1. New Risk Assessment Tool Predicts Stroke in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

2. Low-Income Uninsured Adults Eligible for Medicaid Under ACA Less Likely to Have Chronic Conditions

3. New Chart: Top 5 Ways to Identify Individuals for Case Management

4. Lifestyle Intervention Did Not Reduce Cardiovascular Events in Obese Adults with Type 2 Diabetes

5. USPSTF Issues Final Recommendation on Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adults

6. Q&A: How Do You Distinguish Between Health Coaching for Medicare Patients and Coaching of Younger Patients?

7. Stroke Symptoms Associated with Developing Memory, Thinking Problems

8. HealthSounds Podcast: Motivational Interviewing by Ochsner Health Coaches Drives Results in 4 Key Areas

9. Rural Women Less Likely to Get Radiation Therapy after Lumpectomy for Breast Cancer

10. HINfographic on Defining the Dually Eligible: 16 Things to Know for Population Health Management

11. Study Shows HPV Vaccine is Helping to Lower HPV Infection Rates in Teen Girls

12. Power of Extrinsic Incentives Sometimes Elusive

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