More myth-busting this week, with today’s focus on an analysis from the Institute for Clinical & Economic Review finding that integrating behavioral health into primary care is costly, but probably has outcome benefits.
Scaling the heights of fishy journalism, the Washington Post reveals that fish oil supplements are a $1.2 billion industry with no scientific evidence of benefits. This story isn't fin-ished yet.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/claims-that-fish-oil-boosts-health-linger-despite-science-saying-the-opposite/2015/07/08/db7567d2-1848-11e5-bd7f-4611a60dd8e5_story.html?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20486241&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_1Ea0qA25cWKPqVfJWbH_wNi0r3qCzP0jSLzft2ZvKxlM-TMoROcalz6CsvtcNi1_Zql8ah0_zbUQ29HvimSWUqGeerQ&_hsmi=20486241An article in the American Journal of Managed Care contains results of a survey of health plan care management programs.
Research published in the Annals of Family Medicine finds that for Medicare beneficiaries, being seen by a primary care doctor offering more comprehensive services lowers cost.
Research in the New England Journal of Medicine looks at whether the most recent guidelines in blood pressure control would lead to cost savings.
A report from the UnitedHealth Center for Health Reform & Modernization focuses on new primary care models.
Research on an intervention to help hospitalized patients stop smoking finds it improves quit rates.
Controlling the glycolated hemoglobin level of patients with diabetes can help create a lower risk of death.
A study in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that intensive glucose control for patients with diabetes does not improve certain outcomes.
A program to provide home-based primary care for Medicare recipients resulted in lower spending, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.