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Health plan coordinates Medicaid member care
At Passport Health Plan, one team of case managers helps patients with short-term needs such as transportation assistance, the health plan's complex case managers provide long-term care coordination, and case managers embedded in clinics meet members face to face. -
CMs in physician offices report high satisfaction
As part of Cigna's Collaborative Accountable Care initiative, physician practices hire care coordinators who work with patients on following their treatment plan and link them to Cigna resources when needed. -
Contralateral Mastectomy Improves 20-year Survival for BRCA-positive Breast Cancer Patients
For patients with BRCA-associated breast cancer, it had been previously demonstrated that a second breast cancer occurs in approximately one-third of patients by 15 years after diagnosis, and that this risk was reduced significantly by contralateral mastectomy. -
Colchicine in Acute Pericarditis
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Esmolol in Septic Shock
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Oral Apixaban for the Treatment of Acute Venous Thromboembolism
A fixed dose of oral apixaban alone was noninferior to conventional therapy for the treatment of acute venous thromboembolism and was associated with significantly less bleeding. -
Embolic Risk in Endocarditis
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The attraction of Magnet
It is not surprising that in the competitive healthcare marketplace, for some facilities, getting the stamp of approval from The Joint Commission just isn't enough. -
Is era of patient-reported outcomes at hand?
The age of the process measure may be nearing its end, or at least the end of its heyday. -
NQF endorses Medicare cost measure