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Dr. Jove Graham Discusses Maintaining Patient Participation in the Telemonitoring Program
Dr. Jove Graham, Research Investigator I, Geisinger Center for Health Research, Danville, PA, discusses the Post-Discharge Monitoring and Readmissions study. In this segment, Dr. Graham talks about how Geisinger’s automated system works to overcome patient participation and compliance issues.
After discharge, patients only had to take one phone call a week during a four week period. The study did not require intensive participation by the patients aiding in its success.
Provisional CDC data show that US babies gained roughly a year in life expectancy in 2022; study findings indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic significantly raised the risk of preterm birth for expectant California mothers; New York Attorney General Letitia James said about 4 million New Yorkers were affected by a data breach of the medical transcription company Perry Johnson & Associates.
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Emily Goldberg Shares Insights as a Genetic Counselor for Breast Cancer Risk Screening
October 30th 2023On this episode of Managed Care Cast, Emily Goldberg, MS, CGC, a genetic counselor at JScreen, breaks down how genetic screening for breast cancer works and why it is so important to increase awareness and education around these screening tools available to patients who may be at risk for cancer.
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In this interview with The American Journal of Managed Care®, Katie Queen, MD, addresses the complexity of obesity as a medical condition, pivoting to virtual care while ensuring that patients who lived in a rural location continued to receive adequate care, and the importance of integrating awareness of obesity and chronic disease prevention into local food culture.
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