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Irina Koyfman, DNP, NP-C, RN

Latest:

Effect of Remote Patient Monitoring on Stage 2 Hypertension

A community-based remote patient monitoring (RPM) program was associated with significant reduction in blood pressure in Medicare patients with stage 2 hypertension, highlighting the potential benefits of RPM with care coaching.


R. Sacha Bhatia, MD

Latest:

Agreement Among Measures Examining Low-Value Imaging for Low Back Pain

This study demonstrates the need for additional consensus surrounding how to translate guideline recommendations to administrative measures assessing imaging overuse for acute low back pain.


Shiva Salehian, MD, PhD, MPH

Latest:

Health Plan Switching and Satisfaction in a Medicaid MLTSS Program

Health plan dissatisfaction was higher among Medicaid managed long-term services and supports (MLTSS) beneficiaries who did not follow through with an intention to change health plans.


Kristina A. Monteiro, PhD

Latest:

Social Determinants of Health: Are Colonoscopies Always Fit for Duty?

Social determinants of health are associated with colonoscopy noncompletion in a Medicaid patient population at the Providence Community Health Centers.


JoAnne Collins, MPH

Latest:

COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Health Literacy in US Southern States

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is not associated with health literacy. Personal perception of threat was associated with reduced vaccine hesitancy.


Elaine R. Gustetic, LCSW

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.


Jason Fish, MD, MSHS

Latest:

Differences in Savings and Quality by Type of ACO Model

2016-2018 Next Generation Accountable Care Organization (ACO) and Medicare Shared Savings Program cost and quality data show similar performance, suggesting that increasing financial risk to health systems may not affect performance.


Erin O'Brien

Latest:

Study Explores Effects of Experimenter Sex on Ketamine Response

The underlying neural mechanisms identified may help clinicians better understand ketamine response in human patients.


Matthew F. Basilico, MD, PhD

Latest:

Discharge Prescribing and Subsequent Opioid Use After Traumatic Musculoskeletal Injury

The authors use surgical resident assignment as an instrumental variable for discharge opioid prescribing and estimate the impact of discharge opioid supply on subsequent use.


Mia Moore, PhD, Fred Hutch
Mia Moore, PhD

Latest:

Modeling COVID-19 Immunity and Vaccination Impact

This research investigated averted hospitalizations in Oregon and Washington, which had greater than 75% uptake of at least 1 dose of an mRNA-based COVID vaccine.




Jeffrey Vietri, PhD

Latest:

Financial Incentives Tied to Medicare Star Ratings: Impact on Influenza Vaccination Uptake in Medicare Beneficiaries

Influenza vaccine uptake improved among Medicare Advantage enrollees when influenza vaccination was introduced as a performance metric in Medicare star ratings and accompanying bonus payments.


Adrianne W. Casebeer, PhD

Latest:

Post-SNF Outcomes and Cost Comparison: Medicare Advantage vs Traditional Medicare

Patients enrolled in Medicare Advantage had better outcomes and lower cost following skilled nursing facility (SNF) discharge than patients enrolled in traditional fee-for-service Medicare.


Alexandra Gerlach

Latest:

Combination Immunotherapy Offers New Pathway for Skin Cancer Prevention

A topical treatment combining calcipotriol and 5-FU shows promise in reducing premalignant lesions and lowering skin cancer risk by activating Th2 immunity.


Bram Fleuren, PhD, MSc

Latest:

Addressing Evolving Patient Concerns Around Telehealth in the COVID-19 Era

With a rapid shift to telehealth during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, clinicians, health care organizations, and policy makers must consider and address patients’ evolving needs, concerns, and expectations.


Martin S. Andersen, PhD

Latest:

Association of Opioid Utilization Management With Prescribing and Overdose

Opioid utilization management in Medicare was associated with mixed effects on opioid prescribing, and prior authorization was associated with a decreased likelihood of subsequent overdose.


Angela T. Chen, MA

Latest:

Telemedicine Catches On: Changes in the Utilization of Telemedicine Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic

This analysis of health insurance claims data demonstrates rapid increase and sustained high utilization of telemedicine services during the COVID-19 pandemic.


Benjamin Ungar, MD

Latest:

Discussing the Pathophysiology of Alopecia Areata

Panelists discuss how alopecia areata (AA) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by inflammation that attacks hair follicles, leading to hair loss and varying disease progression.


Sandra Fyfe

Latest:

Can Sleep Quality Affect the Results of In Vitro Fertilization?

The recently published study may shed light on a potential connection between sleep quality and IVF success.



Steven Hass, PhD

Latest:

Perspectives on Nonmedical Switching and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Narrative Review

This review describes the impact of nonmedical switching of biologic therapies on US patients and providers, with a focus on switching to in-class alternatives.


Teela Sanders, JD

Latest:

Social Determinants of Health and Emergency Department Utilization in Alabama Children’s Health Insurance Program

Community social determinants of health such as rurality and low socioeconomic status moderate the association between an individual’s race and emergency care use.


Anthony Coleman, BS

Latest:

Breaking Barriers: Partnerships to Improve Diabetic Eye Health in Alabama

This article reviews barriers to diabetic eye health across Alabama and highlights a partnership with Genentech and the American Diabetes Association to address this issue.


Max J. Mauney, BA

Latest:

Continuity of Opioid Prescribing Among Older Adults on Long-term Opioids

Among older adults with chronic noncancer pain on long-term opioid therapy, greater continuity of opioid prescribing was significantly associated with fewer opioid-related adverse outcomes.


Aylin Yucel, PhD

Latest:

Estimating the Economic Burden of Migraine on US Employers

The Migraine Impact Model is an interactive calculator that estimates migraine prevalence within a workforce and the associated economic burden of migraine on the employer.


Miriam Freimer, MD | Image Credit: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Miriam Freimer, MD

Latest:

Understanding How Complement C5 Inhibitors Work in MG: Miriam Freimer, MD

In myasthenia gravis, complement plays a big role in what happens to the muscle end of the neuromuscular junction, explains Miriam Freimer, MD, an author on 5 abstracts presented at the recent 15th MGFA International Conference on Myasthenia and Related Disorders.


Lingmei Zhou, MS

Latest:

Organizational Capacity Among Hospitals in Medicare and Commercial Bundled Payments

A national survey demonstrated differences in organizational capacity between hospitals participating in Medicare bundled payment programs and those coparticipating in both Medicare and commercial bundled payment programs.



Heidi Crayton, MD

Latest:

Multiple Sclerosis: Looking Toward the Future

Heidi Crayton, MD, and Maria Lopes, MD, discuss future research in multiple sclerosis that they find exciting and promising.

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