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  • Primary care physicians rarely use billing codes for prevention, coordination services
    Primary care physicians (PCPs) infrequently use billing codes for prevention and coordination services, despite having eligible patients and providing code-appropriate services to some of those patients, according to a study published online June 28 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.... Read more
  • Embedding financial services in trusted settings addresses poverty and improves health equity
    New research from Boston Medical Center (BMC) shows that parents desire easy access to financial services in places they trust that build upon their own efforts to create a better economic future for themselves and their children. Medical settings can meet these needs by embedding financial services within clinics and... Read more
  • Helping transgender patients navigate health care
    While those in health care strive to "do no harm," unfortunately, for many people, the care they receive in a clinic or hospital may be different or inadequate to meet their needs.... Read more
  • Analysis shows that life expectancy varies widely by race/ethnicity group and by state
    A cross-sectional time-series analysis found that disparities in life expectancy compared to White Americans have increased for Black and Hispanic Americans. The authors report that life expectancy remains lowest for Black Americans in almost every state. The findings are published in Annals of Internal Medicine.... Read more
  • Fixed vial sizes for controversial Alzheimer's drug could waste $605 million in Medicare spending each year
    Medicare could waste up to $605 million per year on the controversial Alzheimer's drug aducanumab if it is eventually approved for widespread use because it is supplied in vials containing fixed doses that may not be appropriate for all patients–resulting in the trashing of large volumes of unused drug, new... Read more
  • Anemia during pregnancy increased among WIC participants
    The prevalence of anemia during pregnancy, identified using the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Participant and Program Characteristics (PC) data, increased from 2008 to 2018, according to research published in the June 24 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and... Read more
  • Study explores when nursing home chains should customize or standardize
    A new study by a University of South Florida researcher found important revelations that could provide chain-operated nursing homes with crucial implications for operational goals and strategic findings that carry over to other service industries.... Read more
  • Most US hospitals not sharing price information for joint replacement as required
    On January 1, 2021, the federal government began requiring U.S. hospitals to maintain clear, accessible online price lists for 300 common services. Yet only 32% of hospital websites sampled a year later were fully compliant with transparency in pricing about knee and hip replacement, according to a study in Clinical... Read more
  • Global COVID-19 vaccine patent deal 'disappointing'
    A World Trade Organization deal on patents is not the intellectual property waiver that campaigners hoped to see.... Read more
  • Cost of ranibizumab port delivery system for treating nAMD examined
    For patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD), ranibizumab with a port delivery system (PDS) with one refill costs more than intravitreal ranibizumab or aflibercept injections if about 11 or 10 injections, respectively, or fewer are needed within the first year, according to a study published online June 16 in... Read more
  • Women still underrepresented in many clinical trials
    To ensure that all kinds of patients get drugs and devices that are safe and effective for them, they need to be represented in clinical trials, but a new study shows that representation of women in key disease areas continues to lag.... Read more
  • Hospitals bound to patient safety rules that aren't all backed by evidence
    If health care facilities such as hospitals and nursing homes don't follow patient safety rules set by The Joint Commission (TJC)—the independent organization responsible for accrediting health care facilities—they may lose their accreditation, and consequently, lose patients and millions of dollars every year in funding.... Read more
  • Low socioeconomic status increases the risk of bleeding after mechanical aortic valve replacement
    Patients with low socioeconomic status who have undergone mechanical aortic valve replacement, AVR, have a higher risk of bleeding complications, such as fatal intracranial hemorrhage, shows a study done by researchers at Karolinska Institutet. The study is now published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, JACC.... Read more
  • Can food taxes and subsidies improve health outcomes?
    Globally, millions of deaths every year can be attributed to bad diets, and these numbers are rising. These deaths are preventable, and one strategy to encourage consumers to make healthier choices is through fiscal policy, such as subsidies or taxes. Examples include taxes on products known to be bad for... Read more
  • Drug supply shortages have nothing to do with COVID-19
    From delayed home improvement projects to the sudden scarcity of baby formula, supply chain shortages caused or exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic have become a common answer to why we currently cannot have something right away and at a sensible price. However, the baby formula shortage is just the most... Read more

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