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Margaret O'Kane Says AJMC Has Helped Share Learnings Across Healthcare
Medical research tends to be very segmented, but The American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC) has played an important role over the last 20 years in sharing new techniques and findings in managed care, said Margaret E. O'Kane, MHA, president of the National Committee on Quality Assurance.
Medical research tends to be very segmented, but The American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC) has played an important role over the last 20 years in sharing new techniques and findings in managed care, said Margaret E. O'Kane, MHA, president of the National Committee on Quality Assurance.
"How we do things really has been a neglected field," she said. "And the journal has really played an incredibly important role in helping people to share learnings across organizations."
Ms O'Kane wrote the special guest commentary in the February issue of AJMC, which is featured on the 20th anniversary page alongside all special guest commentaries from 2015.
Dr Kathy Zackowski Discusses the Importance of Rehabilitation Research and Trials in MS
April 26th 2024Kathy Zackowski, PhD, National MS Society, expresses the inherent value of quality rehabilitation trials for broadening clinical understandings of multiple sclerosis (MS) and bettering patient outcomes.
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Examining Low-Value Cancer Care Trends Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
April 25th 2024On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with the authors of a study published in the April 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® about their findings on the rates of low-value cancer care services throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Empowering Community Health Through Wellness and Faith
April 23rd 2024To help celebrate and recognize National Minority Health Month, we are bringing you a special month-long podcast series with our Strategic Alliance Partner, UPMC Health Plan. In the third episode, Camille Clarke-Smith, EdD, MS, CHES, CPT, discusses approaching community health holistically through spiritual and community engagement.
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Dr Michael Farwell on FDG PET/CT Imaging to Predict Immunotherapy Response in Advanced Melanoma
April 15th 2024Michael Farwell, MD, associate professor of radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, provides insights into a study on the benefits of using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT imaging to detect metabolic tumor changes in skin cancer.
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