Health Care Delivery

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, Anna Forsythe, PharmD, MSc, MBA, vice president of value and access at Cytel, explains the monetary and humanistic costs of conversion therapy among LGBTQ+ populations in the United States.

Idaho legislature passed Texas-inspired abortion law banning the procedure after 6 weeks of pregnancy; patients who were bedridden with severe cases of COVID-19 had increased risks of anxiety and depression more than a year later; number of deaths by suicide in Japanese women rose for second straight year.

Longer-term findings of the Measure Up 1 and 2 studies showed the JAK inhibitor upadacitinib to be safe and effective after 52 weeks in the treatment of adults and adolescents with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis.

Researchers outlined trends in treatment and management for patients presenting to the emergency department with headaches.

Cardiac troponin I (cTnI) and N-terminal pro-brain-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) were associated with incident cardiovascular events in patients with psoriatic disease.

Screening for colorectal cancer is an urgent priority for Americans aged 45 and older; low COVID-19 vaccine uptake was observed among US children aged 5 to 11 years in the first weeks of eligibility; WHO warns of increased alcohol consumption risk due to the pandemic.

A majority of patients with ophthalmic video visits were satisfied, but there were some predictors that contributed to which patients were more satisfied, explained Darren Chen, MD student at Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences.

Kashyap Patel, MD, chief executive officer, Carolina Blood and Cancer Care Associations, and current president of the Community Oncology Alliance (COA), previews his discussion on health equity to be held at the 2022 Community Oncology Conference.

Minority, low-income, and elderly patients faced greater barriers to care even when it went virtual during the pandemic, according to Gregory Vidal, MD, PhD, medical oncologist specializing in breast cancer at West Cancer Center.

Robert Sidbury, MD, MPH, chief, Division of Dermatology, Seattle Children's Hospital, discussed the psychosocial and behavioral issues faced by patients with atopic dermatitis, particularly those with severe disease.

The mortality rate for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was greater than one-third if they were admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU).

Quality of life for children with asthma may be influenced by psychological and sociocultural determinants of health.

A retrospective, quasi-experimental study found that patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for acute respiratory failure (ARF) saw better outcomes when an inter-ICU transfer came within the first 2 days of admittance.

Glenn Balasky, executive director of Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers, previewed topics and potential takeaways from his discussion on building a community oncology practice for the future at the 2022 Community Oncology Conference.

Administering dupilumab for other atopic conditions, including atopic dermatitis (AD) and asthma, in patients who also have eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), resulted in improved EoE symptoms.

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A new opinion indicates paying those with substance use disorder to stay clean could be legal; the 2020 Census undercounted some racial minorities; the true global COVID-19 death toll could be 3 times higher than the official tally.

Soumya Chakravarty, MD, PhD, FACP, FACR, strategic lead, Rheumatology Therapeutic Area at Janssen, spoke on adverse patient outcomes caused by diagnostic delays in psoriatic arthritis and progress made to address this unmet need.

Across these ethical considerations, the researchers emphasize the importance of collaborating with patients and their caregivers.

This new study of pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes from France and Belgium investigated the effectiveness of insulin delivery via closed-loop and open-loop systems.

David Penberthy, MD, MBA, medical director of radiation oncology at Southside Regional Medical Center, discusses his theme as president-elect of the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) and what initiatives and discussions he looks forward to addressing over the next year.

Reasons for pursuing genomic profiling among patients with advanced bladder, renal, and prostate cancers included guiding treatment and improving treatment response, in which age and education level were found to significantly influence shared decision-making.

This study presents a methodology for forecasting demand of COVID-19 on health resources in an integrated health system.

People who have both severe mental illness (SMI) and obstructive airways disease (OAD) experience extraordinary disability and isolation, which leads to a lack of access to care and increased use of urgent care.

Dupilumab was shown to significantly improve factors of skin barrier function, including transepidermal water loss, lipid composition, and filaggrin, among patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis.

The meta-analysis found insufficient evidence to assess the validity of the screening in diagnosing age-related macular degeneration.

Pfizer will begin phase 2 and 3 trials of its COVID-19 antiviral pill in children 6 years and older; lawmakers respond after e-cigarette companies began using unregulated synthetic nicotine to get around FDA regulation; the American College of Rheumatology released a new guideline on the management of Kawasaki disease.

This article examines the association between a large-scale primary care redesign—the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus Initiative—and ambulatory care patterns of Medicare beneficiaries with highly fragmented care.

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Tim Gronniger, the CEO of Caravan Health, about what to look for as accountable care organizations (ACOs) and policy makers try to encourage more providers to join value-based care arrangements.