Health Care Delivery

Quality of life for children with asthma may be influenced by psychological and sociocultural determinants of health.

A retrospective, quasi-experimental study found that patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for acute respiratory failure (ARF) saw better outcomes when an inter-ICU transfer came within the first 2 days of admittance.

Glenn Balasky, executive director of Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers, previewed topics and potential takeaways from his discussion on building a community oncology practice for the future at the 2022 Community Oncology Conference.

Administering dupilumab for other atopic conditions, including atopic dermatitis (AD) and asthma, in patients who also have eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), resulted in improved EoE symptoms.

Coverage of our peer-reviewed research and news reporting in the health care and mainstream press.

A new opinion indicates paying those with substance use disorder to stay clean could be legal; the 2020 Census undercounted some racial minorities; the true global COVID-19 death toll could be 3 times higher than the official tally.

Soumya Chakravarty, MD, PhD, FACP, FACR, strategic lead, Rheumatology Therapeutic Area at Janssen, spoke on adverse patient outcomes caused by diagnostic delays in psoriatic arthritis and progress made to address this unmet need.

Across these ethical considerations, the researchers emphasize the importance of collaborating with patients and their caregivers.

This new study of pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes from France and Belgium investigated the effectiveness of insulin delivery via closed-loop and open-loop systems.

David Penberthy, MD, MBA, medical director of radiation oncology at Southside Regional Medical Center, discusses his theme as president-elect of the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) and what initiatives and discussions he looks forward to addressing over the next year.

Reasons for pursuing genomic profiling among patients with advanced bladder, renal, and prostate cancers included guiding treatment and improving treatment response, in which age and education level were found to significantly influence shared decision-making.

This study presents a methodology for forecasting demand of COVID-19 on health resources in an integrated health system.

People who have both severe mental illness (SMI) and obstructive airways disease (OAD) experience extraordinary disability and isolation, which leads to a lack of access to care and increased use of urgent care.

Dupilumab was shown to significantly improve factors of skin barrier function, including transepidermal water loss, lipid composition, and filaggrin, among patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis.

The meta-analysis found insufficient evidence to assess the validity of the screening in diagnosing age-related macular degeneration.

Pfizer will begin phase 2 and 3 trials of its COVID-19 antiviral pill in children 6 years and older; lawmakers respond after e-cigarette companies began using unregulated synthetic nicotine to get around FDA regulation; the American College of Rheumatology released a new guideline on the management of Kawasaki disease.

This article examines the association between a large-scale primary care redesign—the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus Initiative—and ambulatory care patterns of Medicare beneficiaries with highly fragmented care.

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Tim Gronniger, the CEO of Caravan Health, about what to look for as accountable care organizations (ACOs) and policy makers try to encourage more providers to join value-based care arrangements.

Patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) who have comorbidities were more likely than those without co-occuring conditions to require revision endoscopic sinus surgery over a 10-year period.

For the second straight month, national telehealth utilization, measured as a percentage of all medical claim lines, grew in December 2021, according to FAIR Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker.

Data from 2015 show approximately half of US-born adults were exposed to harmful levels of lead as children; Florida’s Department of Health to advise against COVID-19 vaccination for "healthy" children; Black patients remain underrepresented in clinical trials for newly approved drugs despite FDA efforts.

Polypharmacy was associated with a nearly doubled increase in health care expenditures and a tripled increase in pharmacy expenditures among older patients with cardiovascular diseases (CVD).

Large medical groups perform better than medium- or small-sized groups on diabetes quality measures, perhaps because they have more care management processes in place.

Writing in Journal of Internal Medicine, researchers examine potential barriers inhibiting uptake of low-dose CT lung cancer screening in Europe.

Japanese patients with psoriasis reported improved objective symptoms and satisfaction with brodalumab.

A significant increase has been observed in Texas residents traveling out of state for abortion care; nearly a third of people who previously had COVID-19 cited lingering symptoms up to 1 year after infection; muscle strengthening exercises linked with lower risk of disease and early mortality.

Steven Yeh, MD, professor of ophthalmology at the Truhlsen Eye Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, explains the delivery mechanism and benefits of Xipere for macular edema.

The QRISK3 model outperformed more traditional models like the Framingham Risk Score, according to a new report.

This new analysis of commercial and Medicare Advantage claims from all 50 states investigated utilization of and testing trends for coronary artery disease (CAD) among adults aged 18 and older presenting with new-onset heart failure.

Pharmacological treatment trends and health care utilization rates were the focus of an observational study of Swedish patients with narcolepsy.