The Arkansas Department of Human Services on Friday presented $5.3 million in cash rewards to 19 primary care providers from across the state who the agency said improved quality of care while saving about $34 million in Medicaid costs in 2014.
The providers are enrolled in the state’s Patient-Centered Medical Home program, which is part of the Arkansas Health Care Payment Improvement Initiative, the state’s effort to move from a fee-for-services health-care payment system to a system in which payment is based on episodes of care and healthy outcomes.
KULONPROGO – Kabupaten Kulonprogo oleh Kementerian Pendayagunaan Aparatur Negara dan Reformasi Birokrasi ditunjuk menjadi role model (panutan) peningkatan pelayanan publik.
As the frequency and intensity of global disaster events continue to make front page news and authorities in the affected areas grapple to create safer environments, authorities elsewhere are focused on disaster planning strategies at home. In the United States, attention has been focused on preparing for the provision of medical care under disaster conditions and planning for ever-worsening crises, including catastrophic terrorism, cataclysmic natural disaster and virulent pandemic.
Presiden Joko Widodo (Jokowi) memerintahkan Menteri Kesehatan Nila Djuwita F.Moeloek untuk membuka 24 jam operasional Rumah Sakit dan Puskesmas di Palangkaraya, Kalimantan Tengah.
The field of palliative care is a relatively recent entrant to the U.S. health care landscape.
Jakarta – Berdasarkan data Riset Kesehatan Dasar (Riskesdas) 2013, terdapat sekitar 12 juta penderita diabetes di Indonesia (proporsi 6,9% penduduk berusia kurang dari 15 tahun) dan lebih dari 330 ribu penderita kanker (prevalensi 1,4 per 1000 penduduk).
Arrangements for managing acutely-ill patients at a major cancer centre have created an “unacceptable risk” to the quality of care, a report has found.
Pemerintah Provinsi Papua tahun ini menyiapkan dana otonomi khusus sekitar Rp 13,5 miliar untuk membiayai pelayanan kesehatan warganya. Dana juga digunakan untuk menyewa pesawat dari empat maskapai guna mengangkut pasien dari pedalaman ke fasilitas kesehatan rujukan.
End-of-life care in the UK is the best in the world, according to a study.
Untuk meningkatkan keterampilan para tenaga medis sekaligus memaksimalkan pelayanan, RSUD Tjitrowardojo Purworejo menggelar workshop pengisian rekam medis. Kegiatan tersebut diikuti para pemberi pelayanan pasien, seperti dokter, apoteker, dan perawat.