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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%. Contracting with an outside company brought the coverage and care coordination needed to prevent readmissions.

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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. We also need to pick up on when a child is gaining weight rapidly or crossing percentiles so we can intervene earlier.

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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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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. Through this affiliation, we will bring cutting-edge IT, virtual care capabilities, and more than 100 specialties and subspecialties to benefit the patients and communities of Oregon and southwest Washington.”

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Insurance Artificially Inflates Medical Costs

Family Physicians of St. Joseph

From the Detroit News If there’s any more argument to be made about getting third-party insurers — whether government or private insurance — out of most routine health care, here’s one. My son, Zane, has Type 1 diabetes, treatment of which requires frequent blood work. And it’s a true story. through Savage’s DPC practice.