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Study identifies predictors of hospitalizations or emergency department encounters for older people

One in five South Australians will experience an unplanned hospitalization or emergency department presentation within 90 days of undertaking an aged care assessment, according to new research by the University of South Australia and the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute.

9 Sep 2021

Study highlights the impact of Mayo Clinic's COVID-19 Remote Patient Monitoring Program

A study by Mayo Clinic investigators highlights the development and implementation of Mayo Clinic's large-scale COVID-19 Remote Patient Monitoring Program, which has served more than 7,000 patients across 41 states.

4 Sep 2021

Domestic violence in Black communities underreported during Chicago’s stay-at-home order

As resources for people experiencing domestic violence in Chicago's South Side dwindled during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic stay-at-home order, so did reporting of violence within the home, according to new research published in JAMA Network Open.

4 Sep 2021

Telehealth’s limits: Battle over state lines and licensing threatens patients’ options

If you live in one state, does it matter that the doctor treating you online is in another? Surprisingly, the answer is yes, and the ability to conduct certain virtual appointments may be nearing an end.

31 Aug 2021

‘My time to live’: Through novel program, kidney patients get palliative care, dialysis ’til the end

After a decade of living with chronic kidney disease, Vonita McGee knows her body is wearing out.

30 Aug 2021

People living in greener areas less likely to develop cardiovascular disease

People who live in green neighborhoods are less likely to develop cardiovascular disease, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2021.

27 Aug 2021

Medicaid vaccination rates founder as states struggle to immunize their poorest residents

Medicaid enrollees are getting vaccinated against covid-19 at far lower rates than the general population as states search for the best strategies to improve access to the shots and persuade those who remain hesitant.

27 Aug 2021

Apple, Bose and others pump up the volume on hearing aid options, filling void left by FDA

Spurred by decades of complaints about the high cost of hearing aids, Congress passed a law in 2017 to allow over-the-counter sales, with hopes it would boost competition and lower prices.

26 Aug 2021

AHA special issue focuses on health disparities among racial, ethnic communities

Poverty and Black race were associated with higher rates of lower leg amputation among people with peripheral artery disease who live in metropolitan areas, according to new research published today in a special issue of the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access journal of the American Heart Association.

25 Aug 2021

Hot spots where covid vaccination lags push experimental antibody treatment

For months, Joelle Ruppert was among the millions of Americans who are covid vaccine holdouts. Her reluctance, she said, was not so much that she opposed the new vaccines but that she never felt "compelled" by the evidence supporting their experimental use.

25 Aug 2021

Mission and money clash in nonprofit hospitals’ venture capital ambitions

Cone Health, a small not-for-profit health care network in North Carolina, spent several years developing a smartphone-based system called Wellsmith to help people manage their diabetes.

24 Aug 2021

After pandemic ravaged nursing homes, new state laws protect residents

When the coronavirus hit Martha Leland's Connecticut nursing home last year, she and dozens of other residents contracted the disease while the facility was on lockdown. Twenty-eight residents died, including her roommate.

20 Aug 2021

Biden’s no-jab-no-job order creates quandary for nursing homes

President Joe Biden's edict that nursing homes must ensure their workers are vaccinated against covid-19 presents a challenge for an industry struggling to entice its lowest-paid workers to get shots without driving them to seek employment elsewhere.

20 Aug 2021

Antihypertensives may improve survival for patients with colorectal cancer

Common blood-pressure drugs may improve survival for patients with colorectal cancer, a new study suggests.

19 Aug 2021

Study unlocks genetic treasure chest for chronic kidney disease

Despite impacting an estimated 850 million people and being responsible for 1 in 60 deaths worldwide, few treatments are available for chronic kidney disease.

12 Aug 2021

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The Senate acts

The Senate has set the stage for a busy fall that will include debate on a broad array of health issues, such as prescription drug prices, Medicare expansion and further expansion of the Affordable Care Act.

12 Aug 2021

National academies’ report took pharma-friendly stance after millions in gifts from drugmakers

To several U.S. senators, it looked wasteful, even outrageous. Every year, taxpayers pay for at least $750 million worth of expensive pharmaceuticals that are simply thrown away. Companies ship many of the drugs in "Costco"-size vials, one lawmaker said, that once opened usually cannot be resealed or saved for other patients. Yet pharma gets paid for every drop.

12 Aug 2021

ACR applauds CMS' decision to withdraw the "Most Favored Nation" payment model for Part B drugs

The American College of Rheumatology today applauded the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' decision to withdraw a proposed rule to implement the "Most Favored Nation" payment model for Part B drugs.

11 Aug 2021

Surgeons cash in on stakes in private medical device companies

Several orthopedic surgeons who invested in Renovis Surgical Technologies made big money when a Japanese technology giant snatched up the small California medical device company.

10 Aug 2021

Injuries mount as sales reps for device makers cozy up to surgeons, even in operating rooms

Cristina Martinez's spinal operation in Houston was expected to be routine. But after destabilizing her spine, the surgeon discovered the implant he was ready to put in her back was larger than he wanted to use — and the device company’s sales rep didn’t have a smaller size on hand, according to a report he filed about the operation.

9 Aug 2021

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Study identifies predictors of hospitalizations or emergency department encounters for older people

Study highlights the impact of Mayo Clinic's COVID-19 Remote Patient Monitoring Program

Domestic violence in Black communities underreported during Chicago’s stay-at-home order

Telehealth’s limits: Battle over state lines and licensing threatens patients’ options

‘My time to live’: Through novel program, kidney patients get palliative care, dialysis ’til the end

People living in greener areas less likely to develop cardiovascular disease

Medicaid vaccination rates founder as states struggle to immunize their poorest residents

Apple, Bose and others pump up the volume on hearing aid options, filling void left by FDA

AHA special issue focuses on health disparities among racial, ethnic communities

Hot spots where covid vaccination lags push experimental antibody treatment

Mission and money clash in nonprofit hospitals’ venture capital ambitions

After pandemic ravaged nursing homes, new state laws protect residents

Biden’s no-jab-no-job order creates quandary for nursing homes

Antihypertensives may improve survival for patients with colorectal cancer

Study unlocks genetic treasure chest for chronic kidney disease

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The Senate acts

National academies’ report took pharma-friendly stance after millions in gifts from drugmakers

ACR applauds CMS' decision to withdraw the "Most Favored Nation" payment model for Part B drugs

Surgeons cash in on stakes in private medical device companies

Injuries mount as sales reps for device makers cozy up to surgeons, even in operating rooms

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