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Is Bariatric Surgery the Antidote for Female-associated Cancers?
This study investigated gastric surgery as a prevention for female-associated cancers. Women with a body mass index of ≥ 38 kg/m2 who had surgery had an average of 28 kg of weight loss compared to the control group. This resulted in a statistically significant decrease in endometrial cancer.
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Video Colposcopy: Does It Reduce Patient Anxiety?
This German randomized, controlled trial of 225 women naïve to colposcopy found that video colposcopy did not reduce patient anxiety during the procedure. However, the authors found that the real-time video feed increased participants’ understanding of their disease.
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17 P vs. Vaginal Progesterone
A recent randomized study suggested that vaginal progesterone is at least as good as, and may be superior to, intramuscular 17 alpha-hydroxy progesterone caproate in preventing recurrent preterm birth, but shortcomings in the study indicate that more investigation is needed.
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Quickly Update Patient Access About Changes
Patient access frequently needs to update all employees across the entire department quickly. This article discusses strategies for time-sensitive training.
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Training and Tools Can Stop Duplicate Medical Records
Patient access departments are using education and technology to prevent the creation of costly and dangerous duplicate medical records. This article discusses strategies to help prevent duplication.
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More Inpatient Spending Linked to Better Outcomes
High inpatient spending is linked to better patient outcomes, according to recent report.
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Readmissions More Common After Observation Stays
Patients often are readmitted to the hospital after an observation stay, according to recent research which suggests hospitals may want to target this population.
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High-needs Patients Require Focus to Avoid Readmissions
Hospitals can make significant headway in reducing readmissions by addressing high- needs patients, according to a new National Academy of Medicine special publication, which notes that nearly half of the nation’s spending on healthcare is driven by just 5% of patients.
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NCQA Includes Population Health Management in Accreditation
The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) is including population health management (PHM) as a new category in its 2018 Health Plan Accreditation (HPA) standards and guidelines. The PHM category is a shift from evaluation of single-disease state toward a whole-person focus, NCQA says.
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Social Determinants Affect Quality of Care, Outcomes
A Massachusetts accountable care organization is using social determinants of health to shift how Medicaid care is delivered and dollars are spent — an initiative to take Medicaid payments into the hands of the providers themselves.