Ambulance response services in rural communities face increasing recruitment and expense burdens; data from Israel show a decline in Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine efficacy in preventing symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection; the US Supreme Court will hear a case on 340B drug payment cuts.
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) needs to be reimagined get back on track and to live up to its promise to incentivize value-based care.
The researchers outlined patient selection for treatment, adverse event management, and future strategies for the treatment of these patients.
Data from IMpower 130, IMpower 132, and IMpower 150 confirm that combining atezolizumab with chemotherapy is the best first-line treatment in advanced NSCLC when anti-PD-L1 therapy is indicated.
Anne Marie Morse, DO, pediatric neurologist and sleep medicine specialist at Geisinger, discusses biologic, lifestyle, and pandemic-related factors associated with poor sleep quality in adolescents.
Health insurance companies are anticipating a swell in pent-up demand for delayed or forgone health services in 2020, as well as increased costs associated with distributing COVID-19 vaccines to millions of Americans. To offset the potentially precarious business impact caused by these converging factors, insurers are turning to technology for help.
Statin use benefited individuals with heart failure by lowering their cancer-related risks, both of developing any cancer at all and of dying from the comorbid condition.
Roundtable discussions between health care purchasers and physician practices highlight their aligned interest in having patients managed by a primary care physician, with other topics such as behavioral health, social determinants of health, and telehealth referenced as well.
A retrospective analysis of real-world data found a discrepancy between actual care and the recommendations from clinical trials for patients with mantle cell lymphoma, resulting in outcomes that were worse than in trials.
Patients with a cough lasting more than 8 weeks are diagnosed with chronic cough, and for a subpopulation of those patients there is no treatable underlying cause of their cough, said Peter Dicpinigaitis, MD, professor of medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and director of the Montefiore Cough Center.
Abstracts cover the cost of cancer-related diarrhea, 30-day readmission rates, and how perceptions of the likelihood of survival affect end-of-life care.
An overview of the latest news in Parkinson disease reported across MJH Life Sciences™.
Ivo Abraham, PhD, RN, a professor with the University of Arizona Health Sciences in the Department of Pharmacy Practice, discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to impact oncology biosimilar utilization.
Two abstracts presented recently at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting offered promising data for 2 CAR T-cell therapies, one in relapsed/refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) and one in R/R multiple myeloma.
A pharmacist-led collaborative medication management service reduced problems associated with polypharmacy in older adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
The proposed changes to the payment model for end stage renal disease (ESRD) would make it the first payment model under the CMS Innovation Center to directly address health equity by incentivizing increased rates of home dialysis and kidney transplants.
Years of research has shown that in cancers like melanoma, liquid biopsy enables the detection of biomarkers, such as circulating tumor cells, circulating tumor DNA, and exomes.
Not all asthma is created equal, nor will all therapies work for all patients. With continued innovations in asthma treatments offering new, improved options for patients, we are more prepared than ever to address uncontrolled asthma head-on.
The measure is designed to end surprise medical billing and balance billing, taking the first step to implement the so-called No Surprises Act that passed Congress at the end of last year.
New data suggest a microbiota-based therapy can reduce C diff recurrence in patients where donor microbiota and patient microbiota successfully converge.
Manipulating the expression of MAGEA3 can help block the growth of hepatocellular carcinoma.
Compared with participants with high physical activity and healthy sleep, those with no moderate-to-vigorous physical activity exhibited higher risks of all-cause, total cardiovascular, and total cancer mortality.
ZUMA-7 results indicate axicabtagene ciloleucel (Yescarta) improves event-free survival among adult patients with second-line relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL).
Topical and intravenous tranexamic acid (TXA) were found to significantly reduce blood loss compared with placebo in patients who have undergone bone surgery, suggesting that both administration methods may be effective at promoting wound healing.
Originally set to expire on June 30, 2021, the Oncology Care Model was extended for an additional year in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A heat wave affecting the Pacific Northwest region of the United States and parts of Canada is linked with hundreds of deaths; Arkansas sees a rise in COVID-19 cases; updates to federal funeral assistance program.
With systemic health and social inequalities contributing to a lack of health care access and a growing mortality risk among rural Americans, the COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated health issues present between community lines. We spotlight several health challenges in these communities and potential solutions to improve the general health of rural populations.
A new analysis may give clinicians a more in-depth understanding of an individual patient’s multiple sclerosis (MS) disease course.
A systematic review found significant evidence supporting self-management interventions for inflammatory arthritis, but also found it was difficult to draw conclusions about specific types of programs.
Robert A. Gabbay, MD, PhD, the chief science and medical officer at the American Diabetes Association (ADA), outlines why updates were made to the ADA’s Living Standards of Care.
