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Triple Aim: Health Care Services Delivery

  • Do I need to enroll in Medicare at 65 if I’m a military retiree with Tricare? - AARP
    April 5, 2026
  • Understanding the TRICARE claims process - TRICARE Newsroom (.mil)
    April 2, 2026

Population Health

  • ZAWYA: A global initiative by Abu Dhabi and MIT solve announce global finalists driving the shift to anticipatory health systems - TradingView
  • Population Health Management Market Set for Explosive Growth - openPR.com
  • Top marks for sports uniform proposal to boost students’ physical activity - Port Stephens News Of The Area

Patient Centered Medical Home

  • Innercare Earns Prestigious National Recognition for Excellence - Calexico Chronicle
  • Transforming Rural Healthcare in New York - New York State Department of Health (.gov)
  • WVU Medicine Children’s Pediatric and Adolescent Group Practice receives fifth consecutive national recognition - WVU Medicine

Medical Neighborhood

  • LeChase Construction to build four-story addition to UHS Delaware Valley Hospital - New York Real Estate Journal
  • Palliative Care Addresses an Unmet Need in Sickle Cell Disease - Cleveland Clinic
  • UHS Delaware Valley Hospital breaks ground on transformative Medical Neighborhood project - NYUHS.org

Preventive Health

  • Women With Diabetes Less Likely to Get Preventive Care, Raising Preventable Complication Risks - Everyday Health
  • Duckworth, Collins Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Eliminate Unfair Out-of-Pocket Health Care Costs for Veterans - RiverBender.com
  • Millions join preventive health push - eKathimerini.com

Patient Engagement

  • Epic's Ask Emmie offers EHR-backed AI chatbot option for patients - TechTarget
  • Athenahealth Adding Agentic AI Patient Engagement Features - HCI Innovation Group
  • From Hesitancy to Action: Leveraging Patient Engagement to Boost RSV Vaccination Rates - Pharmacy Times

Patient Activation

  • Guideway Care Appoints Farooq Anjum, PhD, as Chief AI & Systems Officer to Advance Enterprise Activation Intelligence - StreetInsider
  • AssureCare Unveils Aktivate™: A Revolutionary Intelligent Patient Activation Platform - PR Newswire
  • Guideway Care Achieves SOC 2 Type II Certification for Enterprise Activation Intelligence Infrastructure - PR Newswire
  • Guideway Care: Waypoint Healthcare Solutions Acquisition Expands Patient Activation Intelligence Platform - Pulse 2.0

Medication Adherence

  • AI in Medication Management Market (2026-2033) | Adherence - openPR.com
  • Leading Companies Fueling Growth and Innovation in the Wearable Medication Adherence Tracker Market - openPR.com
  • Medication Adherence to Antidiabetic Therapy Among Patients With Tuberculosis and Diabetes in Ratlam District, Madhya Pradesh, India: A Facility-Based, Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study - cureus.com

Improving Health Literacy

  • The health conversation all Australians should have - The Nightly
  • Boosting Senior Health Literacy: Meta-Analysis Insights - Bioengineer.org
  • Central Texas Community Health Summit to build local health literacy at sold-out event - The Killeen Daily Herald

RSS Feed from CDC

  • CDC's NIOSH Continues Annual Free Health Screenings for Coal Miners, Announces 2026 Dates
    March 11, 2026
  • CDC Reinforces National Measles Response Through State Collaboration
    March 9, 2026
  • Secretary Kennedy Appoints Two Physicians to CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
    February 28, 2026
  • Statement on the Resignation of the CDC Principal Deputy Director
    February 23, 2026
  • Extensively drug-resistant <em>Salmonella</em> outbreak linked to moringa powder capsules
    February 13, 2026
  • CDC's National Firefighter Registry for Cancer is Now the Largest in the Nation
    February 10, 2026
  • CDC Surpasses 1 Million Voluntary Air Travel Participants in Biosurveillance Program
    January 30, 2026
  • New recall in <em>Salmonella</em> outbreak linked to dietary supplements containing moringa leaf powder
    January 29, 2026
  • United States Completes WHO Withdrawal
    January 22, 2026
  • Live It Up Super Greens supplement powders linked to new <em>Salmonella</em> outbreak
    January 14, 2026

Experience of Care

  • Does The White Coat Really “Make” The Doctor? How Much Does Attire Genuinely Influence Patient Trust and Healthcare Quality? - The Indian Practitioner
  • Jeju's Integrated Medical-Care Complex Offers Seamless Treatment, Nursing, Daily Care - 조선일보
  • Not All Hospitals Have Equal Resources — Knowledge Sharing Can Help Level the Playing Field - MedCity News
  • David Lubarsky | Notable Leaders in Health Care 2026 - Crain's New York

