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Age-Friendly Health Systems Initiative Improves Delivery, Quality of Care for Older Patients
With thousands of people across the United States reaching age 65 and older every day, hospitals and health systems are looking for ways to improve care for these patients and better suit their needs.
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Strategies for How Case Managers Can Truly ‘Hear’ Patients’ Stories
Case managers have the power to help their patients change their own narratives about their illnesses and injuries.
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Case Managers Can Help Patients Improve Health Outlook
Case managers can learn skills to help patients change their concerns about illness or injury through developing a functional life story that teaches optimism.
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In-house Physician Advisors Can Help Case Managers
Physician advisors, once associated primarily with payers and external vendors, can help case managers and other physicians with utilization management, discharge activities, and documentation accuracy.
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Elections Bring Renewed Challenges for Reproductive Rights
The November 2018 elections shook up both Washington, DC, and the political landscape for sexual and reproductive health and rights.
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Injectable Implant Focus of HIV Treatment/ Prevention Research
Researchers with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are examining a new drug delivery system that uses dolutegravir, an established HIV drug, in a potential longacting treatment and prevention system. The system has been tested in animal models.
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Research Strides May Offer Keys to Battling Gonorrhea
Researchers are investigating a rapid test that not only checks for gonorrhea infection, but also signals if a particular strain is antibiotic-resistant. On another front, scientists report that one dose of a developmental oral antibiotic proves effective in treating uncomplicated genital infections caused by gonorrhea.
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Researchers Release Initial Results on Developmental Vaginal Ring
In an effort to provide both HIV/AIDS and unintended pregnancy protection, researchers have developed a vaginal ring containing the antiretroviral drug dapivirine and the contraceptive hormone levonorgestrel. Scientists have just released results of an initial clinical trial, noting no safety issues.
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FDA Move Widens Approved Use of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of the nine-valent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in women and men ages 27-45. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is scheduled to review further information at its February 2019 meeting, with a potential vote at that time. Insurance reimbursement often is based on ACIP guidance.
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With Reclassification and New Name, Doors May Open for Internal Condom
The Food and Drug Administration has reclassified the female condom from a Class III device to a Class II device, putting it in the same category as the male condom.