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Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Network
04/26/2024
Dr Florian Rieder from Cleveland Clinic spoke at the AIBD Regional Meeting on how he approaches positioning different therapies among patients with Crohn's disease.
First Report Managed Care
04/26/2024
A proposed rule from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), “Misclassification of Drugs, Program Administration and Program Integrity Updates Under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program,” has been in the spotlight recently. Major health care consultants provide their analyses regarding implications of the proposed rule.
First Report Managed Care
04/26/2024
A keynote session at AMCP 2024 outlined pharmaceutical industry trends and predictions for pharmacy benefits management (PBMs), including challenges and disruptors like the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), changing consumer preferences, rising mental health prescriptions, and the growth of specialty medicines.
ePlasty, Surgery
04/26/2024
This report presents the trans-tarsal stair-step incision for lateral extension of the transconjunctival incision and its outcomes in a Western population.
Pharmacy Learning Network
FDA Proposes New Patient Medication Information Guide to Improve Patient Understanding and Adherence
04/26/2024
The FDA proposed introducing a Patient Medication Information (PMI), in addition to the Medication Guide, to provide clear and concise details about prescription medications to improve patient understanding and adherence, ultimately reducing adverse drug reactions and improving health outcomes in the US.
Cath Lab Digest, Journal of Invasive Cardiology, CardioVascular
04/26/2024
A multicenter study led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy in Nashville has identified a potential new treatment for acute heart failure, a leading cause of hospitalization and death.
Cath Lab Digest, Journal of Invasive Cardiology, CardioVascular
04/26/2024
Scientists have shown that depression and cardiovascular disease (CVD) share part of their developmental programs, having at least one functional ‘gene module’ in common. This result, published in "Frontiers in Psychiatry", provides new markers for depression and CVD, and could ultimately help to find drugs to target both diseases.
Cath Lab Digest, Journal of Invasive Cardiology, CardioVascular
04/26/2024
Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have uncovered a way to unleash in blood vessels the protective effects of a type of fat-related molecule known as a sphingolipid, suggesting a promising new strategy for the treatment of coronary artery disease.
EMSWorld
EMS Around the World: Ukraine’s EMS Mobilizes Foreign Partners to Secure Ambulances Amid Ongoing War
04/26/2024
As Ukraine is advancing through its second year of Russian invasion, the country’s EMS system continues to be upheld by donations of ambulances from a variety of foreign partners.
EP Lab Digest
04/26/2024
View this 17 roundtable discussion with Douglas Packer, MD; Ali Oto, MD; Andrea Russo, MD; Fred Kusumoto, MD; Jodie Hurwitz, MD; Kenneth Ellenbogen, MD; Patricia Blake, FASAE,CAE; Sana Al-Khatib, MD, MHS; and Thomas Deering, MD.
Today's Wound Clinic, Wound Care
04/26/2024
Many PBDs, physicians, and QHPs are failing their pre-payment and post-payment audits due to noncompliance with these basic wound/ulcer management codes. Take the coding test pertaining to common wound/ulcer management services/procedures performed in PBDs, and review the basic coding rules.
Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Network
04/26/2024
Dr Jordan Axelrad reviews the key points of his presentation on postoperative management for patients with Crohn's disease from the AIBD Regional meeting in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Pharmacy Learning Network
04/25/2024
In this installment of Talking Therapeutics, Dr Jennings analyzes recent study findings determining efficacy of dapagliflozin in patients with acute heart failure.
Cath Lab Digest, Journal of Invasive Cardiology, CardioVascular
04/25/2024
Efforts by the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, the Heart Failure Society of America, the Heart Rhythm Society and The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions to create a new, independent Board of Cardiovascular Medicine under the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) are closer to becoming a reality with the creation of a formal Board of Directors and the announcement by the ABMS Advisory Board on Specialty Board Development of an open comment period.
Neurology
04/25/2024
Any amount of leisure-time physical activity helps to lower the risk of stroke compared with inactivity, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.
APP Institute Oncology
04/25/2024
Use of the Non-Elective Solid Tumor (NEST) Treatment Verification Process enabled oncology nurses to efficiently escalate treatment-related concerns to physicians for patients set to undergo non-elective treatments, according to data presented at the ONS Annual Congress.
APP Institute Oncology
04/25/2024
The creation of a standardized screening tool successfully doubled rates of palliative care consult orders and helped identify palliative care needs that arose later in admission to the oncologic ICU.
APP Institute Oncology
04/25/2024
Researchers developed a survey, the Oncology Nursing Professional Quality of Life survey, which aims to better measure oncology nurses’ professional quality of life.
Journal of Invasive Cardiology, CardioVascular
04/25/2024
Video Supplement to "Percutaneous Closure of Incomplete Surgical Left Atrial Appendage Ligation: Success Begins With the Decision to Try" (Clinical Image).
Journal of Invasive Cardiology, CardioVascular
04/25/2024
The authors present a case of percutaneous closure of an incomplete surgical left atrial appendage (LAA) ligation with a new device LAmbre (Lifetech ScientificCo Ltd).