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January 2012 Issue

Unhealthy U.S. Workers' Absenteeism Costs $153 Billion

Full-time workers in the U.S. who are overweight or obese and have other chronic health conditions miss an estimated 450 million additional days of work each year compared with healthy workers -- re...

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Millennium Report Predicts Strong EHR Market Growth

While some industry research firms have forecast a slowdown in the electronic health records market after 2013, a new report from Toronto-based Millennium Research Group predicts the EHR softwa...

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Survey: Medical Homes Prove Worth in U.S. and Abroad

A new Commonwealth Fund international survey finds that medical homes in the U.S. and abroad are showing positive results improving health outcomes. The report identified patients as having a medica...

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Majority of Employers Will Continue To Offer Health Benefits

More than half of all employers said they will continue to offer employer-sponsored health benefits after health reform is fully enacted according to the results of a survey of benefits decisions ma...

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Insurers Charge More If Workers Have Unhealthy Lifestyles

A Towers Watson survey found that the percentage of employer-sponsored policies that impose lifestyle-related financial penalties have doubled in the last two years. More and more employers a...

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Wellness Awards Shrink Healthcare Costs

How can employers and governments encourage individuals to practice healthier behaviors? How can companies get their workers to stop smoking, watch what they eat, consume less alcohol, take their me...

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How Big Data Works in Healthcare Management

A new story in The Wall Street Journal touts the business value of computer-based data-driven analytics in improving corporate decision making.  By substituting an...

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AMA Study: Anti-Competitive Conditions Exist in U.S. Health Insurance Markets

A new study from the American Medical Association (AMA) notes that four out of five metropolitan areas in the United States lack a competitive commercial health insurance market. The 2011 editi...

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