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A Standardized Care Pathway Increases Optimal Dialysis StartsThe 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.
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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 SurveySocial 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.
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Efficacy and Equity With Oral PCSK9s: Ann Marie Navar, MD, PhDThe oral PCSK9 inhibitor enlicitide can change cholesterol management with high efficacy and improved adherence, said Ann Marie Navar, MD, PhD.
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Implementing Team-Based Telemedicine Workflows in Safety-Net Primary CareTelemedicine in safety-net primary care faces particular challenges. Consistent, team-based workflows can support video visit implementation and health care maintenance in telemedicine visits.
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The Value of Newborn Screening for DMD: Barry Byrne, MD, PhDBarry 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).
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What Would Make Therapy Last? How About 2 Targets Each on B Cells and T Cells?The Chief Medical Officer of ModeX Therapeutics discusses MDX2003, a groundbreaking tetraspecific therapy that promises enhanced efficacy and safety in non-Hodgkin lymphoma treatment. This exchange appears in the January issue of Evidence-Based Oncology, the annual recap of the meeting of the American Society of Hematology.
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Clinical and Economic Outcomes of a Collaborative Cardiology Care ProgramPatients with chronic cardiac conditions benefited from a health care program that strengthened collaboration between general practitioners and cardiology specialists in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.
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Revisiting Conclusions on the Empiric Segmentation of High-risk PatientsThe authors provide feedback on generalizations made regarding interventions for high-risk populations in previous research.
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The Association of Social Determinants of Health With Health OutcomesThis study explored the statistical association of key social determinants of health with specific health outcomes to validate impact and then created weighted categorical matrices.
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Impact of Switching Agents in Plaque PsoriasisThe panel details the clinical and economic burden when patients switch between agents in plaque psoriasis.
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Lenacapavir Offers Promising Step Forward in HIV Prevention: Q&A With Onyema Ogbuagu, MBBCh, FACP, FIDSAThe approval of lenacapavir for use as pre-exposure prophylaxis is a significant step in reducing the incidence of HIV across the globe, including in areas where the PURPOSE trials were conducted.
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Effects of Individualized Nurse-Led Care Plans on Olaparib Treatment DurationA nurse-led personalized care program conducted through a specialty pharmacy prolonged medication persistence among patients with cancer receiving olaparib.
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Linking Data to Determine Risk for 30-Day Readmissions in DementiaThis study found that certain characteristics in linked electronic health record data across episodes of care can help identify patients with Alzheimer disease and related dementias at high risk of 30-day readmissions.
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Trust Between Patients and Clinicians: An Overlooked and Affordable Approach to Improving US Health CareRaising the visibility of the importance of trust in patient-clinician relationships can help ensure it is acknowledged and incorporated into policy and tactical considerations.
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Benefits of Continuing Subcutaneous Daratumumab After Initial Quad Therapy: Pieter Sonneveld, MD, PhDPieter Sonneveld, MD, PhD, professor of hematology and chair of the Erasmus MC Cancer Institute in Rotterdam, Netherlands, discussed the continued use of subcutaneous daratumumab following initial treatment, as well as the changing landscape of multiple myeloma treatment.
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Novel Multicancer Early Detection Technology––Potential Value to Employers and the WorkforceMulticancer early detection technology could help reduce cancer mortality compared to the current strategy of single-cancer screening tests.
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Relationship Between Medication Adherence and Other Medicare Star Rating MeasuresPerformance on Medicare Star Ratings medication adherence measures is significantly tied to performance on the intermediate outcome and statin process measures.
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Experts Recount What Aspects of SECO Will Be Vital to Their Future PracticeAttendees and experts from the Southeastern Educational Congress of Optometry (SECO) 2025 meeting highlight research and sessions they will take away.
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Covishield India: Demystifying Myths Through an Early Multicenter Safety StudyThis was a multicenter study carried out in India to study the adverse and systemic effects of the indigenously developed Covishield vaccine.
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Reimagining the Inpatient Palliative Care Consult: Lessons From COVID-19Digital 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.
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Pricing and Insurance Networks in Outpatient Surgery MarketsThis article examines how prices, insurer payments, and patient payments for outpatient surgeries differ by site of care and network status.
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Mental Health Service Utilization Review Patterns in a Medicaid Managed Care ProgramMedicaid 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.
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Community Health Workers’ Critical Role in Trust Building Between the Medical System and Communities of ColorThe 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.
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Spending Patterns Among Commercially Insured Individuals During the COVID-19 PandemicIn 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.
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Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions and Long-term Opioid TreatmentLittle is known about opioid prescribing patterns in patients with chronic overlapping pain conditions. This study suggests target populations for interventions to manage chronic pain.
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Clinic Price Reductions in a Tiered Total Cost Benefit DesignFindings of this evaluation of primary care clinic responses in a tiered total cost of care benefit design suggest that clinics respond by reducing prices.
