Health Care Delivery

Data suggest a substantial reliance on established therapies for polycythemia vera, despite access to all available treatment options.

The Biden administration said it will expand health care access, including mental health care, to students; depression reaches an all-time high in the United States; the FDA’s independent vaccine advisers are meeting to discuss the safety and effectiveness of a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine.

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is the only major diagnostic indication for transplantation that is not a parenchymal pulmonary process.

Strict inclusion and exclusion criteria in clinical trials means findings on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) may not be generalizable to the real-world setting.

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.

Even after adjusting for other risk factors, patients with COPD were more likely to be readmitted to the hospital with heart failure following an acute myocardial infarction, or heart attack.

The study, using an adaption of the World Health Organization framework for adherence, characterized strategies built into the design, conduct, and reporting of melanoma trials, offering insights into potential improvements for skin self-examination in research.

WHO urges caution regarding artificial intelligence (AI) bias; South Carolina ban would restrict abortion at 6 weeks; appeals court pauses ruling barring free preventative health services.

Health systems participating in the drug discount program did not have fewer disparities than hospitals not participating.

New study findings show this risk was higher among children born prematurely or whose mother was classified as having low socioeconomic status.

Individuals living with heart failure in the United States are expected to top 8 million by 2030 vs the close to 6 million living with the disease between 2015 and 2018.

Despite similar health care utilization, White patients were much more likely to receive and fill prescriptions for medications to treat opioid use disorder (OUD) compared with Black or Hispanic patients in the months following a high-risk OUD event such as an overdose, a new study has found.

Panelists from Optum Life Sciences, OptumRx, and Takeda discussed the importance of collaboration in creating successful value-based agreements (VBAs) at Asembia 2023.

Patients who have extrinsic (EAD) or intrinsic atopic dermatitis (IAD) serve to benefit equally from dupilumab, even when considering immunoglobulin E levels, which are elevated in EAD but remain normal in IAD.

Mailing at-home human papillomavirus (HPV) self-collection tests and providing booking assistance for in-clinic screening visits nearly doubled the rate of cervical cancer screenings among underscreened women from low-income backgrounds vs offering scheduling assistance alone.

Many adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with advanced heart disease prefer to be involved in decisions that have an impact on their medical care, but new survey results show there is a great need for educational communication efforts that involve their caregivers and clinicians.

Just 29% of patients listed a treatment-response goal among their top personal goals.

The results of a new focus group offer insights on how and when people with rare diseases are willing to share their personal health information.

The end of the COVID-19 public health emergency spotlights US outbreak tracking weakness; the American Psychological Association released guidelines to guide teen social media use; the first study funded by the US government to measure safe injection site effectiveness was announced Monday.

Treatment options have improved care, but also increased the need for patient education.

The possible consequences for health care if the United States breaches the debt ceiling; skepticism follows proposal for over-the-counter birth control pill; North Carolina governor calls potential abortion ban harmful.

Common treatments for acne are known to be unsafe for pregnant women, but alternative treatments exist that are safe for use; however, actual treatment patterns within this patient population are unclear.

Dupilumab treatment delivered at a specialized tertiary care center has great potential to improve patient clinical outcomes in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP).

About a quarter of joints examined had at least 1 joint bleed.

Long-term tele-messaging was more effective than no messaging and short-term messaging for positive airway pressure use, and it was highly likely to be cost-effective with an acceptable willingness-to-pay threshold.

Individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) experience improved breathing symptoms and dyspnea with use of automated oxygen administration.

A panel at Asembia 2023 discussed what their organizations are doing to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at their organizations, and what others can learn from these efforts.

One dose of human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV) vaccine can prevent infection for at least 3 years, and maybe even longer; Eli Lilly plans to seek FDA approval for Alzheimer drug that slows decline; New York governor signed a bill expanding contraceptive access in the state next year.

This subanalysis of data from the VIRGO study encompassed 2979 patients who had an acute myocardial infarction (AMI), or heart attack, between ages 18 and 55 years; outcomes evaluated included all-cause and cause-specific acute events requiring hospitalization in the year after discharge for a heart attack.

A settled class-action lawsuit paves the way for 5 million New Yorkers on Medicaid to have expanded dental coverage; 2 hospitals broke federal law by denying a woman whose life was in danger an abortion; mask mandates in most health care settings are being lifted around the United States.