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Helen M. Parsons, PhD

Latest:

Real-World Digitally Based Diabetes Management Program Implementation by a Large Employer

This study offers new insights to self-insured employers and health plans related to investment in digitally based disease management programs and enrollee engagement.


Zeid El-Kilani, MPP

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Projected US Savings From Biosimilars, 2021-2025

Projected savings from biosimilars from 2021 to 2025 were $38.4 billion vs conditions as of quarter 4 of 2020 and were driven by new biosimilar entry. Savings were $124.5 billion under an upper-bound scenario.


Aaron Baum, PhD

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Geographic Variations and Facility Determinants of Acute Care Utilization and Spending for ACSCs

Emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations for ambulatory care–sensitive conditions (ACSCs) among Medicaid patients constitute almost 40% of all ED visits and hospitalizations, with lower rates observed in areas with greater proximity to urgent care facilities and density of rural health clinics.



Jacob Sands, MD

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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.


Ray Sieradzan, PharmD

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Hypoglycemia Upon Hospital Admission From Long-term Care: Health Care Resource Use

This analysis of a hospital billing database describes inpatient length of stay, intensive care unit length of stay, comorbidities, and costs for patients with diabetes after admission with hypoglycemia from long-term care or home.


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John Mascarenhas, MD

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Next Steps for INCA33989 Focus on Dosing, Delivery, and Safety: John Mascarenhas, MD

INCA33989 continues to show strong safety and early signs of disease modification in essential thrombocythemia, according to John Mascarenhas, MD, with next steps focused on optimizing dosing and delivery scheduling.


Palak Kundu, MD, MBA

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Psychological Safety and Use of Incident Reporting Systems

Incident reporting systems, which are often computer based and require no in-person interactions, can enable health care staff who perceive low psychological safety to speak up.


John K. Yue, MD

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Insurance Payer Is Associated With Length of Stay After Traumatic Brain Injury

Among hospitalized patients with traumatic brain injury, Medicaid fee-for-service was associated with longer hospital stays than private insurance and Medicaid managed care organizations.


Melissa Johlie, BA

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Provider and Patient Insights Into the Cancer Care Journey

A survey was conducted to determine opportunities to aid primary care providers and patients in the difficult journey of an oncology patient.


Zeeshan Syed, PhD

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Machine Intelligence for Early Targeted Precision Management and Response to Outbreaks of Respiratory Infections

This paper evaluates novel machine intelligence to predict patients at risk of severe respiratory infections and recommend postacute care providers likely to reduce infection risk.


Aliza S. Gordon, MPH

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Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries’ Grocery Supplemental Benefit Use and Health Care Utilization

Medicare Advantage grocery supplemental benefit use is associated with increased outpatient care, suggesting that policy changes allowing for nonmedical supplemental benefits could improve beneficiaries’ health, especially for dual-eligible beneficiaries.


James Chu, PhD

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Community Health Workers’ Critical Role in Trust Building Between the Medical System and Communities of Color

The 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.


Ximena Ramos Salas, PhD

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Overcoming Weight Bias in Health Care Systems

This commentary calls for health care systems to deliver equitable care for people living with obesity by addressing weight bias and updating standards in obesity care.


Ian Neeland, MD, FAHA, FACC

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Closing Perspectives

Experts discuss how to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) compared to traditional monitoring, considering both clinical and quality outcomes, and what combination of economic and quality data would most effectively support broader CGM adoption across health systems and payer organizations.


Aroon Karra, PhD

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An Integrated Practice Unit Tool for the Military Health System

Researchers developed and tested an assessment tool to measure coordinated care for traumatic brain injury against the criteria of an integrated practice unit.


Andrea Tull, PhD

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The Role of Race, Ethnicity, and Language in Care Transitions

Diverse patients experience disparities in care transitions. A survey of 224 patients showed differences by race, ethnicity, and language in technology access and in patient worries post discharge.


Lucy Cummins, BS

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Interventions Addressing Cost-Related Medication Nonadherence in Diabetes: A Scoping Review

Many US patients with diabetes cannot afford their medical care. The authors review the impact of interventions that reduced and/or eliminated diabetes-related costs.


Dominique Seo, MPH
Dominique Seo, MPH

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Contributor: The Role of Dynamic Pricing in Health Technology Assessment for MDD

Incorporating dynamic pricing into cost-effectiveness analysis could offer significant benefits for equity in health care.


Himanshu Sharma, MD

Latest:

Covishield India: Demystifying Myths Through an Early Multicenter Safety Study

This was a multicenter study carried out in India to study the adverse and systemic effects of the indigenously developed Covishield vaccine.


Sachin Sengupta

Latest:

Redefining Cancer Care: Putting Equity, Quality, and Patients at the Center

The fight to improve cancer care includes aspects of both equity and quality. Over the past decade, health insurance coverage has been expanded to millions of previously uninsured Americans, but there is evidence that not every patient has the same access or the same quality of care.


Carolyn K. Clevenger, DNP, RN, GNP-BC, AGPCNP-BC

Latest:

Impact of Electronic Information Exchange on Repeat Imaging During 30-Day Readmissions Among Medicare Beneficiaries

This analysis of Medicare data examines the relationships between fragmented readmission, health information exchange, and repeat imaging in older adults with and without Alzheimer disease.


Krina Patel, MD, MSc

Latest:

Safety and Outpatient Potential of Anito-Cel in Multiple Myeloma

At ASH 2025, iMMagine-1 data showed that anito-cel has a favorable and durable safety profile with low rates of severe CRS, neurotoxicity, and infections.


Thomas Grace, MD

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Combined Effect of Continuous Glucose Monitoring and Semaglutide: Analysis of Administrative Claims

Claims data reveal larger hemoglobin A1c decreases in people with type 2 diabetes who use continuous glucose monitoring and semaglutide compared with semaglutide alone.


Daniel Shenfeld, PhD

Latest:

Primary Care Visit Cadence and Hospital Admissions in High-Risk Patients

Patients with congestive heart failure and/or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who had more quarterly primary care visits had lower rates of hospitalizations during the COVID-19 pandemic.


Hinpetch Daungsupawong, PhD

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KAP Regarding ChatGPT Among Health Care Professionals: Correspondence

This letter discusses previously published research that paves the way for deeper exploration of the ethical and human aspects of artificial intelligence in health care.


Ivan Pasillas, MD

Latest:

Scaling Care Coordination Through Digital Engagement: Stepped-Wedge Trial Assessing Readmissions

This evaluation looks at a postdischarge digital engagement (PDDE) program using causal inference methods to examine the impact of PDDE on readmission.



Janine Lovell, BSN, RN, CCM

Latest:

Appropriate ED Utilization Leading to Better Care Coordination

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

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