Brooke is an assistant editor for The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®). She joined AJMC in 2023, where she produces written content covering multiple disease states.
She has a BA in journalism from Seton Hall University. You can connect with Brooke on LinkedIn.
Admission Heart Rate Can Be Used as an In-Hospital Mortality Risk Marker in Patients With AECOPD, RF
March 14th 2024Results demonstrated a nonlinear relationship between admission heart rate (AHR) and in-hospital mortality in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) and respiratory failure (RF).
Frailty, Depression Can Affect Social Support, Self-Management in Older Patients With COPD
March 8th 2024Self-management (SM) among older patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is moderately low, and frailty and depression may partially mediate the relationship between social support and SM in these patients.
Dr Xavier Montalban Discusses Phase 3 evolutionRMS Trial Designs, Outcomes
March 6th 2024While the results of evolutionRMS, comparing evobrutinib with teriflunomide, were negative, that "doesn't mean that evobrutinib is not working," said Xavier Montalban, MD, PhD, director of the Multiple Sclerosis Center of Catalonia (Cemcat).
Study Uses NIRS to Assess Hypoxia-Related Brain Function Impairment in Patients With MS
March 4th 2024Ateyeh Soroush, a PhD candidate at the University of Calgary, explains her ongoing study utilizing near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) to investigate hypoxia-related brain function impairment in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).
Dr Ari Green Describes Remyelination Benefits for Patients With MS, Challenges of Trials
March 2nd 2024Ari Green, MD, of the University of California, San Francisco, details the benefits of remyelination for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), as well as the challenges faced when conducting remyelination trials.
Dr Mitzi Joi Williams: Digital Tools Will Help Make MS Clinical Trials More Inclusive
March 2nd 2024Mitzi Joi Williams, MD, founder and medical director of Joi Life Wellness Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Center, explains the issue of underrepresentation in MS clinical trials and the potential for digital health technologies to help overcome this barrier.
Conference Chair Dr Daniel Ontaneda Previews ACTRIMS Forum 2024
February 23rd 2024Daniel Ontaneda, MD, PhD, Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ACTRIMS) Forum 2024 chair, discussed what attendees can expect at this year's meeting, as well as how the theme of "Breaking Barriers in MS" will be implemented.
Navigating Health Literacy, Social Determinants, and Discrimination in National Health Plans
February 13th 2024On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with the authors of a study published in the February 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® about their findings on how health plans can screen for health literacy, social determinants of health, and perceived health care discrimination.
Ever-Smokers With COPD Have a Greater Risk of Developing ADHD, Study Says
February 6th 2024No causal association with psychiatric disorders was observed in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) without a smoking history, while ever-smokers with COPD had a greater risk of developing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Program Yields Comparable 30-Day Mortality Rates Across Hospitals
February 5th 2024Although 30-day mortality rates did not worsen for Medicare beneficiaries at hospitals with high proportions of Black patients compared with other hospitals, gaps in outcomes widened for Black adults with pneumonia under the Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Program.