Authors


Jordyn Sava

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Study Launches Exploring Peluntamig Combo in DLL3-Expressing Tumors

Dosing has started in a clinical evaluating peluntamig, which targets DLL3 and CD47, combined with chemotherapy in patients with DLL3-expressing small cell lung cancer and neuroendocrine carcinoma.


Swarnali Goswami, MS

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Impact of Food Affordability on Diabetes-Related Preventable Hospitalization

Medicaid enrollees residing in counties with greater food affordability had lower odds of preventable hospitalization related to diabetes.


Edwin A. Silveira, BS

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Evaluation of a Pediatric Asthma High-risk Scoring Algorithm

An asthma risk score using 7 clinically relevant parameters evaluated in a pediatric Medicaid managed care population can stratify risk for following-year asthma hospitalization.


Tammy Cody, MSW, LCSW

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Contingency Management in a Perinatal Substance Exposure Clinic

Project CARA, a perinatal substance exposure clinic, has implemented a contingency management program that targets appointment attendance for patients with any use disorder, regardless of substance or urine drug screen results.


Stephen Chenard, MSc

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Operating Room Efficiency of Orthopedic Surgery During the COVID-19 Era

The authors analyzed the impacts of COVID-19 on orthopedic operating room efficiency via comparison of 14,856 surgeries performed before, during, and after the pandemic.


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Katie Abouzahr, MD

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How Nipocalimab Targets Unmet Needs in Autoimmune Care

In part 4 of our interview, we learn more about nipocalimab’s safety profile and how this investigative agent might address unmet needs for patients with generalized myasthenia gravis.


Oleg Melamed, MD

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Choosing Wisely Interventions to Reduce Antibiotic Overuse in the Safety Net

This study evaluates the impact of Choosing Wisely–based interventions on antibiotic prescribing for viral respiratory tract infections in a real-world safety-net setting.


Ali İnal, MD

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Evaluation of Biosimilar Trastuzumab MYL-1401O in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer

The authors evaluate the effect and safety of biosimilar trastuzumab MYL-1401O in human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)–positive early-stage (neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapy) and metastatic (palliative therapy) breast cancer using real-world data.


Stephen Clarke, BSBA

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Predicting Drug-Drug and Drug-Gene Interactions in a Community Pharmacy Population

The probability of drug interactions increases when genetic polymorphisms are considered, indicating that pharmacogenetic assessment may be useful in predicting the presence and severity of interactions.


Ryan Haumschild, PharmD, MS, MBA

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Final Panel Thoughts on Uncomplicated UTI Management

Panelists discuss how the management of uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) is evolving, with promising new therapies that address antibiotic resistance concerns, while emphasizing the continued importance of antimicrobial stewardship, personalized treatment approaches, preventive strategies, and comprehensive patient education to reduce recurrence rates and improve outcomes in this common but burdensome condition.


Julie M. Bailey, MBA

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Telemedicine Catches On: Changes in the Utilization of Telemedicine Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic

This analysis of health insurance claims data demonstrates rapid increase and sustained high utilization of telemedicine services during the COVID-19 pandemic.


Lindsay Grossman, BA

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An Accelerated Hospital Observation Pathway to Reduce Length of Stay for Patients With COVID-19

For select patients hospitalized due to COVID-19, an academic urban hospital implemented an observation pathway that incorporated mobile health technology, reducing hospital length of stay by more than 2 days.


Karen E. Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH

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Hospitals’ Strategies to Reduce Costs and Improve Quality: Survey of Hospital Leaders

Hospitals pursue a broad range of efforts to improve quality, with those participating in bundled payments attempting to reduce postacute care to a greater degree than nonparticipants.


Azmat Sidhu, MPH

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Hospital Stays and Probable Dementia as Predictors of Relocation to Long-Term Care Facilities

This article explores late-life relocations in patients with dementia, hospital stays, and their implications for health care policy, geriatric care, and future research priorities.


Suzanne M. Kinsky, PhD, MPH

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A Scoping Review of US Insurers’ Use of Patient-Reported Outcomes

This scoping review found 350 articles that discuss US health insurance providers’ use of patient-reported outcomes about health-related quality of life.


Chance Scott

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Contributor: Providers and Patients Push Back, Payers Push Forward—Co-pay Mitigation Programs

Research shows how commercial health plans impact payer trends in the co-pay landscape and provides key areas that pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers can explore to ensure patient access.


Elizabeth Medina

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Patient Experience in a COVID-19 Patient Home Monitoring Program

Patients who participated in a COVID-19 patient home monitoring program were satisfied with their care and stated that their participation made them less likely to seek care in the emergency department.


Natasha Mesinkovska, MD

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Clinical Considerations in the Treatment of Alopecia Areata

Neil Minkoff; Natasha Mesinkovska, MD; and Brett King, MD, PhD discuss the diagnosis and disease assessment in alopecia areata along with clinical considerations.


Valerie A. Smith, DrPH

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Predictors of Discharge From the VA Caregiver Support Program

The year of application predicts discharge from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) caregiver program. Unexpected, disallowed criteria also predict discharge, with significant others facing higher discharge risk than spouses.



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Dan Nardi, MS

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Experts Push to Preserve Telehealth, Payment Parity Post Pandemic

Experts agree that the expansion of telehealth was one of the most significant positive outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic.



Joshua J. Gagne, PharmD, ScD

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Preferences for and Experiences With Pill Appearance Changes: National Surveys of Patients and Pharmacists

Changes in generic drug appearance occur often. Patients’ and pharmacists’ responses to those changes vary, with some patients stopping their medication or using it less.


Djibril Liassou, MS

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Better Together? Costs of First-line Chemoimmunotherapy for Advanced Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

Compared with first-line immunotherapy or chemotherapy alone, combination chemoimmunotherapy for advanced/metastatic non–small cell lung cancer has significantly higher antineoplastic drug and associated medical costs.


Venus Wong, PhD

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Achieving Better Value in Pediatric Care: School Systems as Clinical and Financial Partners?

This article argues that value-based health systems may contract with school districts engaged in capitated special education to achieve better patient outcomes and lower costs for the pediatric population.


Daniel P. Kessler, PhD

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The Relationship Between Provider Age and Opioid Prescribing Behavior

Holding other factors constant, the authors find that older providers prescribe significantly more opioids, with the gap between older and younger providers increasing from 2010 to 2015.


Andrea Jacobson, MPH

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Building Research Capacity in Primary Care Practices That Serve Predominantly Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations

The successful collaboration between a primary care–based network of practices and academic researchers demonstrates feasibility and the need for more funding for primary care research.


Chinonso Ani, BS

Latest:

Operating Room Efficiency of Orthopedic Surgery During the COVID-19 Era

The authors analyzed the impacts of COVID-19 on orthopedic operating room efficiency via comparison of 14,856 surgeries performed before, during, and after the pandemic.


Kurt B. Angstman, MD

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Emergency Department Risk Model: Timely Identification of Patients for Outpatient Care Coordination

The authors created a machine learning–based model to identify patients with major depressive disorder in the primary care setting at high risk of frequent emergency department visits, enabling prioritization for a care coordination program.


Dana Howard, PhD

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Integrating Primary Care and Public Health for Advance Care Planning

This article proposes a new model, Public-Primary ACP, that leverages coordination between primary care and public health workforces to improve delivery of advance care planning.

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