LUCIANO BARESI Politecnico di Milano ROBERTO CASCELLA Università Degli Studi di Trento PETER DEUSSEN Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems ANTONIO DI FERDINANDO AND RICARDO LENT Imperial College London SANDRA HASELOFF AND NERMIN BRGULJA Universität Kassel ANTONIO MANZALINI AND CORRADO MOISO Telecom Italia FABRICE SAFFRE British Telecommunications and FRANCO ZAMBONELLI Università d...

Rural enrollment in Medicare Advantage (MA) and other prepaid plans grew by 15% from December 2008 to December 2009, faster than the 10% national growth rate. Preferred provider organization (PPO) plans drove the increased enrollment in MA plans in rural areas in 2009, while private fee-for-service (PFFS) plans continued to dominate the market with over 50% of enrollment. This landscape could c...

In a reversal of recent trends, private fee-for-service (PFFS) enrollment fell dramatically in rural areas in early 2010. As a result, Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollment in rural areas (excluding other prepaid plans) fell slightly in early 2010 for the first time in years. The dramatic drop in PFFS enrollment was offset by increases in enrollment in preferred provider organization (PPO) and hea...

There has been much prior work into online service delivery in private firms, but little such work for governments. In particular, there has been little work into the value of online government self-service sites and how such value should be measured. This study seeks to identify and empirically test the potential value of webbased online Intelligent Support Systems (ISS) tools on government we...

BACKGROUND Electronic health records (EHRs) have become a mandated part of delivering health care in the United States. The purpose of this study is to report patient volume before and after the transition to EHR in an academic outpatient ophthalmology practice. METHODS Review of patient visits per half-day and number of support staff for established faculty ophthalmologists between July and ...

BACKGROUND Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) - a transitory form of diabetes first recognised during pregnancy complicates between < 1% and 28% of all pregnancies. GDM has important short and long-term health consequences for both the mother and her offspring. To prevent adverse pregnancy outcomes and to prevent or delay future onset of type 2 diabetes in mother and offspring, timely detectio...

Population health and individual health are strengthened through proactive immunization programs. Clinicians refer to immunization records at the point of care about to decide which vaccinations their patients and families need to reduce the risk of contracting (and spreading) vaccine preventable disease (VPD). Understanding the earliest possible age intervals that are safe to administer vaccin...

Telemedicine's growth during the COVID-19 pandemic exposed digital and health disparities in U.S. communities. Public advocates suggest healthcare access may be mitigated through free or low-cost broadband. However, prior research shows that many factors influence patient adoption of information technologies; therefore, increasing to broadband alone is insufficient. This paper advances a patien...

Key Data Findings. (1) From March 2012 to March 2013, rural enrollment in Medicare Advantage (MA) and other prepaid plans increased by over 200,000 enrollees, to more than 1.9 million. (2) Preferred provider organization (PPO) plan enrollment increased to nearly one million enrollees, accounting for more than 51% of the rural MA market (up from 48% in March 2012). (3) Health maintenance organiz...

BACKGROUND Mental health policymaking to support the implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs) largely has been directed toward clinicians. However, implementation is known to be dependent upon a broader ecology of service delivery. Hence, focusing exclusively on individual clinicians as targets of implementation is unlikely to result in sustainable and widespread implementation of EBPs...