Community Health Worker Intervention Beneficial
Low-income patients in intervention group reported higher quality of care, spent fewer days in hospital
Psoriasis Linked to Increased Risk for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Significant associations observed between psoriasis and risk for Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis
AMA Announces Initiative to Reinvent Physician Training
Competitive grant initiative aims to promote change in graduate medical education
Healthier Diet Tied to Lower Mortality Risk in CRC Patients
Colorectal cancer patients with healthy diets pre- or post-diagnosis have longer survival
Many Hospitals Noncompliant With Record Request Regulations
Researchers also find discordance in info provided to patients about medical records release processes
Alcohol Disorder Screening in Women Post-RYGB Inadequate
Measuring alcohol intake alone ineffective for identifying alcohol-related problems after Roux-en-Y
Trump Administration Announces Plan to Cut Drug Prices
HHS study shows Medicare pays 80 percent more than other countries for certain prescription drugs
Loss to Follow-Up Common With IBD, But Many Have Flare-Ups
Predictors of follow-up loss are long travel time and low C-reactive protein levels at diagnosis
Pace of Change Has Accelerated in Alternative Payment Models
Physicians also report increasing complexity of APMs, more financial risk aversion
Hispanics With HIV Face Higher Risk for HPV-Related Cancer
But five-year survival was above 50 percent among HIV-infected Hispanics across HPV-related cancer types