Access to Care

  • Michigan licenses second dental therapist to help increase access to dental care; address workforce shortages - thealpenanews.com
  • Opinion: CT lawmakers must improve funding for reproductive health care - CT Mirror
  • Opinion: Bill aiming to extend dental care places patients at risk - CT Mirror

Emergency Room Use

  • Family Medicine and Emergency Physicians’ Perceptions of Inappropriate Emergency Room Use in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Survey - cureus.com
  • South Korea tightens emergency center standards and reallocates specialists - CHOSUNBIZ - Chosunbiz
  • Higher use, not higher prices, drove a 50% spike in urgent care spending - Managed Healthcare Executive

Coordination of Care

  • Easing the Burdens of International Care - University of Miami
  • How Palliative Services Can Smooth Over Transitions of Care - Hospice News
  • Integrated Specialty Pharmacy Improves Access, Reduces Abandonment | ASHP Midyear 2025 - Drug Topics

Preventing Readmissions

  • New Downey Bridge Clinic Aims to Reduce Hospital Readmissions - Los Cerritos Community News
  • Health literacy initiative at LLU Children’s Hospital improves discharge education, reduces readmissions - Loma Linda University
  • Lonchera Dorada expands with monitoring to cut readmissions - News is My Business
  • Study identifies risk factors for readmissions after shoulder replacement surgeries - News-Medical

Quality Care and Patient Safety

  • Former Vice President Venkaiah Naidu to Inaugurate 10th Edition of CAHOCON 2026 in Chennai - Chennaionline
  • Mount Sinai and Guyana Ministry of Health Launch National Initiative to Strengthen Hospital Quality and Patient Safety - Mount Sinai
  • National initiative launched to strengthen hospital quality, patient safety - News Room Guyana
  • Safety, Quality, Outcomes, and the Patient Experience: A Guide for Healthcare Institutions - General Surgery News

TeamSTEPPS

  • Teamwork is a skill – it must be practiced - EurekAlert!
  • Adapting TeamSTEPPS for school mental health teams: development of an implementation research logic model - Frontiers
  • News - Medical Center Uses Innovative Methods to Improve Patient Safety - DVIDS

Preventable Medical Errors

  • The 'Undefined' Data Crisis Inside U.S. Hospital Systems Is Causing Preventable Medical Errors - Altitudes Magazine
  • Tragic Death of 2-Year-Old Gainesville Special Needs Child at Shands Hospital - National Today
  • University of Chicago Medical Center earns 28th consecutive ‘A’ grade for hospital safety from The Leapfrog Group - UChicago Medicine
  • Medicare considers expanding nonpayment rules - Consumers Union

Patient Safety Culture

  • Patient Safety Culture and Its Work-Related Predictors Among Hemodialysis Nurses in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: A Multicentre Cross-Sectional Study Using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture - cureus.com
  • News - Walter Reed puts patient safety first - DVIDS
  • Patient Safety Culture in a Public Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in Central India: A Cross-Sectional Study Using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC) Version 2.0 - cureus.com
  • Are You Doing Enough to Promote Patient Safety? Get Tips From a High-Performing Health System. - healthleadersmedia.com

Patient Satisfaction

  • Cypress Health Partners Achieves Record-Setting Patient Outcomes - National Today
  • Impact of Digital Smile Design on Patient Satisfaction and Treatment Acceptance in Esthetic Dental Practice: A Clinical Study - cureus.com
  • Virtual Care Is Here to Stay: Blue Shield of California’s Virtual Blue Program Delivers Improved Access, More Affordable Health Care, High Patient Satisfaction - Blue Shield of California | News Center
  • FranklinCovey Provides Customized Solutions for Healthcare Organizations to Solve Key Issues: Nurse Retention and Patient Satisfaction - finance.yahoo.com

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS)

  • Becker’s Hospital Review Names Dr. Andy Anderson a Chief Medical Officer to Know - TAPinto
  • The Invisible Infrastructure: How Patient Experience Can Transform Essential Hospitals - America's Essential Hospitals
  • TriState Health is Recognized as one of six Top Recommended Hospitals in Washington State by Becker’s Hospital Review - Big Country News
  • Clay County Medical Center Recognized by Women’s Choice Award® for Excellence in Patient Experience, Obstetrics, and Emergency Care - KCLY Radio

Report Cards, Metrics, Dashboards

  • ACEP: REPORT CARD ON US's EMERGENCY CARE ENVIRONMENT
  • Find a Doctor, Rate A Doctor
  • Health Grades
  • Hospital Compare
  • Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS)
  • Hospital Safety Score
  • Leap Frog Group
  • Performance Ratings: Home Health, Nursing Home, Hospitals, Population Health
  • Quality Check and Find a Health Care Organization (Joint Commission)
  • RateMDs
  • Truven Health 100 Top Hospitals
  • US News and Reports: Best Hospitals - Several Categories
  • Vitals
  • ZocDoc

