Coverage of our peer-reviewed research and news reporting in the healthcare and mainstream press.
A piece published on Tech Talks, titled “AI can help manage hospital resources during the coronavirus crisis,” cited a study published in the January 2020 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®) titled “Using Applied Machine Learning to Predict Healthcare Utilization Based on Socioeconomic Determinants of Care.” In the study, researchers demonstrated the possibility of generating a highly accurate model to predict inpatient and emergency department utilization using data on socioeconomic determinants of care.
An article from HealthITSecurity referenced a study published in the February 2018 issue of AJMC®, “Data Breach Locations, Types, and Associated Characteristics Among US Hospitals.” The study indicated that despite the high level of hospital adoption of electronic health records and the federal incentives to do so, the most common type of data breach in hospitals occurred with paper records and films.
CMS' 340B Repayment Proposal May Harm Vulnerable Hospitals, Reward Those With Higher Revenues
April 26th 2024The 340B hospitals not receiving an offsetting lump-sum payment from CMS following 2018-2022 cuts later ruled unlawful are disproportionately rural, publicly owned, and nonacademic, according to a new study.
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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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