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.
Thursday, February 19, 2004
A report (in Adobe Acrobat format) from Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured - "As the federal government increases its scrutiny of state financing of the Medicaid program, this paper, authored by a former CMS official, evaluates the existing financial management of the Medicaid program. Using existing models from the private sector and the government, the paper identifies alternatives to improve Medicaid's financial management without changing Medicaid's existing financing structure. The alternatives would reduce the Medicaid program's exposure to questionable practices, help control federal costs, and make the financial management of the program more comparable with that of the private sector."
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Medscape Medical News story - "A scarcity of clinical investigators to conduct research that translates basic scientific discoveries into proven clinical therapies is limiting the impact of important advances in medicine, a leading medical educator warned. 'This undernourished part of the U.S. health care system is the critical link that provides the only mechanism to develop the evidence needed to define effective health strategies and monitor the effectiveness of strategies,' writes Ralph Snyderman, MD, president and chief executive officer of the Duke University Health System in Durham, North Carolina. He is the author of an editorial in the Feb. 18 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association. A study on grants funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) appears in the same issue of the journal." [Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].
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