Kerri Fitzgerald

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Health Education for Patients with Chronic Conditions

04/22/2014

For chronic conditions, patient health education can reduce mortality and morbidly, in part due to self-managing tasks and understanding of proper medication use. Previous studies have indicated that health professionals sometimes fail to...

For chronic conditions, patient...

04/22/2014

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Many US Citizens Do Not Feel Impacted by ACA Heading into Midterm Elections

07/22/2014

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Four years after the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed and just months into the first year of healthcare exchanges, 6 in 10 Americans (60%) said they feel no direct personal impact of the law, according to a survey...

Four years after the Patient...

07/22/2014

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Feature

Candesartan a Better Treatment for Patients with Heart Failure

03/21/2011

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In a head-to-head study, researchers found that compared with losartan, candesartan is associated with lower all-cause mortality in patients with heart failure (HF). In a study presented in the Journal of the American Medical Association...

In a head-to-head study,...

03/21/2011

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The Economic Burden of an Increasingly Aging Population

02/17/2015

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As the US population continues to age, questions arise regarding Medicare costs and implications for the federal budget.

As the US population continues...

02/17/2015

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A Robust Specialty Pipeline for Chronic and Orphan Diseases

05/21/2014

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Tampa—The specialty pharmacy market is going to see increased competition and a number of orphan drug and breakthrough therapy approvals in the near future, according to Aimee Tharaldson, PharmD, senior clinic consultant, emerging...

Tampa—The specialty pharmacy...

05/21/2014

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Conference Insider

STREAM Trial Compares Treatment Strategies for Cardiac Mortality

12/18/2013

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The Strategic Reperfusion Early After Myocardial Infarction (STREAM) trial assessed ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients.

The Strategic Reperfusion Early...

12/18/2013

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Another Costly Drug Approval Keeps Spotlight on Hepatitis C

11/14/2014

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Once again, HCV is at the forefront of discussions as the FDA just recently approved the first once-daily oral combination of ledipasvir and sofosbuvir to treat HCV genotype 1 infection, which comes with an even larger pricetag: $94,500 for a...

Once again, HCV is at the...

11/14/2014

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New Trial Investigates Heart Failure and Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction

12/18/2013

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For patients with heart failure and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (HFpEF), there is no proven therapy to improve the prognosis.

For patients with heart failure...

12/18/2013

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News Connection

Competition in the New Health Exchanges

04/17/2014

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Prior to the passing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, a single insurer owned at least half of the individual market in 30 states and the District of Columbia. While there are upsides to having a dominant...

Prior to the passing of the...

04/17/2014

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Injectable Antipsychotics for Medicaid Patients with Schizophrenia

06/19/2014

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Tampa—Approximately 74% of patients with schizophrenia are nonadherent to oral antipsychotic medications. Even short treatment gaps with oral antipsychotics are associated with increased relapse risk, and 80% of patients with schizophrenia...

Tampa—Approximately 74% of...

06/19/2014

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