Technology
A mobile app can be used for this condition to measure gait difficulty, resting tremor, and to estimate disease severity which allows for longer-term assessment of motor function between clinic visits.
What is Parkinson’s disease?
This factor has a greater impact on population health than factors like biology, behavior and healthcare
What is social determinants of health?
The most expensive conditions for the healthcare system are
What are chronic illnesses?
This type of care is comfort care without curative intent.
What is hospice care?
This is the most commonly prescribed drug in the US. It lowers LDL cholesterol and has been shown to reduce coronary heart disease events.
What is Atorvastatin?
68,000 patients with this condition receive hemodialysis therapy. Up to 50% of patients miss or have shortened treatments in a 12 week period which can be decreased with SMS or voice messages before appointments.
What is End-Stage renal disease?
Individuals without this degree have a 2.5x higher death rate than individuals with this degree
What is a high school diploma?
What is a difference in health that is closely linked with social or economic disadvantage that negatively affects disadvantaged groups?
What is a health disparity?
This illness is the leading diagnosis (29.6 percent) among medicare hospice patients
What is cancer?
This category of specialty drugs are the most expensive and although the medical conditions they treat makeup only about 2% of prescriptions, they account for 30% of spending. For instance, treatment of Pompe disease with this category of drug can cost up to $650,000 per year for one patient.
What is biologics?
⅓ of adults with this condition don’t know they have it and nearly ½ of patients with a diagnosis have it poorly controlled. Reporting daily measurements along with counseling and case management can reduce measurements especially in high-risk patients.
What is Hypertension?
Patients who report experiencing this have a reduced ability to engage with health-benefiting institutions, are more likely to postpone medical tests and treatment and experience lower satisfaction with the healthcare system.
What is Discrimination?
Smoking is a risk factor for many chronic illnesses. This state, also known as the Mountain state, has the highest smoking rates within the united states
What is West Virginia?
Hospice care is intended for patients who do not have curative options. For eligibility in hospice care, the prognosis is usually.
This condition costs the healthcare system an estimated $100 billion dollars annually. Risk factors include age (increased osteoporosis and bone degeneration), lower fitness level, being overweight or obese, and job-related factors
What is back pain?