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Epic install affects NCH Healthcare s operating performance

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Longer Hospital Stays Associated with Insomnia Symptoms

A new study found patients who scored high on the Insomnia Severity Index questionnaire had a longer hospital stay length, increased risk of 30-day readmission, and increased risk of 30-day emergency department or urgent care visits.

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Medicare s Next 50 Years: Preserving the Program for Future Retirees

Medicare reforms are needed to secure value for patients, enhance the program’s solvency, and reduce its burden on current and future taxpayers.

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Medicaid at 50: Reform Is Needed to Better Serve Low-Income Health Care Needs

Medicaid, enacted along with Medicare in 1965, was created to provide health care for certain categories of low-income Americans.[1] Over the past 50 years, the program has changed significantly. Not only has Medicaid eligibility expanded, so also has the scope of its care and services. Mounting fiscal, demographic, and structural challenges continue to strain the federal–state partnership on which Medicaid is based. These weaken the future of the program and those it was intended to serve.

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The 2016 Trustees Report: Yet Another Warning to Congress and the President

In their 2016 report, the Medicare Trustees warn of dwindling trust funds, growing spending, and future lack of patient access to care.

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