Authors
Latest:
Lorundrostat Significantly Lowers Blood Pressure in Key Hypertension TrialsNew topline data from the Launch-HTN (NCT06153693) and Advance-HTN (NCT06153693) clinical trials show these investigations met their primary end points os statistically significant reductions in systolic blood pressure.
Latest:
The Health Care Price Crisis Needs Policy SolutionsThis commentary, part of the Price Crisis campaign, calls for state and federal policy interventions that are needed to rebalance the market to enhance competition and provide value in health care.
Latest:
Better Data Is Needed to Tackle Health EquityThe US federal government is finally updating its standards for reporting data on race and ethnicity – and it’s an urgently needed chance to enable a national overview of crucial data on health inequities
Latest:
How Do Primary Hospitals Enact Early Response to the Relaxation of COVID-19 Prevention and Control Measures? The Experience From Chengdu, ChinaThis article examines how primary hospitals in Chengdu, China, responded to the relaxation of COVID-19 prevention and control measures in December 2022.
Latest:
Association of Co-pay Elimination With Medication Adherence and Total CostThis study evaluated cost and utilization attributed to members enrolled in a health care program with no pharmacy co-pay. Health care savings were identified in addition to medication adherence improvements.
Latest:
Optimizing the Management of TRDDrs Steven Levine, Patricia Ares-Romero, Samuel Nordberg, Martin Rosenzweig, and Carrie Jardine share insight on the future treatment landscape for TRD.
Latest:
Understanding Suboptimal e-Consult Requests: Lessons From the VAUS Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) clinicians’ perspectives on what constitutes a good e-consult and why suboptimal e-consult requests occur contain broadly applicable lessons for other health systems.
Latest:
Patient Education, Provider Education, and Overall Final ThoughtsIn this discussion, panelists offer their final thoughts.
Latest:
Breaking Barriers: Partnerships to Improve Diabetic Eye Health in AlabamaThis article reviews barriers to diabetic eye health across Alabama and highlights a partnership with Genentech and the American Diabetes Association to address this issue.
Latest:
Real-World Users of Triple Therapy for Asthma in the USThis retrospective cohort study evaluated baseline demographics, clinical characteristics, and treatment patterns of US patients with asthma who newly initiated single- or multiple-inhaler triple therapy.
Latest:
Addressing STIs Through Managed Care: Opportunities in Medicaid and BeyondMedicaid and other managed care organizations could take several key steps to respond to the sexually transmitted infection (STI) epidemic in the US, including congenital syphilis.
Latest:
Optimizing Multidisciplinary Care of Patients with Hidradenitis SuppurativaVivian Shi, MD, FAAD, offers clinical insights on best practices for optimizing multidisciplinary care of patients with hidradenitis suppurativa.
Latest:
Real-World Value of Direct-Acting Antivirals for Hepatitis C at Kaiser Permanente Southern CaliforniaThis analysis demonstrates value and innovation of direct-acting antivirals for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C in the US Kaiser Permanente health system.
Latest:
COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Health Literacy in US Southern StatesCOVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is not associated with health literacy. Personal perception of threat was associated with reduced vaccine hesitancy.
Latest:
Food Insecurity, Neighborhood, and Health Care Utilization in Health System AdultsThis retrospective study examined food insecurity and neighborhood disadvantage in health system patients as predictors of acute health care utilization.
Latest:
The “Secret Sauce” in Oncology: The Partnership Between Clinicians and AI“To error is human, and also to error is in machine learning,” said Debra Patt, MD, PhD, MBA, MPH.
Latest:
Standardized Total Knee Arthroplasty Pathway Improves Outcomes in Minority PatientsIn a minority-predominant patient population, a standardized pathway for total knee arthroplasty was associated with improved outcomes with no change in postoperative complication rates.
Latest:
Live Biotherapeutic Product Remains Effective Against Recurrent CDI After Antibiotic UseA study showed the Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) treatment remained effective after subsequent systemic antibiotic exposure.
Latest:
Care Coordination in Primary Care: Mapping the TerritoryA survey completed by 100% of leaders of diverse care systems in Minnesota participating in an observational study showed little difference in approach to care coordination.
Latest:
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Telemental Health Use Among Publicly Insured ChildrenAmong publicly insured children with mental health–related encounters, racial and ethnic disparities in telemental health use widened following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Latest:
Navigating Sport-Related Neurospine Injuries, Surgery, and Managed CareOn this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Arthur L. Jenkins III, MD, FACS, CEO of Jenkins NeuroSpine, to explore the intersection of advanced surgical care for sport-related neurospine injuries and managed care systems.
Latest:
Unmet Needs and the Future of Treatment in SMAExperts in SMA provide closing thoughts on unmet needs in SMA including the importance of research into treatment combinations and sequencing as well as multidisciplinary care and healthcare equity.
Latest:
Actions to Improve Quality: Results From a National Hospital SurveyHospitals reported widespread adoption of quality improvement (QI) changes to improve on CMS quality measures, and QI adoption was associated with improved performance on quality measures.
Latest:
Reflections on 2024’s Progress in R/R CLLPanelists discuss how the relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia treatment landscape evolved significantly in 2024 with expanded Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor options, growing real-world evidence for newer agents, and emerging combination strategies, while expressing optimism for future advances in personalized therapy approaches and novel drug development.
Latest:
Hypoglycemia Upon Hospital Admission From Long-term Care: Health Care Resource UseThis analysis of a hospital billing database describes inpatient length of stay, intensive care unit length of stay, comorbidities, and costs for patients with diabetes after admission with hypoglycemia from long-term care or home.
Latest:
Approaches for Overcoming Barriers to Cross-Sector Data SharingThe authors identified challenges to cross-sector data sharing and the approaches used to overcome these challenges in the Mid-Ohio Farmacy, a partnership to address food insecurity.
Latest:
Health-Related Social Needs, Methods, and Concerns for a Polysocial Risk Score: An Expert PanelA polysocial risk score is a potentially useful addition to the growing methodologies to better understand and address health-related social needs.
Latest:
Discharge Before Noon: Is the Sun Half Up or Half Down?Discharge before noon was associated with longer length of stay in patients with medical diagnoses and shorter length of stay in surgical patients.
Latest:
Addressing Evolving Patient Concerns Around Telehealth in the COVID-19 EraWith a rapid shift to telehealth during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, clinicians, health care organizations, and policy makers must consider and address patients’ evolving needs, concerns, and expectations.
