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April 2013 - FRMC

Cangrelor in Patients Undergoing Coronary Stent Procedures
04/22/2013
San Francisco—Patients undergoing coronary stent procedures who received cangrelor had a significant, 22% odds reduction in the primary end point of death, myocardial infarction, ischemia-driven revascularization, or stent thrombosis compared...
San Francisco—Patients undergoing coronary stent procedures who received cangrelor had a significant, 22% odds reduction in the primary end point of death, myocardial infarction, ischemia-driven revascularization, or stent thrombosis compared...
San Francisco—Patients...
04/22/2013
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Major Bleeding in Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation
04/22/2013
San Francisco—A retrospective analysis of healthcare claims for commercially insured and Medicare Advantage enrollees found that patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation who had major bleeding had substantially higher healthcare costs...
San Francisco—A retrospective analysis of healthcare claims for commercially insured and Medicare Advantage enrollees found that patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation who had major bleeding had substantially higher healthcare costs...
San Francisco—A retrospective...
04/22/2013
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Heart Valve System for Patients with Aortic Stenosis
04/22/2013
San Francisco—A randomized, controlled trial found that patients with symptomatic, severe aortic stenosis who are not candidates for surgery had similar rates of death and stroke and reduced vascular complications at 30 days if they used the...
San Francisco—A randomized, controlled trial found that patients with symptomatic, severe aortic stenosis who are not candidates for surgery had similar rates of death and stroke and reduced vascular complications at 30 days if they used the...
San Francisco—A randomized,...
04/22/2013
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Quality Measures to Assess Quality of Neonatal ICUs
04/22/2013
Results of a study show that individual measures of quality provide only a modest association with overall quality of neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).
Results of a study show that individual measures of quality provide only a modest association with overall quality of neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).
Results of a study show that...
04/22/2013
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Quality Improvement in Care Transitions in Medicare Beneficiaries
04/22/2013
Medicare beneficiaries often receive healthcare services from multiple clinicians in various healthcare settings, making improvements in the quality of transitions in care particularly important in this population. Previous models for...
Medicare beneficiaries often receive healthcare services from multiple clinicians in various healthcare settings, making improvements in the quality of transitions in care particularly important in this population. Previous models for...
Medicare beneficiaries often...
04/22/2013
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Breast Cancer Incidence in the United States, 1976-2009
04/22/2013
Breast cancer is the most common malignant tumor in the United States among adolescent and young adult women 15 to 39 years of age and accounts for 14% of all cancer among men and women in that age group. In 2008, the individual average risk...
Breast cancer is the most common malignant tumor in the United States among adolescent and young adult women 15 to 39 years of age and accounts for 14% of all cancer among men and women in that age group. In 2008, the individual average risk...
Breast cancer is the most common...
04/22/2013
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Medicare Costs for Breast Cancer Screening
04/22/2013
The complete understanding of the cost of breast cancer should include the cost of screening as well as that of treatment, according to researchers. There is a large body of evidence related to Medicare expenditures for the treatment of...
The complete understanding of the cost of breast cancer should include the cost of screening as well as that of treatment, according to researchers. There is a large body of evidence related to Medicare expenditures for the treatment of...
The complete understanding of...
04/22/2013
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Treatment for Localized Prostate Cancer: Long-Term Functional Outcomes
04/22/2013
Regardless of choice of treatment, patients with clinically localized prostate cancer have a favorable long-term and cancer-specific rate of survival. Because there are no completed, long-term trials designed to compare survival outcomes with...
Regardless of choice of treatment, patients with clinically localized prostate cancer have a favorable long-term and cancer-specific rate of survival. Because there are no completed, long-term trials designed to compare survival outcomes with...
Regardless of choice of...
04/22/2013
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Thirty Years of Screening Mammography and Breast Cancer Incidence
04/22/2013
In order for screening to reduce the cancer mortality rate, the screening must advance the time of diagnosis of cancers that are destined to cause death, and early treatment of those cancers must create some advantage over treatment at...
In order for screening to reduce the cancer mortality rate, the screening must advance the time of diagnosis of cancers that are destined to cause death, and early treatment of those cancers must create some advantage over treatment at...
In order for screening to reduce...
04/22/2013
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The ACA and New Private Health Insurance Market Rules
04/22/2013
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes changes to the rules that govern private health insurance. The rules were changed in an effort to promote broader pooling of risk, ban discrimination on the basis of health status...
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes changes to the rules that govern private health insurance. The rules were changed in an effort to promote broader pooling of risk, ban discrimination on the basis of health status...
The Patient Protection and...
04/22/2013
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Researchers recently examined the effectiveness of probiotics for preventing Clostridium difficile infection in patients treated with antibiotics. 
Researchers recently examined the effectiveness of probiotics for preventing Clostridium difficile infection in patients treated with antibiotics. 
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Literature Review: Hyperkalemia
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Neuromyelitis Optica May be Linked with Epstein-Barr Virus
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Persistent, active replication of Epstein-Barr virus might play a role in neuromyelitis optica and also might contribute to the immunological alterations that play a role in the disorder.
Persistent, active replication of Epstein-Barr virus might play a role in neuromyelitis optica and also might contribute to the immunological alterations that play a role in the disorder.
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David Sand, MD, MBA, chief medical officer at ZeOmega, discusses the challenges of prior authorization, emphasizing the need for transparency, evidence-based standards, collaboration between payers and providers, and the potential for...
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Guest expert Jordan Bazinsky discusses the challenges facing the medical imaging industry, the potential of AI and emerging technologies, the role of advanced imaging solutions in promoting health equity, and the key trends and challenges...
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Discover how health care contact centers can transform into drivers of value-based care through AI, automation, upskilling agents, and rethinking workflows and metrics to improve patient outcomes and population health.
Discover how health care contact centers can transform into drivers of value-based care through AI, automation, upskilling agents, and rethinking workflows and metrics to improve patient outcomes and population health.
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Key stakeholders in the health care industry gathered to discuss prevalent topics at this year's Asembia annual summit. Medication adherence emerged as one of the most talked-about issues. In a session led by Lucille Accetta, PharmD, MBA,...
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