April 29th 2025
Jon Giles, MD, speaks to the power of personalized medicine and multidisciplinary care to enhance treatment for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Dr Milena Murray: Maintaining HIV Viral Load Suppression Can Save Health Care Dollars
December 31st 2020Several economic benefits stem from engaging in care soon after HIV transmission and maintaining viral load suppression, noted Milena Murray, PharmD, MSc, BCIDP, AAHIVP, associate professor, Midwestern University College of Pharmacy.
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Older Adults Are Often Excluded From RCTs of Systemic Treatments for Atopic Dermatitis
December 17th 2020Older adults are often at greater risk for adverse events from treatments, but they can also be excluded from randomized controlled trials (RCTs), making it difficult to know if findings are generalizable to this population.
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Guideline-Informed Care Among Medicaid-Enrolled Children With Food Allergy
This article describes food allergy–related service utilization and identifies factors associated with guideline-informed care among Medicaid-enrolled US children with food allergy.
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Joanna Thompson on Engaging With PCPs for a Successful Lung Cancer Screening Program
December 10th 2020Highlands Oncology Group has found the most success getting the word out about its lung cancer screening program by directly engaging with primary care physicians (PCPs), said Joanna Thompson of Highlands Oncology Group.
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Obesity May Fuel 40% Gap in Black, White Breast Cancer Mortality
December 7th 2020Overall survival from early breast cancer has steadily been increasing; however, simultaneous increases in obesity and obesity-related comorbidities may have contributed to the survival disparity seen between these patient groups.
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US Ranks Worst in Maternal Care, Mortality Compared With 10 Other Developed Nations
December 3rd 2020Among 11 developed countries, the United States has the highest maternal mortality rate, a relative undersupply of maternity care providers, and no guaranteed access to provider home visits or paid parental leave in the postpartum period, a recent report from The Commonwealth Fund concluded.
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Best Practices Drive Better Payer Negotiations
December 1st 2020In today's managed care environment, it is important that contracts between practices and payers include reciprocal language that affords a practice protection over processes, decisions, and changes to the agreement over time, while aligning with its business operation.
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Dr Milena Murray: We Must Make Sure Patients at Risk for, Living With HIV Are Engaged in Their Care
November 27th 2020Clinicians must make sure patients are engaged in their care, stressed Milena Murray, PharmD, MSc, BCIDP, AAHIVP, associate professor at Midwestern University College of Pharmacy.
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Joanna Thompson Outlines How Highlands Oncology Group Screens for Lung Cancer
November 22nd 2020The Highlands Oncology Group partners with primary care providers to identify patients at high risk of lung cancer so the specialists can do a more in-depth screening, explained Joanna Thompson, multidisciplinary program manager, Highlands Oncology Group.
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Risk of Death Differs for Elderly Patients With PAH Taking Endothelin Receptor Antagonists
November 20th 2020The mortality risk differs for the 3 endothelin receptor antagonists approved to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in elderly patients; however, a direct comparison in a controlled trial is still needed to confirm results.
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Dr Anthony Loschner Expounds on the Benefits of AI in Pulmonary Medicine
November 17th 2020Artificial intelligence (AI) frees up time for clinicians, noted Anthony L. Loschner, MD, assistant professor and associate program director, Critical Care Fellowship Program, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine.
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US Rheumatologists Reluctant to Switch to Biosimilars for Patients Doing Well on a Reference Product
November 16th 2020Although half of US rheumatologists have patients for which nonmedical switching has been suggested, only 35% were likely to switch patients with rheumatoid arthritis doing well on a reference product to a biosimilar.
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US Oncology Network Enrolls 100,000th Patient in the OCM
November 12th 2020The US Oncology Network reached a major milestone recently in its journey to provide high-quality, value-based care to local communities by enrolling its 100,000th patient in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation’s (CMMI) Oncology Care Model (OCM)
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Male, White, Older Patients With Leukemia at Heightened Risk of Suicide, Study Finds
November 11th 2020In what is believed to be the first study of its kind, investigators found patients with leukemia face a higher risk of suicide than the general public, especially if they had acute myeloid leukemia.
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Dr Milena Murray: Affordability Conversations Should Begin at the Prescriber’s Office
November 10th 2020What is feasible for one person may be unaffordable for another, said Milena Murray, PharmD, MSc, BCIDP, AAHIVP, associate professor, Midwestern University Chicago College of Pharmacy, who practices at the Northwestern Medicine Infectious Disease Center.
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Patients With ALL Have High Readmission Risk Post Chemotherapy, but Hospitals Can Change That
November 5th 2020Many patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who undergo chemotherapy end up back in the hospital within 30 days. A new study points out the reasons and opportunities for prevention.
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