Health Care Delivery

Immune gene signatures were linked to illness severity and treatment response in sepsis and other critical conditions.

Hope Krebill of the Masonic Cancer Alliance at the University of Kansas Medical Center outlines patient navigation models that improve outcomes and reduce missed appointments.

Cardiopulmonary risk is high and persistent across the entire COPD disease course, making early recognition and integrated care crucial.

Laxmi Patel urges rural hospitals to align leadership early and build logic models to show how transformation funds can drive access, equity, and sustainability.

Hope Krebill, MSW, BSN, RN, discusses the challenges rural hospitals face in delivering therapies like CAR T and bispecifics.

Kathy Oubre, MS, discusses opportunities for community cancer centers to expand service lines without sacrificing care quality.

Oncology utilization management often frustrates patients and payers, but collaboration and artificial intelligence can streamline processes and improve care quality, according to Vishnukamal Golla, MD, MPH.

The program works by embedding Medbridge’s Pathways platform into Marathon’s MoveWell MSK program and advanced primary care model.

Adherence can lead to better outcomes, higher starts for Medicare Advantage plans, and stronger financial performance.

From proactive recruitment to academic-community partnerships, Hope Krebill highlights ways to improve clinical trial participation.

The availability of retail pharmacies throughout the country have changed the health system in terms of accessibility and treatment, explains Mark Riggle, PharmD.

These patients had a higher spleen-to-liver stiffness ratio than those with alcohol-related liver disease, warranting a closer look at testing.

Funding cuts to childhood cancer research have put the subspecialty in a precarious position during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

It's important to enhance MG treatment outcomes with strong provider-patient relationships and ongoing monitoring, explain Ratna Kiran Bhavaraju-Sanka, MD, and Beth Stein, MD.

Laxmi Patel explains how Medicaid reforms could increase uncompensated care and the burden on hospitals, and how technology can help automate workflows.

Patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in remission for over 3 years experience survival rates comparable with a matched cohort from the general population.

Female patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) face greater disease severity and burdens, particularly in midlife, a study found.

Syndromic reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction tests for respiratory infections were associated with lower health care resource utilization and costs, implicating potential for improved value in patient care.

The Rural Health Transformation Program invests $50 billion to enhance health care access and quality in rural America.

The subcutaneous dose had comparable efficacy to intravenous dosing while enhancing patient convenience in non–small cell lung cancer, explains Nicolas Girard, MD, PhD.

By 2040, advanced metabolic dysfunction–associated steatohepatitis (MASH) is projected to rise by at least 20% in the 9 countries assessed.

This case study describes Tennessee’s process for convening key stakeholders to develop uniform payment guidelines to encourage increased preventive service delivery.

This study of community health workers as clinical extenders demonstrates significant cost savings in managing chronic conditions among Medicaid beneficiaries.

The drug lowered inflammation, oxidative stress, and endothelial injury markers in women with INOCA and coronary microvascular dysfunction.

The authors discuss the need to repair a house divided among research, health care, and the multisector health community.