Webhealth
Webhealth has been specifically developed to provide access for people to
connect with Health and Social Services. This web-based approach builds on
the strengths of people and families to determine their support needs. Within the Webhealth website is Linkage. Linkage is a
partnership between an NGO, Pathways; primary health care, Pinnacle; and a
secondary provider/hospital, Health Waikato. It offers early intervention
services with a “one stop shop” in central Hamilton and New Plymouth.
Monday, November 03, 2003
Article in the November APA Monitor - "With tenacity and support from APA's Practice Directorate, psychologists in several states have challenged attempts by insurance carriers to place restrictions on the delivery of services to Medicare beneficiaries. They've done this largely by helping to develop or clarify local medical review policies (LMRPs), which provide guidelines for coverage,.."
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An interview at Medscape Medical News - "Substance use disorders constitute a major public health problem in the U.S., costing in excess of $300 billion annually, including direct and indirect costs. Treatment interventions for alcoholism have been primarily psychosocial, and researchers have been searching for an effective pharmacotherapy for alcohol-dependent patients. Medscape discussed new research in alcoholism treatment with Charles Bowden, MD, at the American Psychiatric Association 55th Institute for Psychiatric Services in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Bowden is Karren Professor and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, Texas. " "med"
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A report (in Adobe Acrobat format) on 10 different proposals to help cover uninsured U.S. residents released Friday by the Lewin Group ("a premier national health care and human services consulting firm") as part of the Economic and Social Research Institute's "Covering America" project. As noted in the Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, "The proposals, which ranged from incremental reform to the implementation of a tax-funded U.S. health care system, would reduce the number of uninsured U.S. residents by between 12 million and 40 million, the report found."
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Home Health Care is a database-driven web application at the official Medicare site that gives detailed information about Medicare-certified home health agencies that were certified as of January 2003. The data includes quality measures that "...give you information about how well home health agencies provide care for some of their patients. The measures provide information about patients’ physical and mental health, and whether their ability to perform basic daily activities is maintained or improved. Quality information can be used to help you compare home health agencies." The database is searchable by provider name, state, county and zip code.
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Doctor's Guide story - "There is a significant association between childhood adversity, the perceived need for help and a diagnosis of a mental illness" according to a new study that used a population-based sample of more than 7600 residents aged 15 to 64 years who participated in the Ontario Health Supplement. The findings were presented last week at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Psychiatric Association.
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