Hayden is an assistant editor for The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®) and joined AJMC® in 2021, where she produces written and video content covering multiple disease states.
She has a BA in journalism & media studies from Rutgers University. You can connect with Hayden on LinkedIn.
Patients Engage With Opioid Use Disorder PDT Across Regions, Company Says
May 24th 2022Prescription digital therapeutic (PDT) reSET-O, used for opioid use disorder, had similar engagement levels across a broad range of geographic regions in the United States, including both urban and rural areas.
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Dr John DeWitt Explains Findings on Achalasia Diagnosis, Treatment Trends
May 24th 2022At Digestive Disease Week 2022, John M. DeWitt, MD, professor of medicine, Indiana University Health, explains his findings on the diagnosis and management of achalasia in 2022 and how the COVID-19 pandemic affected these trends.
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Dr Sravanthi Parasa Emphasizes Importance of Clinical Education on AI
May 23rd 2022At Digestive Disease Week 2022, Sravanthi Parasa, MD, gastroenterologist at Swedish Gastroenterology, talks about how artificial intelligence (AI) is used in gastroenterology and what challenges it may pose for clinicians.
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Dr Paul Feuerstadt Explains Findings of PUNCH CD2, CD3 Trials on RBX2660 for Recurrent C difficile
May 23rd 2022Investigational microbiota-based live therapeutic RBX2660 was found to be safe and effective at reducing Clostridioides difficile (C difficile) recurrence, said Paul Feuerstadt, MD, assistant clinical professor at Yale University School of Medicine, gastroenterologist at PACT Gastroenterology Center, at Digestive Disease Week 2022.
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Dr Preethi Venkat Discusses Impact of Recurrent C difficile Hospitalizations in Patients With IBD
May 23rd 2022Outcomes were worse for patients hospitalized once for Clostridioides difficile infection compared with alternative reasons for hospitalization, but the risk of adverse outcomes did not seem to increase with recurrent admissions for C difficile, explained Preethi Venkat, MD, second-year internal medicine resident at University of California, San Diego, at Digestive Disease Week 2022.
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Dr Eric Low Explains Challenges Surrounding Achalasia Diagnosis at DDW 2022
May 22nd 2022Because symptoms are similar to those of gastroesophageal reflux disease, achalasia is often misdiagnosed, explained Eric Low, MD, MPH, gastroenterology fellow at University of California, San Diego at Digestive Disease Week 2022.
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Dr Fola May Describes Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis, Treatment at DDW 2022
May 22nd 2022The accumulation of screening and treatment disparities are contributing to colorectal cancer incidence and mortality disparities, said Folasade (Fola) May, MD, PhD, gastroenterologist, health services researcher at University of California, Los Angeles, at Digestive Disease Week 2022.
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High Proportions of Deaths Among Infants, Children Linked to RSV, Researchers Find
May 20th 2022Researchers also found that 95% of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-associated acute lower respiratory infection episodes and more than 97% of RSV-attributable deaths were among children in low– and middle-income countries.
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Dr Patricia Deverka on Determining Value of Multicancer Detection Tests
May 20th 2022The value of multicancer early detection tests is based not only on cost, but cost in relation to the outcomes, said Patricia Deverka, MD, MS, senior researcher, deputy director at the Center for Translational and Policy Research and Precision Medicine, University of California San Francisco.
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DREAMS HIV Interventions Linked to Favorable Behavioral Outcomes Among Young Women in South Africa
May 19th 2022Adolescent girls and young women in South Africa were more likely to practice favorable sexual behaviors if they accessed DREAMS (Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored, and Safe)–like interventions such as school-based HIV prevention and HIV testing.
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Dr Latha Alaparthi Previews DDW 2022 With Conversation on Women Leadership in GI
May 18th 2022Latha Alaparthi, MD, gastroenterologist at Gastroenterology Center of Connecticut, talks about lessons she has learned from being a woman in a medical leadership position and what she hopes to teach others at the Women in GI Luncheon at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2022.
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The US Preventive Services Task Force has never evaluated a multicancer screening test for endorsement, which may make the process even longer, said Patricia Deverka, MD, MS, senior researcher, deputy director at the Center for Translational and Policy Research and Precision Medicine, University of California San Francisco.
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Leah Owens Explains Tennessee Oncology's Next Steps to Maintain Quality Care Post OCM
May 12th 2022After the Oncology Care Model (OCM) expires at the end of June, Tennessee Oncology will take what it learned from the model and apply it to commercial value-based care arrangements and potentially the next Medicare model, said Leah Owens, DNP, RN, executive director of care transformation at Tennessee Oncology.
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Age, Sex, Socioeconomic Status Play a Role in Likelihood of Consistent RA Treatment, Study Says
May 10th 2022Male sex, older age, lower socioeconomic status, higher comorbidity score, and having an older or male rheumatologist were associated with the reduced likelihood of continuing with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment.
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Dr Hatem Soliman Explains Short-, Long-term Treatment Priorities for Metastatic Disease
May 3rd 2022The intent of metastatic disease treatment is palliative, not curative, so we try to prolong life and provide quality of life as much as we can, said Hatem Soliman, MD, medical director of the Clinical Trials Office, Moffitt Cancer Center.
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Dr Steven Yeh Explains Xipere Follow-up Findings, Learning Curves for Clinicians
May 2nd 2022Steven Yeh, MD, professor of ophthalmology at the Truhlsen Eye Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, discusses the length of Xipere's treatment benefits and potential learning curves regarding its suprachoroidal delivery mechanism.
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Dr Patricia Deverka Discusses Access, Research for Multicancer Early Detection Tests
April 29th 2022Patricia Deverka, MD, MS, senior researcher, deputy director at the Center for Translational and Policy Research and Precision Medicine, University of California San Francisco, explains what multicancer early detection tests currently exist and the research needed to understand their clinical utility.
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NFID Board Members Explain Their Hopes for the Future of RSV Treatment, Prevention
April 28th 2022William Schaffner, MD, medical director at the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID), and Patsy Stinchfield, RN, MS, CPNP, president-elect of NFID, explain what strategies they look forward to being implemented in the prevention and treatment of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
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