Yes! A cornerstone of the Collaboratives is measurement. The over 65,000 patients are enrolled in a national registry, and have outcomes tracked on a regular basis. We can say with confidence that care and outcomes are improving: self-management, specialty referrals, medication access, and indicators such as HgbA1c are all better for enrolled patients than for pre-enrollment data. Patients with diabetes enrolled in the Collaborative are actually healthier than their white insured counterparts in the private sector!

Children with asthma should get flu shots to protect them, but only 3 in 10 do, U.S. health officials said.

Children with asthma should get flu shots to protect them, but only 3 in 10 do, U.S. health officials said.

Susan G. Komen for the Cure on Thursday released a report that profiles eight communities "most affected" by breast cancer and launched a campaign that aims to curb disparities and remove gaps in breast cancer-related care, the Washington Post reports. The eight communities profiled in the report, titled "Breast Cancer Mortality Report: Closing the Gaps in Eight Communities," are: Chicago; Madison County, Miss.; Moultrie County, Ill.; McDowell County, W.Va.; Edgecombe County, N.C.; Harlem, N.Y.; Washington, D.C.; and Wayne County, Mich., which includes Detroit.