Jackie Syrop

Despite a recommendation by the American Diabetes Association, many patients in the California public mental healthcare system who have severe mental illness and are taking antipsychotic medications were not being screened annually.

Nearly 15% of federal marketplace insurance plans completely lack in-network physicians for at least one specialty.

Independent community pharmacists can network across diverse practice settings to improve patients' adherence to health-promoting prescription drug regimens.

Physicians broadly mistrust healthcare insurers and believe they interfere with their ability to provide high-quality patient care

The finding that chronic statin therapy lowers vaccine effectiveness in elderly individuals may have implications for future vaccine recommendations.

Some progress and a lot of room for improvement in the latest Hospital Safety Score report.

A majority of pharmacies are committed to implementing an electronic prior authorization (ePA) solution that sends prior authorization requests electronically to the prescriber.

Patients who had access to their PCP's progress notes had improved adherence to prescribed antihypertension medications.

Twenty-four states have received grants to improve the behavioral health of their citizens by providing community-based mental and substance use disorder treatment.

Study finds a "lost opportunity" to reduce overtreatment and potential medication harm among patients with diabetes.

Three important patient-reported outcomes can help predict hospitalizations among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, potentially helping clinicians to categorize patients' level of risk and design preventive interventions and proper care.

Tiered and narrow insurance network products are increasing in US health insurance markets, particularly in the health insurance exchange market, according to an analysis by Avalere Health.

Out-of-pocket expenses for medications in typical silver plans are twice as high as they are in employer-sponsored plans, leading patients to fill and refill medications less frequently, which has important health implications.

When the Affordable Care Act was proposed more than 6 years ago, the discussion about end-of-life care was limited by political fighting and inertia. Today, there is a greater openness to engaging in this important discussion.

As part of an effort to give patients meaningful and transparent price information to make better-informed decisions about their healthcare, St. Luke's University Health Network launched a price transparency program for patients with high-deductible health plans.

A recent study finds that newly diagnosed cancer patients with incomes below $50,000 are less likely to participate in clinical trials than patients with higher incomes, providing more evidence that income disparities in trial participation remains a serious problem.