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Jeff Stark, MD | Image Credit: © UCB
Jeff Stark, MD

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Dr Jeff Stark: New Bimzelx Dose Offers Simplicity and Choice

On October 14, 2024, the FDA approved a 320-mg single dose of bimekizumab-bkzx (Bimzelx; UCB) in a 2-mL prefilled syringe and autoinjector; both forms are now commercially available in the US.


Emmie Harcourt, MPA

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Provider Capacity During Medicaid Expansion and a Public Health Emergency

This survey study finds that most Missouri Medicaid providers had capacity for new patients, even during a period of unprecedented Medicaid enrollment growth.


Jamie L. Koprivnikar, MD

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Financial Considerations Influencing Treatment Strategies in PNH Treatment Pathway

The panelists provide their final thoughts, highlighting financial considerations in PNH treatment.


Katherine Kwon, MD

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A Standardized Care Pathway Increases Optimal Dialysis Starts

The authors observed a significant increase in optimal starts for dialysis and in peritoneal dialysis rates after implementing a standardized end-stage renal disease transition pathway.


Shipra Singh, MBBS, PhD, MPH

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Association of Social Risks With Avoiding or Delaying Health Care and With Emergency Department Visits: Evidence From 2017 Ohio Medicaid Assessment Survey

Social risks (food insecurity, housing instability, financial strain, health insurance type) are associated with patients’ decisions to avoid/delay health care and increased utilization of the emergency department.


Monjori Mukerjee, BSc

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Implementing Team-Based Telemedicine Workflows in Safety-Net Primary Care

Telemedicine in safety-net primary care faces particular challenges. Consistent, team-based workflows can support video visit implementation and health care maintenance in telemedicine visits.


Barry Byrne, MD | image credit: research.pediatrics.med.ufl.edu
Barry Byrne, MD, PhD

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The Value of Newborn Screening for DMD: Barry Byrne, MD, PhD

Barry Byrne, MD, PhD, Powell Gene Therapy Center at the University of Florida, discusses gene therapy considerations for pediatric patients and how newborn screening can influence outcomes for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).



Olga Anastasia Sawicki, MD, MSc

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Clinical and Economic Outcomes of a Collaborative Cardiology Care Program

Patients with chronic cardiac conditions benefited from a health care program that strengthened collaboration between general practitioners and cardiology specialists in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.


Veronique Michaud, BPharm, PhD

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Revisiting Conclusions on the Empiric Segmentation of High-risk Patients

The authors provide feedback on generalizations made regarding interventions for high-risk populations in previous research.


Linda Highfield, PhD

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The Association of Social Determinants of Health With Health Outcomes

This study explored the statistical association of key social determinants of health with specific health outcomes to validate impact and then created weighted categorical matrices.




Bhavesh Shah, PharmD

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Impact of Switching Agents in Plaque Psoriasis

The panel details the clinical and economic burden when patients switch between agents in plaque psoriasis.


S. Bobby Arelli, MD

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Effects of Individualized Nurse-Led Care Plans on Olaparib Treatment Duration

A nurse-led personalized care program conducted through a specialty pharmacy prolonged medication persistence among patients with cancer receiving olaparib.


Kardie Tobb, DO, MS

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Trust Between Patients and Clinicians: An Overlooked and Affordable Approach to Improving US Health Care

Raising the visibility of the importance of trust in patient-clinician relationships can help ensure it is acknowledged and incorporated into policy and tactical considerations.


Azra Raza, MD

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Novel Multicancer Early Detection Technology––Potential Value to Employers and the Workforce

Multicancer early detection technology could help reduce cancer mortality compared to the current strategy of single-cancer screening tests.


I. Benjamin Gaddie, OD, FAAO

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Experts Recount What Aspects of SECO Will Be Vital to Their Future Practice

Attendees and experts from the Southeastern Educational Congress of Optometry (SECO) 2025 meeting highlight research and sessions they will take away.


Bhupender Singh, MD

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Covishield India: Demystifying Myths Through an Early Multicenter Safety Study

This was a multicenter study carried out in India to study the adverse and systemic effects of the indigenously developed Covishield vaccine.


Timothy Judson, MD, MPH

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Reimagining the Inpatient Palliative Care Consult: Lessons From COVID-19

Digital innovations in palliative care during COVID-19 have changed how hospitalized patients receive palliative care. We propose an approach to implement new models at scale.


Genevieve Claverie, BA

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Mental Health Service Utilization Review Patterns in a Medicaid Managed Care Program

Medicaid managed care utilization review data for mental health services were analyzed for the calendar years 2017 and 2018. These data indicate low rates of utilization review denials for both inpatient and outpatient mental health services.


Danielle Lee Tomson, MPhil

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Community Health Workers’ Critical Role in Trust Building Between the Medical System and Communities of Color

The authors interrogate elements of routine medical practice in New York City to argue for reforms of hospital culture through relational trust-building capabilities of community health workers.


Stuart Hagen, PhD

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Spending Patterns Among Commercially Insured Individuals During the COVID-19 Pandemic

In this analysis of more than 97 million commercially insured individuals, investigators found that the COVID-19 pandemic induced a spending shock in 2020 and that health care spending did not recover to baseline until mid-2021.


Jean O’Malley, MPH

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Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions and Long-term Opioid Treatment

Little is known about opioid prescribing patterns in patients with chronic overlapping pain conditions. This study suggests target populations for interventions to manage chronic pain.



Katie M. White, EdD, MBA

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Clinic Price Reductions in a Tiered Total Cost Benefit Design

Findings of this evaluation of primary care clinic responses in a tiered total cost of care benefit design suggest that clinics respond by reducing prices.


Richard Gitomer, MD, MBA

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Advancing Team-Based Primary Care: The Importance and Challenges in 2023

This editorial describes several key lessons about the development of effective value-based care delivery.


Harrison Greene, MD

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Influence of Prior Authorization Requirements on Provider Clinical Decision-Making

An online survey identified that documentation requirements and communication issues with health plans are associated with providers modifying clinical decisions to avoid medication prior authorization.


Ahmet Aydın, MD

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Risk Assessments of Drug-Related Problems for Cardiac Surgery Patients

Risk assessments of drug-related problems for cardiac surgery patients can be conducted by implementing a framework for patient safety.


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