Archive for May 2009

IBM Outlines New Model for Healthcare

IBM today announced the findings of a major healthcare study that underscores the critical need for a new model of care called the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH). The new study, “Patient Centered Medical Home: What, Why and How?,” identifies the PCMH as a viable foundation for the reform of today’s unsustainable healthcare system because [...]



Study finds unexpected bacterial diversity on human skin

The health of our skin — one of the body’s first lines of defense against illness and injury — depends upon the delicate balance between our own cells and the millions of bacteria and other one-celled microbes that live on its surface. To better understand this balance, National Institutes of Health researchers have set out [...]



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