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Cancer Care in Transition: Navigating Breakthrough Therapies Amid Economic StrainCancer care evolves with innovative therapies and financial challenges, emphasizing the need for equitable access and sustainable models in treatment delivery.
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A Multistakeholder Effort in Pennsylvania to Improve the Accuracy of Reporting Fatal Drug OverdosesThe authors describe a novel training program for death certifiers in Pennsylvania, which has been designed to specifically focus on some of the main challenges in the death certification process and resulted in a useful model that can potentially be adopted by other states or municipalities.
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Characterizing Obesity in a Large Health Care Delivery System.The prevalence of obesity in the Sutter Health system between 2015 and 2020 was 35%. Differences by race/ethnicity, health insurance, smoking status, and comorbidities were examined.
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Specialty and Operator Status Influence Electronic Health Record Use VariationOperators demonstrated specialty-specific differences in electronic health record efficiency, timeliness, and after-hours use, highlighting how workflow and training shape documentation behaviors across medical disciplines.
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Assessment of Variation in Ambulatory Cardiac Monitoring Among Commercially Insured PatientsAmbulatory cardiac monitors’ clinical and economic outcomes vary; one long-term continuous monitor brand showed greater arrhythmia diagnosis, fewer retests and cardiovascular events, and lower health care resource use and costs.
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Economic Burden of Joint Disease in Psoriasis: US Claims AnalysisThis retrospective claims analysis found that concomitant joint disease in psoriasis is associated with greater health care resource utilization and health care costs than psoriasis alone.
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Modeling the Economic Value of Cardiometabolic Virtual-First Care ProgramsUsing a microsimulation approach, this study modeled the potential multiyear health and economic benefits of participating in cardiometabolic virtual-first care programs.
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Properties of the Overall Hospital Star Ratings and Consumer ChoiceThe CMS Star Ratings may be of limited value for patients choosing hospitals for specific care needs.
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Venetoclax Combo Achieves Mixed Results in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple MyelomaVenetoclax plus bortezomib and dexamethasone improved PFS in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, especially in patients with BCL2high disease.
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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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The Promising Future of Alzheimer Disease TreatmentPanelists conclude the discussion with personal insight into the promising future of Alzheimer disease treatment.
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Prolonged Cessation of Chronic Opioid Analgesic Therapy: A Multidisciplinary InterventionThis article evaluates the immediate and long-term efficacy of a group multidisciplinary program for chronic opioid analgesic therapy cessation in the setting of chronic, noncancer pain.
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Additional Emerging HER2-Targeted Therapies in NSCLCExperts discuss the promising future of HER2-targeted therapies, highlighting new treatments and combination strategies for non-small cell lung cancer.
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Improving Cancer Care Equity in Louisiana: Melanie Sheen, MDOchsner MD Anderson expands cancer care access in Louisiana through community partnerships, technology, and strong patient-physician relationships.
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Sacubitril/Valsartan in Medicare Alternative Payment ModelsOptimizing utilization of sacubitril/valsartan for treatment of heart failure could improve provider performance in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative and the Medicare Shared Savings Program.
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Service Line Care Delivery Model for COVID-19 Patient-Centric CareThe authors provide steps hospitals can take to align their care delivery model to effectively meet the demands of a public health crisis such as the current pandemic.
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FDA Grants Platform Technology Designation to Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Gene Therapy VectorThe platform technology designation is a new designation established by the FDA.
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Development of Multipayer Claims-Based Emergency Department Episodes of CareThirty-day episodes of care initialized by emergency department visits can inform future quality improvement efforts.
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Policy Solutions to Facilitate the New eCQM ACO Reporting and Advancement of InteroperabilityThis article describes the challenges associated with aggregating and reporting quality data via electronic health records and discusses corresponding policy solutions.
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Discharge Prescribing and Subsequent Opioid Use After Traumatic Musculoskeletal InjuryThe authors use surgical resident assignment as an instrumental variable for discharge opioid prescribing and estimate the impact of discharge opioid supply on subsequent use.
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A Clinical Pathway to Well-Being: Putting Patient Priorities at the Center of CareUsing patient priorities and converting them into treatment goals result in better primary care outcomes for Medicare patients.
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Interventions Addressing Cost-Related Medication Nonadherence in Diabetes: A Scoping ReviewMany US patients with diabetes cannot afford their medical care. The authors review the impact of interventions that reduced and/or eliminated diabetes-related costs.
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Mortality Risk Stratification Can Predict Readmissions but Not Length of StayMortality risk stratification can identify patients at higher risk of mortality and readmissions for prevention strategies. Other patients should be the focus of length-of-stay reduction strategies.
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Association of Opioid Utilization Management With Prescribing and OverdoseOpioid utilization management in Medicare was associated with mixed effects on opioid prescribing, and prior authorization was associated with a decreased likelihood of subsequent overdose.
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Subjective and Objective Impacts of Ambulatory AI ScribesAlthough the vast majority of physicians using an artificial intelligence (AI) scribe perceived a reduction in documentation time, those with the most actual time savings had higher relative baseline levels of documentation time.
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Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients Initiating Intravenous Paclitaxel/nab-PaclitaxelWe examine the incidence and impact of chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy on clinical and economic outcomes in women with metastatic breast cancer initiating intravenous paclitaxel/nab-paclitaxel.
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Chronic Disease Management: Why Dementia Care Is DifferentBecause of its often slowly progressive nature, dementia is often included among chronic disease management programs. Yet, for many reasons, its management demands different approaches.
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Future of Cardiorenal Metabolic Syndrome ManagementJeffrey Turner, MD; Nihar R. Desai, MD, MPH; and Om P. Ganda, MD, provide closing thoughts on the future of cardiorenal metabolic syndrome management.
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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.
