Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Two National Health Care Quality Organizations Merge. The National Quality Forum and the National Committee on Quality Health Care on Tuesday merged to become a new organization that will be called the National Quality Forum, CQ HealthBeat reports. According to CQ HealthBeat, the merger of the health care quality organizations "comes as lawmakers and health policy experts are placing a greater focus on developing quality measures for physicians and other health care providers in an effort to link the quality of care provided with the amount of money the federal government pays providers... click link for more info. [Medical News Today RSS/XML Feed] 5:59:42 AM    comment [] Posted: February 28, 2006 A Little Household Help May Cut Elderly Healthcare Costs Can reducing healthcare costs for our elderly be as simple as providing them with a little household help each day?   Purdue University researchers think this may be the case. They say older people who do not have help for daily tasks such as dressing and bathing are much more likely to be hospitalized for acute illness than those who receive the help they need. The result is a piling on to already steep healthcare costs for our aging loved ones. http://www.caregivershome.com/news/article.cfm?UID=866&;TargetURL=VGFyZ2V0VVJM 5:52:24 AM    comment []

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