Jackie Syrop

While there have been large increases in the cost of new cancer treatments for patients with metastatic breast, lung, or kidney cancer, or chronic myeloid leukemia, researchers found that there were also large gains in life expectancy.

Barring major advances in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), hospitalizations for the disease will increase by more than 150% over the next 15 years in developed countries

Analysis of prescription transaction data provided insight into reduced out-of-pocket spending and increased medical fill rates for people who gained coverage under the Affordable Care Act and had at least 1 chronic condition.

Older fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries with dementia who have lower levels of continuity of care have higher rates of hospitalization, emergency department visits, testing, and healthcare spending.

About half of people involved with the justice system are newly eligible for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act. While coverage is rising, one-third still lack insurance.

Compared with a decade ago, the vast majority of long-term care claimants are satisfied with their coverage and interactions with the insurance company, according to a survey sponsored by America's Health Insurance Plans.

People who visit the emergency department (ED) for mental health care are transferred to another facility at a rate 6 times higher than people who visit EDs for non-psychiatric conditions, and they wait hours longer, as well

A new national study of adults with commercial health insurance found that although use of what are termed “low-value” medical services is modest, there is potential for considerable cost savings if spending on these services is reduced.

Massachusetts achieved near-universal insurance coverage after enacting its own healthcare reform 10 years ago, but gains in improved access to and affordability of care faded over time.

Understanding patients’ capability for self-management is a key part of understanding the risk of health declines and avoidable utilization, researchers determine.

Gaps in the treatment of depression exist with many people who screen positive for depression not receiving treatment, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The University of Minnesota filed a lawsuit against Gilead Sciences, maintaining that the pharmaceutical company infringed on a patent when it marketed 3 medications for the treatment of the hepatitis C virus.

Two state-specific studies in Annals of Emergency Medicine provided insight into emergency department use and staffing since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

The treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus has been revolutionized by the development of direct-acting antivirals, but a small fraction of patients do experience resistance and treatment failure.

Analysis showed that late-life cognitive activities may have a protective effect in preventing and delaying the development of Alzheimer's disease or other types of age-associated dementia.

More communities across the country have implemented policies prohibiting the sale of tobacco products in retail pharmacy stores in an effort to respond to pharmacists’ concerns about their professional obligation to promote health and wellness among patrons in their stores.

Despite the introduction of interventions to address disparities in healthcare access and quality, racial/ethnic minority groups, rural residents, and adults with low incomes continue to experience suboptimal access to and quality of healthcare in the United States.

Health disparities in the United States persist, and may even be increasing, despite improvements in medical care and disease prevention. However, an analysis of interventions focusing on social determinants of health shows that population health can be improved and social disparities reduced.

Although many more women have health insurance now than before the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, gaps in women’s health coverage persist, leaving them vulnerable to higher costs and denied claims.

Non-Hispanic blacks are less likely to receive opioid prescription at discharge during emergency room visits for back pain and abdominal pain compared with non-Hispanic whites, researchers found.

A nationwide telemedicine diabetic screening program could help prevent diabetic retinopathy, the top cause of new-onset blindness in the United States.

A study found that the longer a woman is overweight or obese, the higher the risk of developing several forms of cancer, plus the degree of being overweight plays a role in the risk of developing cancer.

Despite coverage gains since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, groups at risk of being uninsured before the law continue to have higher uninsured rates.

Programs that seek to lower hospital admissions rates may also reduce readmissions, even though patients in communities adopting the programs tend to be sicker when hospitalized, according to a recent study in Health Affairs.

Advances in genetic technologies have a great potential to be used to advance treatments, especially through personalized medicine. However, there are concerns that disadvantaged groups do not have access to these advances.

A majority of hospitals that may be required to participate in the new Medicare cardiac bundled payment models would not experience losses or gains over $500,000 per year, according to a recent analysis by Avalere Health.

Once smokers develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, quitting may not improve smokers’ lung function; thus, smokers should quit as early as possible to have the greatest chance of reversing lung damage.

There is a role for employers in improving employees’ health and wellbeing, and employees have a high level of satisfaction with existing health and wellbeing programs.

Medicare accountable care organizations have either not yet focused on mental illness or have been, for the most part, unsuccessful in early efforts to improve their management of it.

One in 12 people who survive a common cancer will develop a second, unrelated malignancy, the most common of which was lung cancer.