May 8th 2024
Regular users of the emergency department (ED) transiently reduced ED visits when faced with ED access barriers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mobile Health Clinic: Lessons Learned Building Partnerships Across Health Systems
March 17th 2023Establishing mobile health clinics in rural settings requires collaboration across health systems by aligning missions, building infrastructure to support research, and demonstrating proof of concept.
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Lawyers were questioned in a federal lawsuit intending to overturn approval of a drug used for medication abortion; during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, US maternal mortality increased for the third year in a row; the Alzheimer’s Association is lobbying Congress to push for Medicare coverage of new Alzheimer drugs under early access.
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Eliminating Defects in Value: Turnaround of an MSSP ACO
A health system transformational leadership framework and management system made visible and eliminated defects in value and was associated with reduced annual Medicare expenditures and increased quality between 2017 and 2020.
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Pregnant Women With Epilepsy Experience Worse Perinatal Outcomes
March 15th 2023Findings of a meta-analysis showed that women with epilepsy were at increased odds of miscarriage, stillbirth, and maternal death, and risk of poor perinatal outcomes increased with greater use of antiseizure medication.
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Dr Lee Norman on How the Pandemic Changed His Thoughts About Building Resilience
March 14th 2023Lee A. Norman, MD, MHS, MBA, spoke at The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®)’s Institute for Value-Based Medicine®'s March 2023 event on population health about leading physician practices and navigating through change; here, he talks about how the COVID-19 pandemic shifted how he thinks about resiliency during times of intense stress and work.
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Samyukta Mullangi, MD, MBA, oncology fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and incoming medical director at Thyme Care, spoke on financial toxicity, heterogeneity of cancer, and other complex factors in oncology care systems that may perpetuate disparities in health care outcomes and delivery among patients.
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Kirk Campbell, MD, FASN, vice chair for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Department of Medicine at Mount Sinai Health System in New York, spoke on health equity efforts by his organization to improve clinical outcomes through demographic data collection, educational research, and workforce training.
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High Incidence of Medication Errors Following Hospital Discharge Shown in Pediatric Epilepsy
March 3rd 2023Incidence of medication problems and their harm potential following hospital discharge among pediatric patients with epilepsy were not significantly different for individuals who received discharge medication education and those who did not.
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42 Health Systems Picked for PCORI Plan to Move Clinical Research to Practice
March 3rd 2023Seeking to speed up the execution of evidence-based care practices, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) announced the 42 health systems across the country who will join a 5-year program to build capacity and implementation to improve health care outcomes.
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Building Community-Level Solutions to Address Health Disparities: A Q&A With Dr Joneigh Khaldun
March 2nd 2023Joneigh Khaldun, MD, MPH, FACEP, vice president and chief health equity officer for CVS Health, speaks on the launch of her organization’s Community Equity Alliance that aims to address structural barriers to equitable care in underserved communities through partnerships with local academic and health care institutions.
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Dr Eric Rackow Discusses the Role of Virtual Support for Family Caregivers
March 1st 2023Eric Rackow, MD, cofounder and executive chairman of eFamilyCare, discusses eFamilyCare's role for family caregivers and how the system can help overcome social determinants of health that may impact patient outcomes.
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What We’re Reading: Rare Disease Drug Approved; Congress and PBMs; FDA Panel Splits on RSV Shot
March 1st 2023The FDA approved the first drug for the rare disease Friedreich’s ataxia; House Republicans seek information from pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs); FDA panel narrowly supports respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for older adults.
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Telementoring Program Linked With Improvement in Epilepsy Care Among School Nurses
February 22nd 2023School nurses reported improved knowledge and confidence in the care of students with seizures after undergoing the Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) telementoring program for epilepsy.
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Joneigh Khaldun, MD, MPH, FACEP, vice president and chief health equity officer for CVS Health, speaks on the goals of the Community Equity Alliance in improving health care disparities, particularly for cardiovascular health and mental health outcomes, within underserved communities.
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