We spend 18 percent of our national gross domestic product on health care. As health care spending continues to grow and as we appropriately drive the health care system toward a payment system that ...

Financial Distress in Genitourinary Cancer: Insights From CDC National Health Interview Survey Stakeholder engagement, a review of the literature, and 2 years of CPC data collected in the cancer ...

The following text summarizes information provided in the video. Impaired mobility and falls are common in adults older than 60 years of age. Falls are associated with an increased risk of ...

Dermatologic Adverse Events of Systemic Anticancer Therapies: Cytotoxic Chemotherapy, Targeted Therapy, and Immunotherapy With improved cancer treatments and a rising survivorship population, it is ...

Thus, rigorous economic analysis argues for including the patient perspective in any assessment of how new medical technologies benefit society. If our goal is to create a well-functioning and ...

The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER), has established a robust health technology assessment strategy for engaging patients so that the entire process is informed by the patient ...

Once multiple sclerosis (MS) is diagnosed (see presentation), periodic assessment of disease severity is important both for tracking disease progression (and establishing prognosis) and for monitoring ...

Black patients face higher odds of having their credibility questioned in EHRs compared to White patients, potentially affecting care quality. Less than 1% of EHR notes contained language undermining ...

Janine E. Curcio and Dr. Robert Lowe provide a seven-point scale based on speech and responsiveness to decide whether or not to use sedation for an agitated patient. Managing an agitated or aggressive ...

Patients with anemia and lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes in whom erythropoiesis-stimulating agent therapy is not effective generally become dependent on red-cell transfusions. Luspatercept, a ...