Laura is the vice president of content for The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®) and all its brands, including The American Journal of Accountable Care®, Evidence-Based Oncology™, and The Center for Biosimilars®. She has been working on AJMC® since 2014 and has been with AJMC®’s parent company, MJH Life Sciences®, since 2011.
She has an MA in business and economic reporting from New York University. You can connect with Laura on LinkedIn or Twitter.
FDA Expands Indication for Revlimid in Multiple Myeloma
February 18th 2015The combination of Revlimid with dexamethasone, previously approved for treatment in patients with multiple myeloma who received at least 1 prior treatment, has received FDA approval for use in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients.
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Cancer Patients Associated Shared-Decision Making With Quality Care
February 17th 2015Cancer patients with less involvement in their treatment decisions are less likely to report excellent quality of care even if they prefer physician-controlled decisions, according to a study in JAMA Oncology.
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Cancer Patients Rarely Request Inappropriate Tests, Treatments
February 13th 2015A new study debunks the common assumption that high medical costs are a result of patients demanding more tests and treatments. Researchers analyzed more than 5000 patient-clinician visits and found that cancer patients rarely push for medical interventions.
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HHS Announces New Oncology Care Management Initiative
February 12th 2015A new Affordable Care Act initiative from HHS will better coordinate cancer care with the intention of improving the quality of care provided and reducing the money spent on healthcare, according to an announcement from HHS.
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New Approach Reduces Length of Stay, Costs in Colorectal Surgery
February 12th 2015A new approach to caring for patients undergoing colorectal surgery has shown faster recovery times, fewer complications, improved patient satisfaction, and reduced medical costs, according to a team of researchers.
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Marketplaces Can Improve on Aiding Informed Decision Making
February 12th 2015Although this year's enrollment period has gone far smoother compared to the first year, there is much room for improvement particularly when it comes to helping consumers make informed decisions, according to a report commissioned by the National Partnership for Women & Families.
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Study Reveals Higher Cost Emergency Care Yields Better Outcomes
February 9th 2015Despite studies suggesting higher spending levels do not necessarily produce better health outcomes, a new paper to be published in the Journal of Political Economy found the opposite to be true with regard to emergency care.
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ACA Enrollment Enters Its Last Week With Nearly 10 Million Enrolled
February 8th 2015Sunday marked the beginning of the last week of open enrollment under the Affordable Care Act, and at last count, 9.9 million individuals had signed up for Marketplace covered, according to numbers from HHS.
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Considering Social Determinants of Health When Caring for Underserved Communities
February 4th 2015Panelists at the annual meeting of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology discussed efforts to holistically treat low-income or chronic care populations by taking social determinants of health into consideration.
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Evidence-Based Care Can Eliminate Gaps in Cancer Survival Rates
February 4th 2015Although African Americans have had lower colon cancer survival rates over the past 2 decades compared with white patients, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found evidence-based care can remove the racial disparity.
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ONC Announces $28 Million in Grant Funding to Achieve Interoperability
February 3rd 2015During remarks at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Annual Meeting 2015, HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced a new funding opportunity to achieve interoperability.
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Innovation in Interoperability and Engaging Patients
February 3rd 2015Putting data in patient hands, the construction of an open API, and interoperability are big hopes for the future of health information technology (IT), according to panelists at the annual meeting of the Office of the national Coordinator for Health IT.
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Health IT Creates Unintentional Healthcare Disparities
February 2nd 2015Health information technology (IT) can create greater healthcare disparities if all patient groups and their concerns aren't considered properly, panelists said on the first day of the annual meeting of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT.
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Insurers Find New Way to Discriminate Against Patients
January 31st 2015Although one of the central features of the Affordable Care Act was eliminating discrimination based on preexisting conditions, there is evidence insurers have found ways to dissuade high-cost patients from enrolling in their plans.
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ONC Outlines Timelines for Interoperability Goals, Beginning With 2017 Deadline
January 30th 2015The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has released the first draft of its interoperability roadmap to deliver better care through the exchange and use of health information technology.
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Task Force Sets Challenge to Speed Up Transition to Value-Based Arrangements
January 28th 2015A new private-sector alliance of healthcare systems and payers will dedicate to accelerate the US healthcare system's transition to value-based models aligned with improving outcomes and lowering costs.
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