Preventive care saves lives and saves patients money

Screen Shot 2016-08-01 at 12.57.35 PMBCBST’s approach to encouraging prevention includes data-driven, personal outreach and strategic partnerships.

If your daughter fell and gashed her chin, you’d know right away to clean it up and apply a bandage, and maybe visit the doctor for stitches. Left alone, that small cut could grow worse — and grow infected.

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Empat RS di Sumsel Bisa Gunakan Dana Unlimited

Screen Shot 2016-07-29 at 9.18.59 AMGubernur Sumatera Selatan (Sumsel) H. Alex Noerdin menyerahkan Surat Keputusan (SK) Penetapan kepada empat rumah sakit di antaranya Rumah Sakit (RS) Ernaldi Bahar, RS Khusus Mata, RS Khusus Paru-Paru, dan RS Khusus Gigi & Mulut untuk dikelola oleh Pola Pengelolaan Keuangan Badan Layanan Umum Daerah (PPK-BLUD) Sumsel.

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Large Employers Are Key to Reforming Health Care

Screen Shot 2016-07-29 at 8.54.24 AMIn a thoughtful review of the Affordable Care Act in The Journal of the American Medical Association, President Obama ends with a discussion of “lessons for future policy makers.” He talks about the difficulties in instituting change in the face of “hyperpartisanship” and “special interests” and makes a plea for “pragmatism.”

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