The U.S. Healthcare Cost Crisis – West Health and Gallup Presentation
Topics Covered 01) The financial and physical toll of healthcare cost in America 02) Americans’ angst over increasing cost and its effects 03) The great disconnect: Americans’ perceptions of quality 04) The future looks bleak unless things change
PACE 2.0: Expanding the Reach of a Proven Integrated Care Model for Older Adults
Overview: Our nation is challenged to provide appropriate and comprehensive healthcare for older Americans, whose ranks are growing daily. Access to high-quality, coordinated health and support services can help them successfully age in place. The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE®) is the gold standard of person-centered, integrated care that enables Medicare… Read more »
Geriatric Emergency Departments: Past, Present, and Future Opportunities for Engagement
Overview: The Emergency Department (ED) is often the point of entry for seniors into the healthcare system and plays a unique role in setting the trajectory of care for this rapidly growing and often vulnerable segment of the population. ED visits by older adults increased 24.5% from 2001 to 2009, and annually there is nearly… Read more »
ACEP Podcast: How does your institution become a Geriatric Emergency Department
In this ACEP Frontline podcast, host Dr. Ryan Stanton and his guests, Drs. Ula Hwang, Michael Malone, and Kevin Biese, wrap up a three-part series on the Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation (GEDA) program. “How does your institution become a GED?” presents how your ED can become more geriatric-focused, expert advice and pearls, and available resources… Read more »
Reducing the High Price of Prescription Medicines
Addressing the excessive prices of prescription drugs provides the most immediate opportunity for some relief of exorbitant healthcare prices overall.
A Time for Bold Action: West Health’s Video for the New Year
“A Time for Bold Action” – a video produced by West Health – looks back at our work in 2018 and ahead to the challenges we face in 2019 and beyond. It tells the poignant stories of three seniors facing life-changing crises as a result of America’s opaque and over-priced healthcare system.
