Many Seniors Have Not Discussed Avoiding Drug Interactions
69 percent of patients see multiple doctors, 21 percent use multiple pharmacies, complicating issue
Doctors Increasingly Becoming ‘Nursing Home Specialists’
Number of generalist physicians billing for nursing home care up 15.6 percent from 2012 to 2015
Less Frequent Biopsy May Be Option in Prostate Cancer Care
Consequences of biennial versus annual biopsies similar during active surveillance
Guidance Issued for Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis Pharmacologic Tx
Recommendation for monotherapy with intranasal corticosteroid over intranasal corticosteroid combo
Prevalence of Arthritis Underestimated in United States
Arthritis affected 91.2 million adults in 2015, including 61.1 million aged 18 to 64 years in 2015
Measuring Plasma PCSK9 May ID Resistance to PCSK9 Inhibitors
Most patients experience increase of at least 3.7-fold in plasma PCSK9 levels after treatment
Value-Based Payment Modifier Not Tied to Practice Performance
Performance differences between practices narrowed after adjustment for patient characteristics
Clinician Denial of Patient Requests Impacts Satisfaction
Worse satisfaction in association with denial of request for referral, pain meds, other meds, lab tests
CDC: HIV Being Diagnosed Sooner After Infection
Increase in percentage of people at increased risk for HIV who reported getting an HIV test in past year
Sex, Race, Age Disparities in Survival for HPV-Linked Cancer
Whites have consistently higher five-year survival than blacks for all cancers across all age groups
