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Applying video consultation in clinical practice (02 August 2010)

How video-based multidisciplinary consultations are benefiting children with complex posture and movement problems, preventing delays in care and...

Out of reach (17 December 2009)

My husband lost his health insurance two months before being diagnosed with stomach cancer. Joe had been a truck driver all his life, the...

Travel sickness (17 December 2009)

While US politicians argue about how to make healthcare more accessible and affordable, many Americans have found their own solution – going abroad...

Healthy and happy (17 December 2009)

In the £1m ($1.66m) hole in the ground that is the decidedly well-appointed basement gym at the upscale London office of the international law firm...

State of health (17 December 2009)

How the recession could impact the future of healthcare systems around the world.

Mission of mercy (17 December 2009)

The volunteers offering free medical services to poor rural communities in the US.

American dream (17 December 2009)

The US health system leads the world in cutting edge treatment but its fragmented delivery system excludes millions.

Put the patient first to end the healthcare malaise (20 October 2009)

Stefan Stern writes a weekly column on management for the Financial Time's Business Life section. He has been writing about business, finance and...

Questions America must ask on health costs (20 October 2009)

We have been warned for a long time now that America’s long-term healthcare costs are unaffordable, unsustainable and a threat to our economic...

Passing a bill is just a start for healthcare (20 October 2009)

Clive Cook has been the FT's Washington columnist since April 2007. He moved from Britain to the US in 2005 to write for the Atlantic Monthly and the...

Video: On the frontlines of healthcare (19 October 2009)

This article contains video Since the beginning of the global financial crisis, thousands of Americans have lost their jobs — and access to their health insurance.

Health reform you can count on (16 October 2009)

The cacophony of the healthcare debate, already loud, is likely to become deafening as the year progresses.

The man who invented healthcare's public option (16 October 2009)

Yale Professor, Jacob Hacker, reflects on the academic proposal he made a decade ago - and the political fixation it's become.

US health reform: Years in the making  (16 October 2009)

Rep. John Dingell, who's been pushing healthcare reform for over 50 years, says that Democrats will do it alone if they have to.

The healthcare crisis hits home (16 October 2009)

When you've been strong and fit your whole life, it can be easy to discount your body's first whispers of sickness as merely the side effects of...

Is Britain's healthcare system really that bad? (16 October 2009)

In recent weeks, opponents of Barack Obama's healthcare reform plans have criticized Britain's National Health Service (NHS) in an effort to counter...

Health lessons from Europe (16 October 2009)

High infant mortality, low life expectancy, soaring healthcare costs — the symptoms are numerous and the diagnosis unmistakable: America's healthcare...

Starting healthcare reform in the ER (16 October 2009)

To get a sense of just how dysfunctional American healthcare is, members of Congress don't need to look further than their local emergency department...

The Labor Market (08 October 2009)

Expectant parents, spare a thought for Mrs. Jacob Nufer, who in 1500 found herself in agonizing labor. More than a dozen midwives of the Swiss town...

A Snapshot of Women's Health (02 October 2009)

It is a simple but profound fact—gender plays a significant role in our overall health.  Men and women not only have unique biological processes, but...

Exclusive Webcast: AMA gets behind US health reforms (23 September 2009)

This article contains video The American Medical Association once resisted the idea of healthcare reform. Now it sees it as vital.

Obama woos doctors with medical liability pledge (11 September 2009)

The American Medical Association has been won over by the US president’s healthcare reform plans

About the Editor- Kip Piper, MA, FACHE (26 August 2009)

In addition to being the editor of GetInsideHealth, Kip Piper, MA, FACHE, is a leading authority on health care policy and finance. With 27 years'...

Healthcare in India: A private matter (24 August 2009)

Dr Anupam Sibal, Group Medical Director of Apollo Hospitals Group, India's largest private healthcare provider, says greater cooperation is needed...

Are the Wrong Kids Taking Multivitamins? (01 August 2009)

Teenagers are probably the least likely among us to eat enough fruits and vegetables or to get adequate amounts of vitamins and minerals from their...

