Simons Foundation Building Research Database of People With Autism
Release Date:
08/29/2017
The Simons Foundation has created a project called “SPARK” or the Simons Foundation Powering Autism Research for Knowledge.
Health
Hilton Foundation Follows a Familiar—and Promising—Playbook in Tackling a Debilitating Disease
Release Date:
08/29/2017
About 1 in 750 people have a chance of contracting MS, which is a debilitating disease of the nervous system. Current research suggests that the condition is triggered by an environmental event among people already genetically predisposed to...
CareConnect Pulling Out Of New York Insurance Market
Release Date:
08/28/2017
CareConnect, the health insurance company started by Northwell Health, has asked state permission to withdraw from the individual and small group market, the latest evidence of how hard it can be for new companies to compete with legacy players in...
The Commonwealth Fund Reports on Medicaid Expansion's Effect on Out-of-Pocket Health Care Spending for Low-Income Families
Release Date:
08/25/2017
The Commonwealth Fund recently released a study using data from the federal Consumer Expenditure Survey to examine how states’ participation in the Medicaid expansion affected families’ health care spending.
United Hospital Fund Report Examines Ramifications of Eligible Adults Refusing Prescribed Home Health Care
Release Date:
08/24/2017
The report includes a fear of losing control and privacy, concerns about finances, and the belief that family caregivers alone were both skilled and had time enough to do the job as reasons for folks refusing home care.
Simons Foundation's Flatiron Institute Joins IBM and Others including Citizens in the Microbiome Immunity Project
Release Date:
08/23/2017
The general public's help is being enlisted in what's thought to be the biggest study of the human microbiome—the bacteria that live in and on the human body –and are believed to affect health.
Milbank Memorial Fund Releases Report on Telehealth Private Payer Laws
Release Date:
08/23/2017
Many state health policy leaders are interested in telehealth—the use of technology to deliver health care to patients in a setting different from that of the provider—as a way of expanding patient access to care, especially in rural areas. State...
JPB Foundation-Funded Research Reveals Potential Target For Alcohol Liver Disease
Release Date:
08/22/2017
Drinking too much alcohol can damage the liver, but investigators have discovered a protective response in the organ that might be targeted to help treat alcoholic liver disease. The team - led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center...
Commonwealth Fund: Coverage Gains Among Lower-Income Blacks and Latinos Highlight ACA’s Successes & Areas for Improvement
Release Date:
08/21/2017
The uninsured rate for lower-income working-age blacks and Latinos dropped by at least 10 percentage points between 2010, when the first Affordable Care Act coverage expansions went into effect, and 2016, according to the latest Commonwealth Fund...
Helmsley Funds Research Collaborative around Type 1 Diabetes
Release Date:
08/18/2017
Scientists at the Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope have received over $300,000 from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to support scientific collaborations to fight type 1 diabetes.
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