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In this contributor piece, Gary Hamilton, CEO of InteliChart, the online patient engagement platform, explores how the digital evolution in health care can lead to quality care, convenience, and ongoing patient loyalty.

Among a group of patients with lung cancer who were not suitable for anticancer treatment, the researchers found that 40% underwent additional investigations after their initial CT scan before eventually receiving best supportive care.

Investigators from Malaysia utilized data from real-time continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) among study participants who were considered overweight or obese to evaluate their risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) associated with a rice-based meal and its impact on postprandial hyperglycemia.

Presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) was significantly associated with incidence of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP), although no differences in disease severity were observed among HPV-positive and HPV-negative patients with CRSwNP.

Not only did a majority of each group say they hadn’t heard of biosimilars, but those who had heard of them had negative perceptions.

A recent study found chronic kidney disease (CKD) to be an independent risk factor for incident heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Use of dupilumab was associated with significant improvement in clinical symptoms of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) with nasal polyps among real-world patients in Canada, with benefits shown to be similar to that observed in randomized clinical trials.

Robert Sidbury, MD, MPH, chief, Division of Dermatology, Seattle Children's Hospital, spoke on the mental health comorbidity risk linked with atopic dermatitis and how dermatologists can play a role in managing behavioral care needs of at-risk patients.

Lifestyle behaviors, such as body mass index and smoking, were shown to have a greater predictive impact regarding development of psoriasis compared with genetic predisposition.

This systematic review and meta-analysis used a literature search to gather data from long-term randomized controlled trials on the effectiveness of closed-loop insulin systems (CLS) among nonpregnant patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

To achieve health equity, experts from CVS Health discuss why we must invest in programs that improve access to health care for historically marginalized communities, address social determinants, boost health education, increase representation in all levels of health care delivery, widen access to clinical trial research, and more.

Nathan H. Walcker, MBA, chief executive officer, Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute (FCSRI), discusses what guests can expect at the in-person Tampa meeting of The American Journal of Managed Care®'s Institute for Value-Based Medicine® (IVBM), co-hosted by FCSRI.

In this new subanalysis of data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in the Communities study, investigators assessed the risk of incident heart failure (HF) or death by race and sex, as influenced by N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) concentration, prompted by growing interest in its use as a predictive biomarker for HF.

The increased use of technology in the classrooms has forced ophthalmologists, optometrists, and educators to consider the perfect balance in children’s development.

Chronic kidney disease is the fastest-growing noncontagious disease in the United States. On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Mike Spigler, vice president of patient support and education for the American Kidney Fund, who is spearheading the Unknown Causes of Kidney Disease Project, which aims to help underserved patients get to the root cause of their kidney disease, while also helping to solve this mystery for a broader patient population.

There may be a small, but not overwhelming, benefit for certain individuals aged 40 to 59 years who have a slightly elevated risk of future cardiovascular disease (CVD) to start taking aspirin, according to an update released by the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).

Elevated prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder seen in family members of patients with COVID-19 treated in intensive care units; 9 rare respiratory cancers linked with burn pit exposure among veterans; adenovirus suggested as potential cause of unexplained cases of pediatric hepatitis.

A simple score can identify the patients at risk of severe infection within 4 months of initiating treatment, highlighting candidates to be treated with prophylactic antibiotics.

Patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) with nasal polyps identified several unmet needs regarding their condition, particularly a lack of public and physician awareness on disease burden and poor sleep quality.

This new study investigated and compared the incidence of disordered eating behavior (DEB) among 2 cohorts of patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) treated with continuous-subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) or a basal-bolus regimen.

By creating a framework for social determinants of health that explores patients’ needs and prioritizes team members’ response, specialty practices can more effectively strengthen health equity, access to care, and health outcomes.

A decade’s worth of data included more than 5 million social determinants of health (SDOH) attributes across nearly 2 million clinical notes from the patient visits extrapolated from a natural language processing system.

To mark the nation's 52nd Earth Day, Robert Feder, MD, outlines how climate change will exacerbate mental health challenges and the importance of global efforts to address the crisis.

Patients with reduced DNA mismatch repair protein expression were more likely to respond to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), although this study had a small sample size.

A combination of biology, access issues, and delayed diagnoses have contributed to disparities experienced by Black women with metastatic breast cancer, explained Hatem Soliman, MD, medical director of the Clinical Trials Office, Moffitt Cancer Center.

Interviewing both patients and providers, researchers found that while having effective treatments for hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) took precedence across the board, some priorities varied among the 2 groups.

An exhalation system with fluticasone was shown to significantly reduce nasal polyp score at 4 and 16 weeks compared with placebo, with improvements also observed in several patient-reported outcomes.

This investigation focused on use of additional services and incidence of new diagnoses among women who underwent a breast cancer screening MRI—having a low or average risk of the cancer—compared with a matched cohort who underwent mammography.

Elaine Siegfried, MD, professor of pediatrics and dermatology, Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, discusses several pediatric patient populations with atopic dermatitis who are candidates for the use of systemic therapies.

Key opinion leaders addressed cost, accessibility, and other barriers limiting use of comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP), and how employers can help drive preventive care and precision medicine through CGP.