AGA Clinical Practice Update: DAAs for Hepatitis C and Hepatocellular Cancer
The AGA present an updated summary of best practice advice for surveillance of hepatocellular cancer and DAA therapy timing.
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ACP Recommendations to Achieve Universal Health Care Insurance Coverage
Based on initial gains in health care access from the passage of the 2010 Patient Protection and ACA, the ACP offers recommendations on how to improve the law and achieve universal health care coverage.
Clinicians Positioned to Support Partnerships That Address Community Health
Clinicians can promote community investment by helping to create the data and demand that will catalyze efforts to address the root causes of ill health.
Visit Planning Tools Improve Patients’ Ability to Relay Health Concerns
A waiting room–based health information technology (IT) tool successfully guided patients to start off their primary care visits by communicating their top care priorities.
Residents and Attending Physicians Deliver Nearly Equal Care in VA Clinics
Investigators examined quality of outpatient care with internal medicine resident physicians vs attending physicians in US Department of Veterans Affairs primary care clinics.
Insurance Status Affects Emergency Department Discharge and Transfer Rates
Interhospital transfer is more common in uninsured patients and Medicaid beneficiaries with common medical conditions.
Obligations of Health Networks to Transition Patients During Hospital Closures
When considering closing a rural hospital, researchers advised assessment of the potential impact — emotional, economic, practical, and political — on the community and the healthcare organization.
Nonprofit Hospital Community Benefit Policies Should Address Health Disparities
The investigators suggest that community health and health equity become more central goals of Community Benefit, and recommend 4 changes to federal policy that will help prioritize community health needs and foster greater collaboration with key community partners.
Prospective Registration Strategies Needed for Nonregulated Intervention Trials
The investigators of this study sought to determine whether journals that specialize in the publication of nonregulated healthcare intervention trials require prospective registration and if their registration policies are associated with the publication of prospectively registered trials
Managing Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Updated 2019 EULAR Recommendations Released
EULAR has released updated 2019 recommendations for the management of systemic lupus erythematosus.
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