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Director Takiyah Durham, MBA, and Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew, MD, share how the program is improving maternal and infant care in Pittsburgh, PA, at Highmark Health.

Ischemic and coronary heart disease were the 2 major cardiovascular disease (CVD) subtypes contributing to hospital admissions among patients with diabetes.

Despite improvements, hospitals struggle to meet prepandemic standards in door-to-balloon time.

Based on the comprehensive findings of a review, investigators outline several crucial policy implications, each designed to address the complex issue of bias mitigation in clinical algorithms effectively.

The data show the average age of dialysis in the least vulnerable neighborhoods was 68.2 years old, but 59.4 years—almost a decade earlier—in the most vulnerable.

The cohort study focused on annual incidence, prevalence, and mortality linked to a number of cardiovascular conditions between 2015 and 2019.

Family history is probably the biggest risk factor that patients need to know about, said Rebecca Brooks, MD, UC Davis Health.

The findings of DICTATE-AHF have several implications for cardiologists treating patients with type 2 diabetes, said Zachary Cox, PharmD, professor at Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy.

A tailored electronic health record (EHR) alert system did not significantly increase the prescription of guideline-directed medical therapies (GDMT) at hospital discharge for patients with acute heart failure (AHF).

If clinicians empower individuals by giving them the appropriate tools and education to promote brain health, it can make a big difference, said Alvaro Pascual-Leone, MD, PhD.

Patients now have higher expectations of us health care professionals, and we have to meet those expectations, said Donna Fitzsimons, PhD, FESC, professor of nursing at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast.

Secondary effects not only improved past 16 weeks, but showed a sustained improvement at week 56 of mavacamten, said Milind Desai, MD, MBA, director of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center and vice chair of education at the Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic.

"We really have to work on our implicit bias, acknowledging it, understanding it, and doing the work to try to change it," Veronica Gillispie-Bell, MD, MAS, says.

Despite not reaching statistical significance, findings from DICTATE-AHF show early dapagliflozin improved decongestion and led to earlier hospital discharge for patients with acute decompensated heart failure, explained Zachary Cox, PharmD, professor at Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy.

Millions are invested in researchers for the Cancer Moonshot initiative; some providers are charging patients for communicating online; health insurance coverage increased for half of states.

Results from ATLANTE/ENGOT-ov29 show that atezolizumab did not significantly improve progression-free survival (PFS) compared with placebo plus bevacizumab for patients with platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer.

Over the past 20 years, the age-adjusted mortality rate for obesity-related cardiovascular mortality increased by 415% for American Indian or Alaska Native individuals.

New research suggests an association between gestational diabetes history and mortality over 30 years, regardless of whether it manifests into type 2 diabetes.

New research suggests conventional fractionated and hypofractionated proton postmastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) yield similar tolerability and complication rates for patients following mastectomy.

A study found acute myeloid leukemia (AML) salvage therapy was independently associated with early mortality compared with frontline therapy, suggesting that algorithms measuring quality of care should incorporate risk mortality indices that factor in disease characteristics and treatment status.

Across 65 cardiovascular guidelines with nearly 7500 specific recommendations published 2012-2022, only 170 recommendations directly incorporated shared decision-making.

The playbook includes resources for purchasers to help in their dealings with pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), including best practice checklists, sample questionnaires for choosing consultants, and recommendations for contracting language.

Out of several factors, surgical complications were the only factor independently associated with emergency department (ED) readmission among patients who underwent surgery for ovarian carcinoma.

Sachin Jain, MD, MBA, president and CEO at SCAN Group and SCAN Health Plan, discussed the growing roles of middlemen between physicians and their patients in an increasingly complex system.

Researchers and organizations must collaborate to address the persistent disparities in access to treatments for multiple myeloma, explained Joseph Mikhael, MD, MEd, FRCPC, FACP, chief medical officer of the International Myeloma Foundation.