Kids May Get Swine Flu Shots First (01 August 2009)

(WASHINGTON) — Schoolchildren could be first in line for swine flu vaccine this fall — and schools are being put on notice that they might even be...

Getting Well While You Shop (29 July 2009)

If there's one thing most patients lack, it's patience. And who can blame them? When you're burning up with fever or your child has an earache or...

South Korea aims to strike a healthy balance (24 July 2009)

What can other countries learn from South Korea's plan to implement universal healthcare?

A new scheme for buying health insurance (24 July 2009)

If there’s one regulatory trend that may define 2009, it could be the creation of exchanges. The U. S. Treasury wants to start a type of exchange, or...

Making big drugs during troubled times (24 July 2009)

This article contains video Amgen CEO Kevin Sharer's job is to produce blockbuster drugs. Will health-care reform make that harder?

Op-Ed: Can the US afford healthcare reform? (14 July 2009)

Jonathan Mann is an anchor and correspondent for CNN International. Based in the network's Atlanta headquarters, Mann is a 20-year veteran journalist...

Getting Well While You Shop (13 July 2009)

If there's one thing most patients lack, it's patience. And who can blame them? When you're burning up with fever or your child has an earache or...

Reforming American health care: Heading for the emergency room (30 June 2009)

America’s health care is the costliest in the world, yet quality is patchy and millions are uninsured. Incentives for both patients and suppliers...

Health care reform in America (30 June 2009)

Barack Obama was elected in part to fix America’s health care system. Now is the time for him to keep his word.

Life is expensive (18 June 2009)

Treating the sickest part of America’s economy

Russian healthcare reform facing challenges (02 June 2009)

Tough economic times won't help Russia to fund long-awaited healthcare reforms

Electronic Records and Your Health (25 May 2009)

Can using an electronic personal health record (PHR) keep you healthier? That's the question a new study will examine. The U. S. Agency for...

Pricing Longevity (19 May 2009)

Technological change, ageing populations and rising expectations. These are the three furies that confront health systems across the world. They...

The line from peddling pills to disease management (19 May 2009)

As Maureen describes how the severe pain in her joints makes it hard to do housework, Amanda Cooper listens sympathetically at the other end of the...

What Obama's Health Care Team Can Learn From Massachusetts (15 May 2009)

One of the primary features of President Obama's health care plan is the establishment of a National Health Insurance Exchange.

Electronic Health Records: What's Taking So Long? (15 May 2009)

Prescription pads, clipboards and patient charts are so 20th century. In the era of CT scans, gene-splicing and stem-cell breakthroughs, handwritten...

World policy: Fixing health care (17 April 2009)

Technology has been a culprit behind runaway health costs. It might now help tame them.

Show me the money (14 April 2009)

President Obama hopes that cost-effective, universal healthcare will be his legacy. But can he afford it?

EU hopefuls get ready for their health-check (14 April 2009)

Inequality and under-investment in healthcare are still problems for many countries in the south-east of Europe.

Boosting employee wellbeing  (23 March 2009)

If you've ever embarked upon a exercise regime, you'll know that the benefits go much further than just physical fitness.

Healthcare in Denmark: chronically good? (18 March 2009)

Denmark is taking a new approach to tackling increasingly prevalent chronic diseases.

Can your company force you to be healthy? (17 March 2009)

Almost a third of companies offering health insurance benefits to their employees also provide a wellness program of some sort, however opponents...

Prognosis negative (16 March 2009)

Rising healthcare premiums have companies shifting costs, pushing "wellness, " and punishing unhealthy behaviour.

What's wrong with patients' rights? (16 March 2009)

Patient empowerment is a big theme in healthcare, but what rights do citizens really have?

Guest column: Rethinking the role of employers (16 March 2009)

What should employers do about healthcare?

Healthy employees, wealthy employers?  (16 March 2009)

The Economist Intelligence Unit investigates the complex issues behind corporate health plans

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