforts in the 1970s, has developed a broad-based influenza monitoring system. In an article published in the September 2009 issue of the American ...(494 words)

Bay-Area Community Seeks Urgent Care Center

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:53:52 PDT

HALF MOON BAY, Calif.—Healthcare services in the area of Half Moon Bay are decreasing and the community is now in need of a new medical clinic and possibly an urgent care center, according to the Daily Journal, a San Mateo County newspaper. Leaders of the community have been meeting in ...(63 words)

Urgent Care Expands Offerings to Include Skin Conditions

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:37:07 PDT

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.—Take Care Health Systems is expanding its menu of services to include skin conditions and minor injury treatments such as wart removal, skin tag removal, closure of minor cuts, treatment of skin irritations as well as an expanded scope of skin evaluation and treatment for skin infections, injuries and ...(117 words)

CMS Proposes 21.5 Percent Cut in Medicare Physician Payments

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:49:35 PDT

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today proposed changes to policies and payment rates for services to be furnished during calendar year (CY 2010) by over 1 million physicians and non-physician practitioners who are paid under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS). The MPFS ...(1232 words)