Health Care Delivery

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with one of the authors of a recent book looking at the erosion of trust in health care, the factors that influence trust, and what can be done to restore trust.

The Department of Justice vows to protect access to abortions amid restrictive legislation; wide distribution of Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster shot is expected to begin the week of September 20; adult residents from states that lifted eviction moratoriums exhibit increased risk of COVID-19 infection.

During the pandemic, interest in home monitoring grew, and research has shown it can be feasible for patients with interstitial lung disease, according to a presentation at the European Respiratory Society International Congress 2021.

Ruxolitinib is increasingly being used in patients with graft-vs-host-disease (GVHD); a recent study found a link with transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy (TA-TMA) in patients with GVHD treated with the therapy.

Using the argument that regularly taking medication is a great way to earn parents' trust is a great tactic to encourage children and teenagers to remain adherent to their asthma therapies, said William "Andy" Nish, MD, an allergist and immunologist in Georgia.

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is challenging to diagnose and has an evolving treatment landscape, which makes a multidisciplinary approach to care important to ensure high-quality care and the best patient outcomes.

Results of the SAFINONMOTOR open-label study found that safinamide was safe and effective in improving pain of patients with Parkinson disease at 6 months.

It is the third set of warnings for certain Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors due to the risk of heart attack or stroke, cancer, blood clots, and death.

The findings of this study suggest possible poor communication about human papillomavirus infection (HPV), the authors said, since they do not align with epidemiologic evidence.

Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) said they still suffered significant pain and fatigue, even though they reported high rates of satisfaction with their therapies.

A new Texas law ending abortions after 6 weeks takes effect, angering the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; the CDC says mortality rates may not go back to normal until 2023; a Senate version of a bill aimed at lowering drug prices would only impact Medicare.

Increasing the dosage of timolol-dorzolamide fixed combination from twice a day to 3 times a day was found to be safe and significantly more effective in reducing intraocular pressure in patients with open-angle glaucoma, although further research on safety may be warranted.

Patients with idiopathic Parkinson disease given Origanum majorana tea in combination with conventional medication exhibited significant improvements in depressive and nonmotor symptom burden vs placebo, although improvement of motor symptoms was not significant.

In 1989, in Atlanta, Georgia, Dázon Dixon Diallo established SisterLove Inc to fill the information and education gap many women, especially Black women, were facing on how the emerging HIV/AIDS epidemic could affect them.

Two people dead after receiving potentially contaminated Moderna COVID-19 vaccines in Japan; Biogen offers its controversial and expensive Alzheimer disease treatment for free to boost prescriptions; COVID-19 infection with the Delta variant may more than double the risk of hospitalization.

A review of treatment options in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) addresses common subtypes and patient response to standard of care.

Rajesh Rajpal, MD, chief medical officer, global head of clinical medical affairs, Johnson & Johnson Vision, discusses how greater visual needs are contributing to adverse eye health in younger populations.

A roundup of the latest news in sleep research reported across MJH Life Sciences™.

The 5-year update could help solidify the role of sodium glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors in treating heart failure, years after the first evidence of their effectiveness emerged.

Foundation Medicine and Epic struck a deal to integrate comprehensive genomic profiling within Epic's electronic health records (EHRs), allowing for providers to order and review genomic profiling tests, leading to more streamlined clinical decision making.

Patients with psoriasis who received biologic treatments were at significantly lower risk of developing psoriatic arthritis, with women representing a potentially at-risk group.

An overview of the latest news in Parkinson disease reported across clinical research.

Delta variant lowers COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness to 66%; Johnson & Johnson reports booster shot results; cancer center reports mask, vaccine preferences of patients.

Elderly patients who underwent surgery for glaucoma had a greater risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality than those who did not have surgery, including greater risk of cancer and neurologic cause–related mortality.

Survey responses from patients with advanced cancer revealed that there were gaps in knowledge across various aspects of immunotherapy treatment, including about side effects and curative potential.

Patients with comorbid Alzheimer disease and insomnia were found to be more likely to report claims of higher cost health care services such as inpatient hospitalization and emergency care, along with significantly greater mean total annual health care costs than those without insomnia.

Postoperative management of deep brain stimulation in patients with Parkinson disease was shown to be safe and effective when administered at home, which may reduce necessity of in-clinic visits and care access issues.

Worsening chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) symptoms are often underreported by patients who cannot recognize these changes as sign of decline, but they can be objectively measured through remote patient monitoring (RPM).

Findings of the PANORAMA randomized clinical trial show that when patients with severe nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy were treated with intravitreal aflibercept, severity improved over 100 weeks and the likelihood of vision-threatening complications significantly reduced.

An overview of the latest news in Parkinson disease (PD) reported across MJH Life Sciences™.