Articles written by Meg Foy

Health & Fitness > Health Care The history of managed health care: 1 of 3

When the Western Clinic started offering pre-paid health care, using specific providers, to employees of a Tacoma lumber company in 1910, both the core concept that would later be known as managed care (any way of controlling the provision of healthcare) and the entity later termed Health Maintenance Organization (requiring ...
Health & Fitness > Mental Health (Other) Basic epidemiology of Comorbid Schizophrenia and substance abuse: 2 of 2

Schizophrenia, an umbrella term itself, is often accompanied by other conditions. One glaring example is the estimated 70 % of schizophrenics that report substance abuse.1 In these cases, there needs to also be consideration given to the fact that the primary disorder may be the addiction, with the psychiatric disorder being...