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Tapping the potential applications of mHealth

The Health Policy Exchange

Smartphone apps now include a variety of self-management tools for weight loss, physical activity, and chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes. Should state and local governments provide direct grants or tax relief to promising startups? electrocardiogram) and would pose safety risks to patients if they malfunctioned.

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Join ABIM Governance: apply by July 20

ABIM

ABIM Governance provides a meaningful and rewarding opportunity to join outstanding colleagues in service to the profession and to patients. Read more about how ABIM chooses members of governance. Visit ABIM’s website for more information on governance and opportunities to join. Applications are due Sunday, July 20, 2025.

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Bouncebacks from SNFs: How one health system is making progress

Today's Hospitalist

A struggle for enough staffing When the federal government launched the readmission penalty program in 2013, staff with OSF HealthCare knew their readmission rates fueled by bouncebacks from SNFs were running between 18% and 25%. It also has a 30-day readmission rate that’s dramatically below what it used to be.

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Study finds that government-implemented warning labels can help reducing poor-nutrition related diseases

Medical Xpress

The adoption of best practice front-of-pack nutrition labeling in more countries of the Americas can help reduce poor-nutrition related non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular disease, type-2 diabetes, high blood pressure and some cancers in the region, a recent study led by researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno and the Pan (..)

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Maria Ansari, MD, FACC, named to Modern Healthcare’s list of 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives

Permanente Medicine

Reducing disparities in hypertension control between white and Black patients by 33% and in diabetes control between white and Latino patients by 25% at TPMG. About the Permanente Medical Groups The Permanente Medical Groups are self-governed, physician-led, prepaid, multispecialty medical groups composed of more than 25,000 physicians.

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Q&A: Prioritizing Early Intervention in Pediatric Obesity

Physician's Weekly

As pediatricians, we are also advocates for the children in the community, thinking outside the box about advocacy-related activities such as sharing expertise in community and with legislators & government agencies. It really does take a village.

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Oregon-based medical group Northwest Permanente announces affiliation with The Permanente Medical Group of Northern California

Permanente Medicine

TPMG teams are sharing programs for diabetes management to support patients in NWP. NWP is exploring opportunities with TPMG leaders to roll out Senior Surgical Care programs in Oregon. Population health: NWP and TPMG are both rooted in Permanente Medicine’s commitment to population health and equity.

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