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Article: Fact File: Physician Staffing
Date Posted: Jul 17, 2008
This HealthLeaders’ Fact File features data on physician staffing.
Article: Fact File: Hospital Profitability
Date Posted: Jun 17, 2008
This HealthLeaders’ Fact File features data on hospital profitability.
Article: Fact File: Executive Leadership
Date Posted: Apr 16, 2008
This HealthLeaders’ Fact File features Thomson Healthcare and 100 Top Hospitals® data on executive leadership.
Article: Fact File: Service Line Performance
Date Posted: Mar 19, 2008
This HealthLeaders’ Fact File features Thomson Healthcare data on service line performance.
Article: Rules Aim for Better Patient Safety through Confidential Error Reports
Date Posted: Mar 10, 2008
This American Medical News story addresses proposed federal rules for the reporting of medical errors.
Article: Sleeping Pill Use Rises, Even for the Young
Date Posted: Mar 05, 2008
The Wall Street Journal Health Blog reports on Thomson Healthcare research examining trends in the use of sleep aids.
Article: Fact File: Patient Safety Trends
Date Posted: Feb 15, 2008
This HealthLeaders’ Fact File features Thomson Healthcare data on patient safety trends.
Article: Good Company
Date Posted: Feb 12, 2008
This American Psychological Association podcast includes an interview with Thomson Healthcare on effective workplace wellness programs.
Research Brief: Sleep Trends
Date Posted: Jan 29, 2008
Study finds sharp increase in use of prescription insomnia medications by young adults.
Article: Docs’ Bad Handwriting No Longer a Bad Joke
Date Posted: Dec 26, 2007
The Wall Street Journal Health Blog references a recent Thomson Healthcare survey using PDR databases, and quotes Kaveh Safavi, chief medical officer, Center for Healthcare Improvement, Thoms
Research Brief: Doctors Diagnose Healthcare System
Date Posted: Dec 19, 2007
In survey, physicians cite lapses in communication with patients and healthcare costs as significant challenges.
Article: Fact File: Disease Management
Date Posted: Nov 29, 2007
This HealthLeaders' Fact File features Thomson Healthcare disease management data, including information on prevention and the elderly and cost-cutting with wellness.
Article: Report Links Higher Rates of Uninsured and Suicide
Date Posted: Nov 28, 2007
This USA Today article mentions Thomson Healthcare research and includes a quote from Tami Mark, a Thomson Healthcare researcher.
Article: Fact File: Physician Demand
Date Posted: Nov 07, 2007

This HealthLeaders' Fact File features Thomson Healthcare inpatient, outpatient and ambulatory services data for the leading orthopedic surgery procedures.

Article: Execs Urged to Take a More Member-Centric View
Date Posted: Oct 03, 2007
This Managed Healthcare Executive article features a discussion on consumerism with Bobbi Coluni, director of product innovation, Thomson Healthcare.
Article: Inpatient Survival Rates Increase at Hospitals
Date Posted: Sep 11, 2007
This Managed Healthcare Executive article discusses research conducted on inpatient survival rates
Research Brief: Lifestyle and Obesity, Why We Aren’t What We Say We Eat
Date Posted: Jul 25, 2007
When it comes to their eating habits, Americans have a perception problem.
Article: ROI tool predicts savings opportunities even with incomplete data, sets stage for program redesign
Date Posted: Jul 16, 2007
Innovative Health and Productivity Management Return on Investment Tool can predict the impact of programs on populations.
Article: Modeling tools offer quick and accurate forecast of health plan design, finances
Date Posted: Jul 11, 2007
Thomson Healthcare offers a suite of easy-to-use modeling solutions that enable you to project and track actual costs and budgets, negotiate renewals, and develop proactive plan design alternatives.
Article: 'Informed enrollment': Exactly the help employees need from their employers
Date Posted: Jun 04, 2007
Informed Enrollment helps employees make plan selection decisions based on their actual health care usage patterns.
Research Brief: Obesity in the Workforce
Date Posted: Jun 01, 2007
This study quantifies a critical issue for employers: the increased cost of healthcare attributable to obesity.
Article: Emp 2007: Benefits 'executive sashboard' brings health-risk snapshot into focus for more employers
Date Posted: Mar 05, 2007
Customized reports, or dashboards, are becoming available to midsized employers with as few as 5,000 employees.
Article: Management of Employee Health Benefits is Evolving
Date Posted: Feb 08, 2007
Employers are increasingly focused on health and productivity management.
Article: Thomson Healthcare takes lead on health care transparency
Date Posted: Feb 05, 2007
Thomson Healthcare takes the lead on health care transparency, promotes 'cornerstone' principles
Article: Thomson Healthcare Research Evaluates GM Workplace Wellness Efforts
Date Posted: Jan 31, 2007
Thomson Healthcare Research Confirms Value of Retiree Initiatives
Article: SAS 70 Type II Report Becoming a Requirement
Date Posted: Dec 18, 2006
More and more employers make SAS 70 Type II report a requirement in RFP specs.
Research Brief: Lifestyle and Obesity
Date Posted: Aug 01, 2006
Survey finds gap between behavior and perception.
Article: Pay for Performance
Date Posted: Aug 01, 2006
The push for healthcare quality is fueling interest in P4P.
Research Brief: Childhood Obesity
Date Posted: May 25, 2006
Thomson Healthcare research finds disparity in healthcare costs and treatment patterns
Article: Cost Management
Date Posted: May 24, 2006
Information and analytic strategies are often the difference between success and failure
Article: Disease Management ROI
Date Posted: May 17, 2006
Simply offering a DM program does not guarantee lower healthcare costs
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