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Karina Abdallah, PharmD

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Looking Toward the Future: Management of C. Diff Infection

Closing out their discussion on recurrent clostridium difficile infection management, experts share closing thoughts and hopes for the future.


Nancy Pandhi, MD, PhD, MPH

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Collaborative Care Implementation: Lessons Learned

The authors drafted a “Shared Values of Collaborative Care” document with fundamental principles to make better group decisions in implementing collaborative care.


Patrick Essay, PhD

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Managed Critical Care: Impact of Remote Decision-Making on Patient Outcomes

This work serves as a step toward better understanding the implications of remote critical care intervention by evaluating levels of tele–intensive care unit decision-making authority.





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William A. Sarraille, JD

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Contributor: Beyond the Sloganeering—A Data-Driven Analysis of Recent 340B Growth

This contributor column discusses a recent study that shows the 340B Program’s explosive growth is overwhelmingly due to utilization increases, not price.


Joshua Laban, MD

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People Experiencing Homelessness in Miami: Insurance Enrollment Rates, Hypertension Trends

People experiencing homelessness face significant barriers to health care access, leading to higher rates of hypertension even among those with health insurance.


Mariétou H. Ouayogodé, PhD

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Organizational Factors Associated With Variation in Primary Care Providers in ACOs

A higher percentage of accountable care organization (ACO) primary care providers was associated with physician leadership, upside financial risk, and financial compensation of physicians tied to performance measures.


Farhood Farjah, MD, MPH

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Factors Associated With Lung Cancer Risk Factor Documentation

This cross-sectional observational study found several factors associated with whether a patient had sufficient lung cancer risk factor documentation in the electronic health record.


Aaron M. Harris, MD, MPH

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The Hepatitis B Care Cascade Using Administrative Claims Data, 2016

Analysis of a large, nationally representative claims database to longitudinally monitor enrollees with hepatitis B showed that 36% received recommended care and 18% were prescribed treatment.


Jacob Fajnor, BA

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Factors That Increase Utilization Management Risk: A Proof of Concept

A score was developed to measure patient risk from payer utilization management policies and its relationship to real-world US commercial payer utilization management policies.


David H. Au, MD, MS

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Enhancing the e-Consult: Empowering Efficient and Collaborative Care

This editorial provides suggestions for improving the process of e-consults, which are a promising method of expanding access to specialty care.


Anne Chiang, MD, PhD

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Key Takeaways on Recent Advances in SCLC

Panelists discuss how the landscape of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) treatment is rapidly evolving, highlighting key advances in immunotherapy, targeted treatments like tarlatamab, and ongoing research efforts, while emphasizing the importance of early diagnosis, appropriate staging, and personalized treatment approaches to improve patient outcomes and quality of life.


Stanley Crittenden, MD

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Identifying Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 3 With Excess Disease Burden

A high-risk cohort of beneficiaries with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage 3 have a profile similar to patients with CKD stages 4 and 5, indicating potential benefit of earlier nephrology intervention.


Jo Clark, MA, BSM, RN

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Appropriate ED Utilization Leading to Better Care Coordination

Addressing avoidable emergency department (ED) utilization takes interventions in partnership with providers.


Ann E. Cornell, PsyD

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Employer-Sponsored Behavioral Health Program Impacts on Care Utilization and Cost

Provision of enhanced access to behavioral health services by a large employer to its employees is associated with reductions in all-cause care utilization and cost.



Kate Baker, MD, MMHC

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Equity, Metrics, and the Future of Value-Based Models: Kate Baker, MD

Kate Baker, MD, MMHC, medical director of value-based care at Tennessee Oncology, talks about innovations in cancer care highlighted at the Community Oncology Conference.


Akshay J. Manek, MD

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Development and Validation of the COVID-19 Hospitalized Patient Deterioration Index

The authors developed and validated an accurate, well-calibrated, easy-to-implement COVID-19 hospitalized patient deterioration index to identify patients at high or low risk of clinical deterioration.


Yulanka Castro-Dominguez, MD

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Telehealth User Experiences During COVID-19: A Case Study of Outpatient Cardiovascular Clinics Affiliated With a Large Academic Practice

In cardiovascular clinics during COVID-19, notable barriers to successful telehealth use included obtaining diagnostic information needed to deliver high-quality care and technology-related challenges for patients.


Mark S. Ackerman, PhD

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Barriers and Facilitators to Managing Social Care in the Digital Era Among Michigan Health Centers

There is widespread interest in understanding the role of health care in meeting social needs. This study examines community-wide activities, resources, and information technology used to manage social care.


Brittany L. Brown-Podgorski, PhD, MPH

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Patient Need and Provider Referrals to Diabetes Self-management Education

This article demonstrates that few patient encounters with indicators of need for diabetes self-management education result in a provider referral to the service.


Regina Bristow, BS

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Economics of a Health System’s Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine for Its Employees

A direct-to-consumer telemedicine service resulted in lower per-episode unit costs for care within 7 days and only marginally increased the use of services overall.


Samuel Nordberg, PhD

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Optimizing the Management of TRD

Drs Steven Levine, Patricia Ares-Romero, Samuel Nordberg, Martin Rosenzweig, and Carrie Jardine share insight on the future treatment landscape for TRD.


Caroline Seymour

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European Commission Approves Mirvetuximab Soravtansine for FRα+ Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer

The European Commission has approved mirvetuximab soravtansine for select patients with pretreated folate receptor–alpha (FRα)-positive, platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.


Pankhuri Sharma, MBA, LLB

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Leveraging Predictive Analytics to Target Payer-Led Medication Adherence Interventions

This article explores how payers can enhance their medication adherence initiatives to reduce costs and improve member health outcomes by leveraging predictive analytics through machine learning.


Ryan McNally, BS

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Mobile Health Clinic: Lessons Learned Building Partnerships Across Health Systems

Establishing mobile health clinics in rural settings requires collaboration across health systems by aligning missions, building infrastructure to support research, and demonstrating proof of concept.


Interview by Mary Caffrey

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Durability, Reduced Toxicity of CAR NK Therapy in AML May Aid Curative Treatment

Second of 2 parts featuring an interview with Stephen Strickland, MD, MSCI,director, Leukemia Research for Sarah Cannon Research Institute. Strickland recently presented data from a phase 1 trial of SENTI-202, an investigational chimeric antigen receptor natural killer (CAR NK) cell therapy. Toxicity with this therapy is lower than seen in many conventional CAR T-cell therapies.


Dr Mingyang Song
Mingyang Song, MBBS, ScD

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Experts Share Top Takeaways From AACR Annual Meeting 2025

During interviews at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2025, experts shared key insights from this year's conference.

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