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Encouraging Adolescents’ Use of Recommended Health Care Services

NIHCM Foundation invites you to participate in a webinar "Encouraging Adolescents' Use of Recommended Health Ca...

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NIHCM Award Winners Announced!

The winners of our annual Health Care Research, Print Journalism, and Television and Radio Journalism Awards have been select...

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Understanding the Uninsured: Tailoring Policy Solutions for Different Subpopulations

NIHCM Foundation has released a new report, Understanding the Uninsured: Tailoring Policy Solutions for Different Subpopulati...

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Robert Greczyn, CEO, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, Addresses Chronic Conditions

On March 25, 2008, the Alliance for Health Reform hosted a briefing, "Helping 125 Million Americans: Improving Care for ...

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NIHCM Has Accepted Entries for its 2008 Health Care Research and Journalism Awards.

NIHCM Foundation has accepted entries for its Fourteenth Annual Health Care Research and Journalism Awards and its First Annu...

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Connecting the Electronic Dots Among Disparate Health Providers

Barriers to sharing patient clinical data among unaffiliated hospitals, doctors and other health care providers remain high...

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Spotlight

Prevention Spotlight: Worksite Wellness Program Works Wonders

JEA, a Platinum Well Workplace, is partnering with its health plan, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc. (BCBSF), to improve the health and safety of its employees. Better You from Blue Worksite Wellness program is part of BCBSF’s Blueprint for Health, an overarching program to help members improve their health through care advocacy, decision support, education and health coaching. The worksite wellness component of Blueprint for Health offers employers a comprehensive program that provides education and support to make positive behavior changes which leads to enhanced consumerism, increased productivity and improved health for the employee, retirees and their families.  JEA recently released the results of a study looking at the impact of their comprehensive worksite wellness program, Health Works.  View the BCBSF press release for more information. 

Prevention Spotlight: Sharing Health Plan Initiatives in Promoting Prevention

Highmark's innovative demonstration project “Health eTools for Schools” is a recently implemented initiative designed to model CDC’s Coordinated School Health Program (CSHP).  The project provides an integrated health database to a pilot group of Pennsylvania schools and includes a secure electronic health record for each student, modules for policy development, and resources for best-practices exchange among participating schools.  This program supports the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s growing screening program and other unfunded state mandates.  View Highmark's website or the press release for more information.