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The study reveals the importance of a taking a precision medicine approach to diabetes care.

A recent Jackson Healthcare report on physician trends found that 85% of providers have adopted electronic health records (EHR) systems. However, provider satisfaction with their EHR systems has been declining.

What we're reading, August 9, 2016: tying drug costs to outcomes is the future of drug pricing; Walgreens expands drug take-back kiosk program; patients with atrial fibrillation need to consult a second doctor before receiving a new medical device.

Researchers at the Thomas Jefferson University have developed an online decision-support tool called the Decision Counseling Program that can help for men diagnosed with localized, low-risk prostate cancer make treatment choices.

Healthcare may not be the leading focus in the 2016 presidential race, but the candidates agree that there are issues that need to be addressed. This infographic breaks the difference between health policy proposals from Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

The GAO report suggests that states will not be allowed to use the 1332 "superwaiver" process to roll back Medicaid coverage.

What the proposed rules say about ensuring access to all Medicare beneficiaries who need to avoid diabetes.

While the online tools makes clear consumers can use it without obligation, the therapy section give patients information on AstraZeneca products.

What we're reading, August 8, 2016: a new Medicare law would require hospitals to notify patients about loopholes in nursing home coverage; e-cigarette makers flooded the market ahead of new regulation implementation; and California bill on nurse-midwife independents causes controversy.

Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and large employer organizations are taking measures to save healthcare costs in 2017, and for PBMs, formulary exclusions is a fool-proof tactic.

Between 1997 and 2011 there was a nearly 50% drop in emergency department mortality rates for US adults, most likely because of advances in palliative, prehospital, and emergency care.

Advances in information technology is enabling peope to collect and store more health information than every before. How can we harness these valuable insights to help people with chronic disease live longer, healthier, happier lives?

This week, the top stories in managed care included penalties for more than half the nation's hospitals for readmissions, CMS announced the markets to participate in Comprehensive Primary Care Plus, and Express Scripts released its formulary for 2017, which excluded 85 of the 3900 drugs on the market.

A review of press coverage of our peer-reviewed studies and news items.

The 2016 presidential race has been mostly about the candidates' personal qualities and less about their policies. But that doesn't mean Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton don't have debate-worthy ideas in their healthcare platforms.

Walking briskly on a regular basis may be more effective than vigorous jogging for improving glucose control in people with pre-diabetes, according to new research published in Diabetologia.

Nivolumab failed to perform better than chemotherapy in patients with squamous as well as non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

What we're reading, August 5, 2016: judge assigned to Anthem-Cigna and Aetna-Humana cases said he would likely only rule on one by the end of 2016; aversion to late-term abortion plummets when Zika infection is a factor; and the National Institutes of Health proposes lifting ban on research funds for human-animal stem cell research.

Scientists at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered that certain genes involved in metabolic processes are upregulated in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) who are resistant to nivolumab.

The GeneSight test address an unmet need that mental health leaders have wanted for years: a way to avoid the "try until it fails" approach in selecting anti-depressants.

In an attempt to appease the Department of Justice and save their proposed merger, Aetna and Humana make deals to sell certain Medicare Advantage assets to Molina Healthcare.

What we're reading, August 4, 2016: a new startup is aiming to move clinical trial data to the cloud; Aetna is informing physicians about the opioid prescribing habits; and Florida deploys a mosquito control team to combat Zika virus.

The findings support observations from an expert panel convened by The American Journal of Managed Care, who said patients lack awareness of the consequences of diabetes on their vision.

Outpatient service charges are estimated to cause a 29.9% spike in healthcare premiums in 2017, much higher than the 14.3% projected for medications.

Foundation Medicine’s comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) assay has been submitted by the company for FDA review as well as for a CMS review in parallel.

Both Express Scripts and CVS Health said they were taking aim at prescription drug prices that keep going up even when competitors are available.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently announced the newest addition to its team. Joshua A. Gordon, MD, PhD, will join the NIH in September as the director of the National Institute of Mental Health.

The report by FAIR Health notes that today's opioid epidemic, unlike past crises, is affecting more white suburban dwellers, who are more likely to have private insurance.

Results from the CheckMate 066 study found that the checkpoint inhibitor nivolumab performs well in improving patients' long-term quality of survival benefit in patients with advanced melanoma.

What we're reading, August 3, 2016: Medicare penalties for hospital readmissions reach a new high; the importance of down-ballot races this election; and Virginia's Bureau of Insurance comes out against the Anthem-Cigna merger.