Articles Tagged With:
-
Sounding the alarm about suicide risk
Given that EDs are among the most likely places for patients at risk for suicide to present, experts say training staff to recognize and manage such patients is critical.
-
Bridge model blends social work with case management
A care transitions model that bridges the gap for patients with social-environmental barriers to better health management has expanded to more than 50 sites across the country.
-
Summary of the CDC’s 12 recommendations
The CDC issued 12 recommendations related to opioid prescription use. The following is a summary of those recommendations.
-
CDC’s new opioid guidelines are welcome change from case management perspective
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidelines for prescribing and managing prescription opioids in hopes of curtailing some of the nation’s more than 14,000 opioid overdose deaths each year.
-
Case Managers and Decreasing ED Visits
Embedded care managers helped a major health system in its transition from a fee-for-service model to a value-based care model.
-
Clinical Briefs
In this section: examining autoimmune disorders associated with vitiligo; moderate alcohol consumption is not associated with reduced all-cause mortality; and rethinking the American diet.
-
Ixekizumab Injection (Taltz)
Ixekizumab is indicated for the treatment of adults with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis who are candidates for systemic therapy or phototherapy.
-
Outcome of PCSK9 Inhibitor-treated Patients
In a meta-analysis of 17 studies, proprotein convertase subtilisin-kexin type 9 serine protease inhibitors markedly reduced low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and all-cause mortality, but was associated with a significant increase in neurocognitive adverse events.
-
Menopausal Hormone Therapy: Useful and Indicated for Vasomotor Symptoms
Menopausal hormone therapy is the most effective treatment for symptoms of the menopause, and benefits may exceed risks for most women within 10 years of menopause.
-
Drug-resistant Hypertension? Consider Adding a Nonpharmacologic Prescription
In patients with obstructive sleep apnea and hypertension, continuous positive airway pressure use was associated with clinically and statistically significant reductions in blood pressure for both resistant and non-resistant hypertension.