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Upcoming Events |
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First M&M Session March 31
Annual Meeting
April 27
Executive Committee Meeting - May 12
College for Value
Based Purchasing
June 1-4
Second M&M Session
June 2
Board of Directors Meeting June 9
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| SCBCH Web Site |
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Please visit our updated web site at www.scbch.org. The site has a fresh new look with easy to navigate pages and updated information.
While you're there, please make sure to read about our new programs for 2009 as well as register for our third annual meeting.
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| National Nutrition Month |
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"Eat Right" is the theme for the March 2009 nutrition campaign created by the American Dietetic Association. The campaign centers around nutrition education and information which focuses attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits.
It is important to eat right and stay fit no matter what your age. Making healthy food choices and being physically active every day are the best ways to help yourself feel your best. Click to read more.... |
| Third Annual Meeting |
| Maximizing the Value of the Dollar Spent on Healthcare.
The South Carolina Business Coalition on Health will be hosting its Third Annual Meeting on Monday, April 27th, 2009 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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| Health Spending |
 National Health Spending By Medical Condition, 1996-2005
This study responds to recent calls for information about how personal health expenditures from the National Health Expenditure Accounts are distributed across medical conditions. Click here to read the full study.
Health Spending Projections Through 2018:
Recession Effects Add Uncertainty To The
Outlook
Payment trends for public and private payers are expected to diverge in 2009, as more people become eligible for public coverage because of recession-related effects. Click here to read the full article. |
| March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month |
Colorectal cancer is cancer of the colon and/or rectum and is the second leading cause of cancer related deaths in the United States. It is equally common in both men and women and is one of the most easily prevented cancers because it can develop from polyps that can be removed before they become cancerous.
According to the National Cancer Institute, in 2008 the estimated new cases of colon and rectal cancer in the United States was 148,810 and the number of deaths was 49,960. Colorectal cancer is the fourth most common cancer in men, after skin, prostate, and lung cancer. It is also the fourth most common cancer in women, after skin, breast, and lung cancer.
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| The Medical Home |
According to the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, 45 percent of the population has a chronic medical condition. Unfortunately, there is widespread recognition that the U.S. health care system falls short in its efforts to effectively manage chronic conditions. The Medical Home is a long-term strategy to reduce the costs associated with unmanaged chronic conditions.
In a medical home model, primary care clinicians and allied professionals provide conventional diagnostic and therapeutic services, as well as coordination of care for patients that require services not available in primary care settings. The goal is to provide a patient with a broad spectrum of care, both preventive and curative, over a period of time and to coordinate all of the care the patient receives.
Sources:
Deloitte Center for Health Solutions - www.deloitte.com
Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative - www.pcpcc.net
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| Business & Healthcare |
According to a recent Health Affairs Perspective, Chief Executive Officers in America should "work together to create an accountable health system with the patient at the center". The changes that are needed for the healthcare system should be "rooted in the realities that face US businesses and consumers".
Click to see problems and ideas for improvement... |
| Can Payment And Other Innovations Improve the Quality And Value in Health Care? |
A paramount topic at the moment is value in health care: What should we pay for and how much? Resources aren't unlimited, and desires or demands for health care should be balanced against various realities--including the effectiveness of care or the desire for other goods and services. Especially in a depressed economy, questions about value in health care may well be at the center of coming health reform debates. Value discussions raise other issues, including efficiency, measurement, the influence of the payment system, and the locus of accountability for quality. Today, Health Affairs releases a package of papers that take up these and other aspects of the value equation. Many of the papers were initially presented at the Fifteenth Annual Princeton Conference in May 2008, titled: "Can Payment and Other Innovations Improve the Quality and Value of Health Care?" You can access the full package of articles online at: http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/hlthaff.28.2.w205/DC3 | |
If you have any questions or comments about the newsletter or have suggestions on ideas for articles, please e-mail them to wsimmer@scbch.org
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