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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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Patient Experience with PDTsPanelists discuss how patients express satisfaction with digital therapeutics for their convenience and real-time accessibility, though lack of payer coverage limits the ability to gather meaningful real-world evidence on their effectiveness.
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Long-Term Health Care Costs Following COVID-19: Implications for Pandemic PreparednessA difference-in-differences analysis of health care claims data evaluated excess health care costs in the 12 months following COVID-19 diagnosis among the general and older adult populations.
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Cancer Care Strategies Addressing Social Determinants of Health: Susan Escudier, MDSusan Escudier, MD, FACP, of Texas Oncology, suggests actionable insights to improve equitable access to patient cancer care
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Trends in Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonist Prescribing PatternsGlucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists, including semaglutide, have increased in use and will continue to increase due to their effectiveness in weight loss.
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Contributor: Unlocking the Value of Unstructured Data From Continuity of Care Documents Using Medical-Grade NLPClinical-grade, expert-supported natural language processing (NLP) is valuable to payers and providers when exchanging patient information through continuity-of-care documents.
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Value-Based Care Interventions and Management of CKD ProgressionPatients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages 3b or 4 experienced slower decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate 20 months after enrollment in a value-based kidney care program.
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Regulation of Provider Networks in Response to COVID-19The authors describe federal and state provider network adequacy standards and discuss how regulators should adapt these standards and accompanying monitoring processes in response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
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Evaluating A-HIPI vs Traditional Scores in Advanced Hodgkin Lymphoma: Andrew Evens, DO, MBA, MScAndrew Evens, DO, MBA, MSc, shares insights from a study on improving prognostic accuracy for advanced-stage Hodgkin lymphoma.
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Type 2 Diabetes Patient Activation and mHealth Interventions Decreased Cardiovascular Disease RiskMobile health (mHealth) and a patient activation program could serve as a model for improving health outcomes for patients in outpatient clinical settings by decreasing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk score.
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Follow-Up and Monitoring: Proactive Strategies for Long-Term Patient Engagement After Hidradenitis Suppurativa DiagnosisPanelists discuss the critical role of effective follow-up and multidisciplinary care in managing hidradenitis suppurativa, emphasizing ongoing patient education, coordinated referrals, and personalized treatment plans to improve adherence and long-term outcomes.
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Safety Considerations and Practical Strategies for Using Bispecific Antibodies in Multiple MyelomaExplore the safety considerations and unique toxicities of bispecific antibodies, including cytokine release syndrome and neurotoxicity management.
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Early SYRUS Data Highlight Safety, Efficacy of AZD0486 in Relapsed/Refractory B-Cell ALL: Ibrahim Aldoss, MDAZD0486 demonstrated encouraging safety and dose-dependent efficacy in heavily pretreated adolescent and adult patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), according to early findings from the phase 1/2 SYRUS trial and Ibrahim Aldoss, MD, of City of Hope.
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Availability of Prices for Shoppable Services on Hospital Internet SitesOnly 60% of hospitals display their cash prices and 5% display their minimum negotiated charges on their public websites; many hospitals are in violation of new federal legislation.
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Comprehensive Genomic Profiling in Community OncologyRecommendations to address limitations in more widespread use of reflex testing in community oncology.
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Telehealth User Experiences During COVID-19: A Case Study of Outpatient Cardiovascular Clinics Affiliated With a Large Academic PracticeIn 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.
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Type 2 Diabetes Patient Activation and mHealth Interventions Decreased Cardiovascular Disease RiskMobile health (mHealth) and a patient activation program could serve as a model for improving health outcomes for patients in outpatient clinical settings by decreasing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk score.
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Subcutaneous Amivantamab for NSCLC Could Benefit Patients, Practices: Balazs Halmos, MDBalazs Halmos, MD, of Montefiore Albert Einstein Cancer Center, discussed the potential impact of subcutaneous amivantamab EGFR-mutated NSCLC.
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Sex Differences in Medicare Beneficiaries’ Experiences by Low-Income StatusOnly low-income male Medicare beneficiaries had worse patient experience than their female counterparts. The authors discuss opportunities to improve experiences for all patients.
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Insurer Costs of COVID-19 by Disease Severity and DurationPayer costs for COVID-19 ranged from a mean of $505 for asymptomatic cases to $126,094 for severe cases with post–COVID-19 condition.
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Impact of Functional Recovery on Patients Having Heart SurgeryThis article describes the positive impact that actively managing functional recovery has on postacute placement for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery.
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Do Localized Disasters Impact Clinical Measures of Health Care Quality?This study examines the impact of geographically limited disasters on health care quality performance scores of Medicare Advantage contracts, finding limited impact on performance scores.
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Quality of Life: The Pending Outcome in Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisBecause evidence gaps in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis research hinder demonstration of antifibrotic therapies’ impact on patient quality of life (QOL), integrating validated health-related QOL measures into trials is urgently needed.
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Preventing Tomorrow’s High-Cost Claims: The Rising-Risk Patient Opportunity in MedicaidFor Medicaid care management, focusing on rising-risk patients is more effective than targeting high-cost claimants, whose spending tends to decrease over time due to regression to the mean.
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Implementing Clinical Informatics Tools for Primary Care–Based Diabetic Retinopathy ScreeningThe authors describe a primary care–based diabetic retinopathy screening program incorporating telemedicine, strong health information technology engagement, and development of clinical informatics tools.
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Real-World Value of Direct-Acting Antivirals for Hepatitis C at Kaiser Permanente Southern CaliforniaThis analysis demonstrates value and innovation of direct-acting antivirals for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C in the US Kaiser Permanente health system.
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Maternal and Infant RSV Immunization Safe, Effective Regardless of SequenceCombined or individual use of maternal RSVpreF and infant nirsevimab achieved high antibody levels without safety concerns, supporting current RSV prevention strategies.
