1. Diabetics Treated in Medical Home Practice Had 21 Percent Lower Total Medical Costs

2. AAFP Study: Chronic Disease Management Tied to Provision of Preventive Care Services

3. New Chart: Top 5 Areas Improved from mHealth

4. IOM to Determine Effectiveness of National, State and Community Obesity Prevention Efforts

5. Anemic Patients 41 Percent More Likely to Develop Dementia

6. Q&A: How Does Kaiser Permanente Encourage Health Behavior Change?

7. Moderate Kidney Disease Costs Medicare Tens of Billions of Dollars Each Year

8. HealthSounds Podcast: Performance Quality Measurement and Reporting for Accountable Care

9. U-M Research: How Women Make Breast Cancer Treatment Choices

10. Infographic: Population Health Management Reduces Risk and Spend Across Care Continuum

11. Rise of Antibiotic Resistance Among HAIs Much Greater than Prior CDC Estimates

12. Meet Health Coach Alexis Koutlas: Natural Progression from Nurse to Case Manager to Coach

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