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Health care intervention: Treating high-need, high-cost patients: Study found focusing on patients’ values instead of problems offered better results – Science Daily

Patients with complex needs — serious mental and physical health problems and substance use disorders — flock to emergency rooms costing the health care system billions every year. A new study suggests a nontraditional approach to these patients can significantly improve their daily functioning and health outcomes. In crisis and with nowhere else to turn,… Read More »

Small Changes That Go a Long Way: 7 Habits for Nurturing Mental Health

by Jessica Peters The 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that over 47 million American adults experience mental illness. According to Mental Health America, more than 10 million adults in the U.S. have an unmet need for mental health treatment. Among Americans aged 10-34, suicide is the second leading cause of death,… Read More »

How Providence St. Joseph Health boosted its percentage of complete physician profiles

Providence St. Joseph Health is a large health system that operates 51 hospitals and more than 35 non-acute facilities across seven Western states. THE PROBLEM With more than 20,000 clinicians, Providence St. Joseph needed a way to gain visibility into the network and create a more consistent patient access experience – especially amid continued M&A… Read More »

When Women’s Health Clinics Close, More Women Die of Cervical Cancer

New research presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) found that the closing of nearly 100 women’s health clinics between 2010 and 2013 across the United States resulted in fewer women being screened for cervical cancer, more diagnoses being made later when the disease was more advanced and greater… Read More »