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AJMC® in the Press, March 1, 2024
Coverage of our peer-reviewed research and news reporting in the health care and mainstream press.
An article on mHealthIntelligence referenced a study published in the February 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®). The study, “Scaling Care Coordination Through Digital Engagement: Stepped-Wedge Trial Assessing Readmissions,” found that a patient postdischarge digital engagement program was able to offer patients in resource-limited areas expanded access to care while also having no effect on readmissions.
An article from POZ referenced an article published on AJMC.com, the website of AJMC. The article, “Vaccination for Hepatitis A Low in People Living With HIV,” summarized a study that found that lower hepatitis A virus vaccination uptake was common in patients with substance use disorders, young patients, and patients who were immunocompromised if they had HIV.
An article from BNN Breaking referenced an article published on AJMC.com. The article, “Not So Rare: 300 Million People Worldwide Affected by Rare Diseases,” discussed new research that found about 4% of the total population of the world were affected by a rare disease of some kind.
The written interview titled, “Dr Leesha Ellis-Cox Confronts Racial Bias, Diagnosis Disparities in Mental Health Care,” was referenced in Nation World News. The written interview featured questions answered by Ellis-Cox on reasons for less mental health diagnoses in Black Americans and why underrepresentation of Black Americans in the health care system poses a challenge to other Black Americans with a mental health diagnosis.
Dr Kathy Zackowski Discusses the Importance of Rehabilitation Research and Trials in MS
April 26th 2024Kathy Zackowski, PhD, National MS Society, expresses the inherent value of quality rehabilitation trials for broadening clinical understandings of multiple sclerosis (MS) and bettering patient outcomes.
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Examining Low-Value Cancer Care Trends Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
April 25th 2024On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with the authors of a study published in the April 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® about their findings on the rates of low-value cancer care services throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Empowering Community Health Through Wellness and Faith
April 23rd 2024To help celebrate and recognize National Minority Health Month, we are bringing you a special month-long podcast series with our Strategic Alliance Partner, UPMC Health Plan. In the third episode, Camille Clarke-Smith, EdD, MS, CHES, CPT, discusses approaching community health holistically through spiritual and community engagement.
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Kaiser Permanente was hit by a data breach in mid-April, impacting 13.4 million health plan members; GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) sued Pfizer and BioNTech for allegedly infringing on its messenger RNA technology patents in the companies’ COVID-19 vaccines; the CDC announced the first-known HIV cases transmitted via cosmetic injections.
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