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Dr Adela Perolla | Image Credit: ResearchGate
Adela Perolla, MD, PhD

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Global Hematology Experts Reflect on Key Takeaways From the EHA 2025 Congress

At the 30th European Hematology Association (EHA) Congress, hematology experts highlight breakthroughs in treatment, the importance of patient voices, and challenges in making innovations accessible worldwide.


Susan McGinley, CRNP

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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.


Robert Suruki, ScD

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Economic Burden of Joint Disease in Psoriasis: US Claims Analysis

This retrospective claims analysis found that concomitant joint disease in psoriasis is associated with greater health care resource utilization and health care costs than psoriasis alone.


Sarah Davis, JD, MPA

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Collaborative Care Implementation: Lessons Learned

The authors drafted a “Shared Values of Collaborative Care” document with fundamental principles to make better group decisions in implementing collaborative care.


Tyler Gamba

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Study Reinforces Effectiveness of HD-Trivalent Influenza Vaccines

High-dose trivalent flu vaccine was associated with a reduced risk of hospitalization and emergency department visits for pneumonia or influenza in adults aged 65 and above, according to a recent study.


Samir Shah, MD, MMM, FACR

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Future of Thoracic Care Is Identifying Lung Cancer Early: Samir Shah, MD, MMM, FACR

Artificial intelligence (AI) provides a major tool in the evolution of thoracic care, as clinicians work to catch lung cancer earlier to provide better prognosis.


Ashley Peterson, MHA

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PDTs' Role in Addressing Health Care Disparities and Priorities for Improving PDT Access

In their closing remarks, the panel shares their view on the future of prescription digital therapeutics and the prospects for the widespread adoption and implementation of these therapeutics in health care systems.


John Muench, MD, MPH

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Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions and Long-term Opioid Treatment

Little is known about opioid prescribing patterns in patients with chronic overlapping pain conditions. This study suggests target populations for interventions to manage chronic pain.


Nate Wiecha, MA

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Medicaid ACOs and Managed Care: A Tale of 2 States

This article presents a detailed descriptive analysis of how Massachusetts and Minnesota implemented Medicaid accountable care organization (ACO) models for their managed care population.


Iris Brewer, MS

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Generalized Cost-Effectiveness Analysis to Assess Treatment Value in Hepatitis C

This article estimates the comprehensive value of direct-acting antivirals for the treatment of hepatitis C virus using a generalized cost-effectiveness analysis.


Rachel Israel, BS

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Breaking Barriers: Partnerships to Improve Diabetic Eye Health in Alabama

This article reviews barriers to diabetic eye health across Alabama and highlights a partnership with Genentech and the American Diabetes Association to address this issue.


John Nosta, Founder of NostaLab
John Nosta

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Contributor: The Promise of AI in Health Care

Artificial intelligence (AI) could play a pivotal role in health care moving forward.


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Hannah Wesolowski

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Elimination of Specialists for National Suicide Hotline Removes Important Resource for LGBTQ+ Youth: A Q&A With Hannah Wesolowski

The elimination of the program addressing LGBTQ+ individuals on the national suicide hotline makes reaching specialized help harder, says Hannah Wesolowski of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.


Aaron J. Lyss, MBA

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Oncology Alternative Payment Models: Lessons From Commercial Insurance

Developing alternative payment models for commercial populations in specialties such as oncology is rife with practical challenges. Leading payers and practices share lessons to date.


Tina Hernandez-Boussard, PhD

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Characterizing Patient Flow After an Academic Hospital Merger and Acquisition

This study assessed health care utilization and patient flow after a recent merger of community practices, a community hospital, and an academic medical center.



Liam Rose, PhD

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Cancellations in Primary Care in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System

This article examines the prevalence of unused primary care appointments in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System.


Linda Will, APN

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Impact of Functional Recovery on Patients Having Heart Surgery

This article describes the positive impact that actively managing functional recovery has on postacute placement for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery.


Pak Liang Goh, MBBS

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Evaluating Smoking Cessation Service at an Emergency Department Clinical Observation Unit

This study aimed to evaluate the impact of a smoking cessation service in a group of patients admitted to a short-stay unit in the emergency department.


Katie Lentz, PT, DPT

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Impact of Functional Recovery on Patients Having Heart Surgery

This article describes the positive impact that actively managing functional recovery has on postacute placement for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery.


Alisha Lekh

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Worse Vascular Outcomes Found in Patients With Asthma

Patients with symptoms of asthma, regardless of physiological confirmation, experienced worse vascular outcomes and greater cardiovascular risk, which may be due to short-acting beta agonist (SABA) use, according to the results of a recent study.


M. Bradley Drummond, MD, MHS

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Ensifentrine Shows Promise as Add-On, Stand-Alone Therapy in COPD: M. Bradley Drummond, MD, MHS

M. Bradley Drummond, MD, MHS, professor of medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, shares promising results of ensifentrine in helping patients with insufficient chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) control.



Wei Yang, MB

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How Do Primary Hospitals Enact Early Response to the Relaxation of COVID-19 Prevention and Control Measures? The Experience From Chengdu, China

This article examines how primary hospitals in Chengdu, China, responded to the relaxation of COVID-19 prevention and control measures in December 2022.


Phyllis Johnson, MBA

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Physician Prices and Low-Value Services: Evidence From General Internal Medicine

This study found extensive variation in general internal medicine physician prices and that high-priced physicians provided fewer low-value services but had higher spending on these services.


Sara Alvarez, PharmD

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Characterizing Obesity in a Large Health Care Delivery System.

The prevalence of obesity in the Sutter Health system between 2015 and 2020 was 35%. Differences by race/ethnicity, health insurance, smoking status, and comorbidities were examined.


Biayna Darabidian, BA

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Development of a Medicare Plan Dashboard to Promote Health Equity

Health plans use data to decide on quality improvement initiatives. Having a dashboard that characterizes how equitably plans are serving their enrollees would promote health equity.


Alexandra Harris, MS, BS

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Access to Consultative Dermatologic Care via Physician-to-Physician Asynchronous Outpatient Teledermatology

Direct access of primary care physicians to dermatologists via asynchronous teledermatology improves a health system’s ability to increase patient access to dermatologic care.


Anindita Ghosh, MD

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Dialysis Costs for a Health System Participating in Value-Based Care

In a large, integrated health system participating in value-based care, higher costs and utilization were observed before and after unplanned dialysis initiation.


Susan Peppers, RPh

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Private Label Biosimilars

The expert panel discusses the greater potential for private label biosimilars.

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