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Kimberly J. Erlich, MSN, MPH, RN, CPNP, PMHS

Latest:

Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Management of Adolescent Behavioral Health

Personnel costs ($90,514) of a primary care–embedded adolescent behavioral health nurse practitioner over 2 years were 63% of the potential revenue generated ($144,449).


Kenneth C. Hohmeier, PharmD

Latest:

Amazon Pharmacy: Distraction or Disruption?

After years of anticipation, Amazon Pharmacy launched in November 2020. The question is now: Is this market entry a disruption, a distraction, or something in between?



Jordan Rosedahl, BS

Latest:

Impact of Advance Care Planning Consults on Advance Directives Completion

Implementing advance care planning consults can increase advance directive completion rates. The authors demonstrate the impact of consults on completed advance directives in the medical record.


Aisha T. Langford, PhD, MPH

Latest:

When Does Nonadherence Indicate a Deviation From Patient-Centered Care?

The authors suggest that assessment of patient-centered care may be improved by flagging probable discordance between a patient’s preferences and their treatment care plan.




Caleb J. Scheckel, DO

Latest:

Neulasta Onpro: A Coup de Grâce?

With the rapid decline in average sales price of reference pegfilgrastim products due to biosimilar competition, health care institutions and payers may grapple with coverage of Neulasta Onpro.


Jason Harris

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FDA Fast Tracks BCMA-Targeted CAR T-Cell Therapy for R/R Multiple Myeloma

The FDA has granted a fast track designation to CB-011, a CRISPR-edited allogeneic CAR T-cell therapy developed by Caribou Biosciences, for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.


Christopher M. Whinney, MD

Latest:

The Relationship Between the Follow-up to Discharge Ratio and Length of Stay

The objective was to evaluate the correlation between the follow-up to discharge ratio and average length of stay.


Charles Maynard, PhD, MSW

Latest:

Factors Associated With Primary Care Physician Turnover in the VA

This longitudinal observational study found higher team satisfaction with workload to be significantly associated with lower primary care physician turnover.


Mitch Perry

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Contributor: For Better or Worse, Inflation Isn’t New to Health Insurers

In this column, a health insurance executive discusses 2 ways to address rising inflation, including moving past the traditional fee-for-service payment model.


Ryan Scott

Latest:

Neoadjuvant KN026 Plus Docetaxel Demonstrate Early Activity in HER2+ Breast Cancer

A combination of KN026, a novel bispecific antibody, and docetaxel elicited responses with an acceptable toxicity profile when administered as neoadjuvant treatment in patients with HER2-positive (HER2+) early or locally advanced breast cancer.


Ryan Nguyen, PharmD, BCPS

Latest:

Pharmacist-Led Review of Empagliflozin and Ertugliflozin Following Formulary Update

Management of empagliflozin and ertugliflozin may be suboptimal following an insurance carrier’s formulary updates. Pharmacists may improve the management.


Jaehyeon Yun, PhD

Latest:

Predicting Hospital Readmission in Medicaid Patients With Diabetes Using Administrative and Claims Data

A statistical model based entirely on claims data can accurately predict 30-day hospital readmission in Medicaid patients with diabetes.


Scott E. Regenbogen, MD, MPH

Latest:

Hospital Strategies in Commercial Episode-Based Reimbursement

This study reports qualitative findings from an explanatory sequential mixed-methods investigation to understand hospitals’ approaches to a novel commercial episode-based reimbursement incentive program.





Dennis G. Maki, MD

Latest:

COVID-19 Control in the United States: The Case for Masking

In the control of COVID-19, the future perfect of the vaccine should not be the enemy of the present good, which is masking.



Marta Fiocco, PhD

Latest:

Identifying Complex Patients Using Adjusted Clinical Groups Risk Stratification Tool

In this study, the authors developed a method for use in primary care to identify a group of patients with complex care needs using Aggregated Diagnosis Groups.


Lynda Charters

Latest:

ASRS 2023: Intended vs Actual Treatment Intervals Between Intravitreal Anti-VEGF Injections: Effects of Treatment Days

In the study, researchers found that nearly one-quarter of anti-VEGF injections were received at least 1 week later than intended.


Mohamed I. Elsaid, PhD, MPH

Latest:

A Case-Control Study of Length of Stay Outliers

Length of stay outliers are associated with hospital-acquired infections, complications, and discharge to facility, as opposed to nonmodifiable risk factors like age and comorbidities.


Maritza Suarez, MD

Latest:

Social Determinants of Health Score: Does It Help Identify Those at Higher Cardiovascular Risk?

Calculating a social score is feasible and it predicts cardiovascular outcomes. In order to do this, institutions have to collect social determinants of health.



Ruth Torreblanca, PhD

Latest:

Management of Procalcitonin Test Overuse in an Emergency Department Through a Computer Algorithm

Procalcitonin test demand from the emergency department is growing, necessitating the implementation of strategies to address overuse. Successful interventions must be based on information technology.


Jordyn Newcome, MBA

Latest:

Screening for Health Literacy, Social Determinants, and Discrimination in Health Plans

This study provides insight on the experiences of patients of a national health plan with 2 structural determinants of health—health care discrimination and health literacy—and how those interact with social determinants of health and patient demographics.


David S. Krause, MD

Latest:

Predicting Drug-Drug and Drug-Gene Interactions in a Community Pharmacy Population

The probability of drug interactions increases when genetic polymorphisms are considered, indicating that pharmacogenetic assessment may be useful in predicting the presence and severity of interactions.


Allyson W. O’Connor, MPH

Latest:

Changes in Electronic Notification Volume and Primary Care Provider Burnout

Primary care provider burnout was analyzed before and after a national initiative to optimize the electronic health record inbox notification system at the Veterans Health Administration.

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