Achieving Equitable Representation in Clinical Studies

A report published today by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention underscores the potential of the collaborative care model to lower suicide risk across diverse patient populations and health systems.

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Jenny Han, MD, of Emory School of Medicine and Grady Hospital, about COVID-19, long COVID, and strategies for prevention and care.

Patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer who were non-Hispanic Black, older, had lower household income, resided in nonmetropolitan areas, and were unmarried had higher odds of refusing cytoreductive surgery.

Three abstracts presented at the 2024 American Society of Hematology annual meeting focused on patient preferences and treatment choices in blood cancers.

The analysis supports the integration of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors into treatment paradigms for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) not only for their established benefits but also for addressing anemia.

The findings from this single-center retrospective study compare outcomes between 2 groups of patients living with connective tissue disease–associated pulmonary arterial hypertension (CTD-PAH) stratified by their Heart Failure Association–preserved ejection fraction (HFA-PEFF) algorithm score.