VIDEO: How to navigate value-based care payer contracts
AUSTIN, TEX. – The shift from volume- to value-based care has become a regular hot topic among the medical community. But one rarely discussed question is how quality-based care will impact physician... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 11, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Bipolar, low compliance tied to greater cognitive impairment
Patients with bipolar disorder and low levels of pharmacological treatment adherence have greater levels of cognitive impairment, according to Dr. Ileana Fuentes and her associates.
After taking a... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 11, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
AD patients start antidepressants before diagnosis
The incidence of antidepressant use was almost twice as high among adults later diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease compared with adults who were not diagnosed with the illness, according to a study... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 10, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
VIDEO: How proposed patient substance use privacy rule impacts physicians
Health providers have until April 11 to offer perspective on a proposed rule that would loosen restrictions over the redisclosure of patient records involving substance abuse.
The U.S. Department... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 10, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
FDA made the right call on flibanserin
An article published on Feb. 29 in JAMA Internal Medicine and the associated editorial questioning the safety, efficacy, and approval of flibanserin are both factually inaccurate and misrepresent the... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 8, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
VIDEO: Surgeon General calls for culture of ‘emotional well-being’
SAN DIEGO – Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy called for a culture of “emotional well-being” to curb physician burnout and reduce the number of distressed physicians who take their lives each... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 7, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Comorbid depression worsens asthma outcomes in older adults
LOS ANGELES – Adults over age 55 with asthma and depression have nearly twice as many emergency department visits for asthma as do asthma patients without depression, based on findings in 402 asthma... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 7, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
EHR Report: How Zika virus reveals the fault in our EHRs
It is always noteworthy when the headlines in the medical and mainstream media appear to be the same.
Typically, this means one of two things: 1) Sensationalism has propelled a minor issue into the... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 7, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Health spending less concentrated among highest-cost population
Good news for the Occupy movement: The 99% have gained some ground.
The 1% of the U.S. population with the highest health care expenses accounted for 21.5% of all health care expenditures in 2013.... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 4, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
VIDEO: What are physicians’ top legal risks in 2016?
AUSTIN, TEX. – With ongoing changes in health delivery and ever-increasing government scrutiny over care, physicians face a number of pressing legal risks this year.
At an American Health Lawyers... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 4, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Sleep apnea found in 57% of veterans with PTSD
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) was diagnosed in more than half of 200 active duty service members with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who were studied at Walter Reed... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 4, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Medicare reaches first quality-based goal early
At least 30% of Medicare payments are now tied to quality, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced March 3. Federal officials originally had aimed to achieve this milestone by the... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 3, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Socially supported transgender children exhibit positive mental health
Transgender children who receive support for their gender identity are no more likely to be depressed than are other children and had only slightly higher anxiety symptoms, a recent study found.... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 3, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
ECT may improve course of bipolar disorder
Electroconvulsive therapy increased illness-free intervals and reduced manic and depressive episodes in bipolar patients, reported Dr. Gian Paolo Minnai of the psychiatry unit at San Martino Hospital... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 3, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Practice pathway addresses problem behaviors for children with ASD
A new practice pathway provides primary care providers with evidence-based steps in assessing and addressing irritability and problem behavior in patients at least 3 years old who have been diagnosed... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 3, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
