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PQRS Measures: Why Bother?

Holly Hosford-Dunn Age related hearing loss / Audiology / Barbara Weinstein PhD / Depression / Depression in women / disease burden / Economic Cost / Epidemiological Research / healthcare expenditures / hearing handicap / Hearing impairment / Medicare / Mental Processes/Diseases / National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey / NHANES / Patient Reported Outcomes (PORs) / Physician Quality Reporting System / Politics of Healthcare / PQRS / PROMs / Regulated hearing healthcare / treatment cost

Downstream Consequences of Aging is a bi-monthly series written by guest columnist Barbara Weinstein, PhD.   The Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) is a program through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) designed to improve the quality of care to Medicare Part B beneficiaries by tracking practice patterns of health care practitioners.  …

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Drink to Your Health and Longevity if Not Your Hearing: International Coffee Day Enters its 2nd Week

Holly Hosford-Dunn 2 Comments Addiction or Dependence / Alcoholic cirrhosis / Alzheimer's disease / Basal cell carcinoma / Caffeine / Cardiovascular Disease / Coffee / Cognitive decline / Cognitive decline in women / Colorectal cancer / Coronary events / Depression / Depression in women / Dry Eye / Endocrine Disorders / Gastrointestinal system / Gout / Heart arrhythmia / Heart Failure / High blood pressure (HBP) / Insulin sensitivity / International Coffee Day / Ischemic stroke / Liver Fibrosis / Mental Processes/Diseases / Myocardial infarct / Nervous System Disorders / Parkinson's disease / Pregnancy and postpartum / Prostate cancer / Reproductive Systems / Skin Disorders / Suicide / Type II diabetes / Visual System / Withdrawal syndrome

As promised last week, today’s post concludes our two-week celebration of International Coffee Week by providing an updated table linking coffee/caffeine intake to health effects.  The original table appeared in April and you can see that it’s grown quite a bit in only four months.  The fly in the ointment continues to be a glaring…

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