Decrease Cost Per Capita / Best Value Care

  • Train transfer hub linked to reduced health care spending - Medical Xpress
  • OPM calls on federal insurance carriers to promote ‘well care,’ cut costs - Federal News Network
  • FTC Warns Tennessee Lawmakers of Potential Health Care Cost Surge Over Ballad Legislation - PYMNTS.com
  • Why the U.S. Spends So Much on Healthcare - WSJ

Health Care Spending and Costs

  • Train transfer hub linked to reduced health care spending - Medical Xpress
  • Trump’s Death Panel - The American Prospect
  • Agency: Patients choosing pricier options driving health care cost spike - Sentinel and Enterprise

  • Transfer Station Proximity Lowers Medical Costs - 조선일보
  • Aussie stand-up comedian and TV star reveals cancer diagnosis and begins crowdfunding campaign to cover living and medical costs: 'This is hard to share, but I'm asking' - dailymail.co.uk
  • Fundraiser set April 11 to aid Gary 'Turbo' Shepherd with medical costs - GreenevilleSun.com

Health Care Fraud

  • OC Man pleads guilty in $270M Medi-Cal fraud scheme - National Today
  • OC Man Pleads Guilty in $270M Medi-Cal Fraud Scheme - MyNewsLA.com
  • FBI arrests 8 people in alleged healthcare fraud scheme - WPDE
  • FBI arrests 8 people in alleged healthcare fraud scheme - KOMO

Accountable Care Organizations (ACO)

  • Bloom Healthcare Launches In-Home Primary Care and Accountable Care Model in Missouri - markets.businessinsider.com
  • Sound Long-Term Care Management Ranks No. 1 Among MSSP Accountable Care Organizations Focused on Long-Term Care and Facility-Based Beneficiaries - citybiz
  • WellSpan Health invites Penn Highlands Healthcare to participate in its award-winning Accountable Care Organization - Franklin County Free Press
  • Take the LEAD: CMS Launches 10-Year ACO Model to Increase Provider Participation - Jones Day
  • Why Alivia Care Is Getting Invested in ACO Models - Hospice News

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPac)

  • 3 Potential Policy Options for High-Acuity Palliative Services - Hospice News
  • Medicare Advantage in the Hot Seat-2026-03-20 - Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
  • Oversight shrinks Medicare Advantage payment gap to $76B: MedPAC - Modern Healthcare
  • MedPAC Members Express Concern Over Medicare Docs' Ability to Absorb Cost Increases - medpagetoday.com

Health Insurance Marketplace

  • Tax time brings surprises for some who receive Affordable Care Act subsidies - The Lexington Times
  • Illinoisans paying 26% more for health insurance bought on Affordable Care Act exchange - Chicago Tribune
  • UPDATED: Best Health Insurance Companies Of 2026 - Forbes
  • Best Affordable Health Insurance Companies Of 2026 - Forbes

ICD-10 Implementation

  • CBD Gummies Overdose ICD 10: What the Code Means and When to Take It Seriously - qsr.mlit.go.jp
  • CBD Gummies ICD 10: Understanding the Search, the Products, and Realistic Expectations - qsr.mlit.go.jp
  • ICD-10 Coding Tips for Influenza - MedLearn Publishing

Electronic Health Records (EHR)

  • TriNetX Collaborates with Regeneron to Access De-Identified Electronic Health Records of 300 Million Patients to Drive Research and Product Development in Life Sciences and Digital Health Solutions - PR Newswire
  • Lippincott DocuCare: Creating active learning in an electronic health record environment - Wolters Kluwer
  • AI scribes associated with slight decreases in electronic health record use and time spent on clinical documentation - Bioengineer.org
  • AI scribes linked to modest reductions in electronic health record use and clinical documentation time - Medical Xpress

Meaningful Use

  • athenahealth Delivers 96 Percent Meaningful Use Attestation Rate Among Participating Providers - AOL.com
  • “Trust is fundamental to any meaningful use of AI in healthcare” - BioSpectrum India
  • Syndromic Surveillance & Meaningful Use - Jefferson County
  • Meaningful Use: Electronic Health Record (EHR) incentive programs - American Medical Association

Value-Based Purchasing

  • Is Your State's Medicaid Value-Based Purchasing Program (VBP) Actually Working for You? - AHCA/NCAL
  • New Bill: Representative Brett Guthrie introduces H.R. 7871: Medicaid VBPs for Patients Act - Quiver Quantitative
  • Chairman Brett Guthrie Reintroduces Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Access to Treatment for Rare Diseases - Congressman Brett Guthrie (.gov)
  • Ask the payment expert about… Changes to the SNF VBP Program - McKnight's Long-Term Care News

  • agilon health Sets Date to Report Q1 2026 Results - National Today
  • agilon health Sets Date to Report First Quarter 2026 Financial Results - National Today
  • CMS: More Flexible Plan Choices for Medicare Beneficiaries - HCI Innovation Group
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