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October 2011 - FRMC

10/14/2011
Tori Socha
Researchers have found links between autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, and Crohn’s disease with chronic systemic inflammation.
Researchers have found links between autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, and Crohn’s disease with chronic systemic inflammation.
Researchers have found links...
10/14/2011
First Report Managed Care
10/14/2011
Tim Casey
Las Vegas—A retrospective analysis of a healthcare claims database found that patients who took nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to relieve chronic pain conditions had different clinical characteristics and varying cardiovascular...
Las Vegas—A retrospective analysis of a healthcare claims database found that patients who took nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to relieve chronic pain conditions had different clinical characteristics and varying cardiovascular...
Las Vegas—A retrospective...
10/14/2011
First Report Managed Care
10/14/2011
Tim Casey
The likelihood of adverse events (AEs) associated with oxymorphone extended release was similar between the depression and no depression groups.
The likelihood of adverse events (AEs) associated with oxymorphone extended release was similar between the depression and no depression groups.
The likelihood of adverse events...
10/14/2011
First Report Managed Care
10/14/2011
Tim Casey
A study found that an immediate-release oxycodone hydrochloride formulation had a lesser potential for abuse when crushed and administered intranasally in recreational opioid users.
A study found that an immediate-release oxycodone hydrochloride formulation had a lesser potential for abuse when crushed and administered intranasally in recreational opioid users.
A study found that an...
10/14/2011
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10/14/2011
Tim Casey
Las Vegas—When treating patients with chronic pain, prescribers typically initiate opioid therapy. However, there are several other options that need to be considered to ensure that patients receive effective and safe care, according to...
Las Vegas—When treating patients with chronic pain, prescribers typically initiate opioid therapy. However, there are several other options that need to be considered to ensure that patients receive effective and safe care, according to...
Las Vegas—When treating patients...
10/14/2011
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10/14/2011
Tim Casey
Las Vegas—A post-hoc analysis of 3 similar 12-week, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, multicenter trials found that patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) who used topical diclofenac sodium 1% gel had significant improvements in pain...
Las Vegas—A post-hoc analysis of 3 similar 12-week, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, multicenter trials found that patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) who used topical diclofenac sodium 1% gel had significant improvements in pain...
Las Vegas—A post-hoc analysis of...
10/14/2011
First Report Managed Care
10/14/2011
Tim Casey
Until recently, patients with chronic pain were treated in similar ways despite differences in their characteristics or conditions.
Until recently, patients with chronic pain were treated in similar ways despite differences in their characteristics or conditions.
Until recently, patients with...
10/14/2011
First Report Managed Care
10/14/2011
Tim Casey
Las Vegas—Patients with fibromyalgia who took milnacipran for >3 years exhibited improvements in pain, global status, and physical functioning, according to a multicenter, open-label, flexible-dose trial. The results were presented at the...
Las Vegas—Patients with fibromyalgia who took milnacipran for >3 years exhibited improvements in pain, global status, and physical functioning, according to a multicenter, open-label, flexible-dose trial. The results were presented at the...
Las Vegas—Patients with...
10/14/2011
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10/14/2011
Tim Casey
Las Vegas—To adapt to the new healthcare environment, providers must embrace technology, quality measures, and collaboration. The rules are designed to make providers more accountable, lower the rapidly rising costs, and ensure patients...
Las Vegas—To adapt to the new healthcare environment, providers must embrace technology, quality measures, and collaboration. The rules are designed to make providers more accountable, lower the rapidly rising costs, and ensure patients...
Las Vegas—To adapt to the new...
10/14/2011
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10/14/2011
Christin Melton
Providing templates for documenting patient care and instructing advanced practitioners (APs), such as advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants, on proper use of the forms can help hospitals capture more revenue for...
Providing templates for documenting patient care and instructing advanced practitioners (APs), such as advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants, on proper use of the forms can help hospitals capture more revenue for...
Providing templates for...
10/14/2011
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10/14/2011
Tori Socha
Express lane principles, the automated use by one agency or program of data gathered and/or findings made by another, will be used by states as 2014 approaches to enroll and retain individuals in health coverage programs. Beginning in 2014,...
Express lane principles, the automated use by one agency or program of data gathered and/or findings made by another, will be used by states as 2014 approaches to enroll and retain individuals in health coverage programs. Beginning in 2014,...
Express lane principles, the...
10/14/2011
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10/14/2011
Tori Socha
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has developed a set of 20 patient safety indicators to use as measures to screen for potential adverse events that may occur during hospitalization. The measures utilize administrative...
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has developed a set of 20 patient safety indicators to use as measures to screen for potential adverse events that may occur during hospitalization. The measures utilize administrative...
The Agency for Healthcare...
10/14/2011
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10/14/2011
Tori Socha
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is designed to address the issue of uninsured adults in the United States by providing more choices for coverage and expanding Medicaid coverage. At present, a portion of uninsured patients...
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is designed to address the issue of uninsured adults in the United States by providing more choices for coverage and expanding Medicaid coverage. At present, a portion of uninsured patients...
The Patient Protection and...
10/14/2011
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10/14/2011
Christin Melton
In 2 placebo-controlled phase 3 trials, a 12-week daily regimen of linaclotide significantly reduced symptoms of chronic constipation and improved quality of life. Study investigators said the ameliorating effects of linaclotide were evident...
In 2 placebo-controlled phase 3 trials, a 12-week daily regimen of linaclotide significantly reduced symptoms of chronic constipation and improved quality of life. Study investigators said the ameliorating effects of linaclotide were evident...
In 2 placebo-controlled phase 3...
10/14/2011
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10/14/2011
Tori Socha
Carotid endarterectomy is performed on approximately 100,000 Americans every year to reduce their risk for stroke, a procedure performed by surgeons, followed by diagnostic carotid and cerebral angiography by radiologists. According to...
Carotid endarterectomy is performed on approximately 100,000 Americans every year to reduce their risk for stroke, a procedure performed by surgeons, followed by diagnostic carotid and cerebral angiography by radiologists. According to...
Carotid endarterectomy is...
10/14/2011
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10/14/2011
Tori Socha
Patients admitted to hospitals are particularly vulnerable during periods of transition in care; incomplete or inaccurate communication as responsibility moves from one physician to another can result in medical errors. Likewise, at hospital...
Patients admitted to hospitals are particularly vulnerable during periods of transition in care; incomplete or inaccurate communication as responsibility moves from one physician to another can result in medical errors. Likewise, at hospital...
Patients admitted to hospitals...
10/14/2011
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10/14/2011
Tori Socha
Increased rates of screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) have led to reductions in rates of mortality from CRC; the screening procedure preferred by the American Cancer Society is colonoscopy, which can identify and remove precancerous...
Increased rates of screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) have led to reductions in rates of mortality from CRC; the screening procedure preferred by the American Cancer Society is colonoscopy, which can identify and remove precancerous...
Increased rates of screening for...
10/14/2011
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10/14/2011
Tori Socha
For people at increased risk for ischemic stroke, warfarin has been shown to reduce the risk in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. However, possible food and drug interactions require frequent monitoring of coagulation to make...
For people at increased risk for ischemic stroke, warfarin has been shown to reduce the risk in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. However, possible food and drug interactions require frequent monitoring of coagulation to make...
For people at increased risk for...
10/14/2011
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10/14/2011
With innovations in surgical technology, particularly in vascular surgery, aortoiliac occlusive disease (AIOD) is often treated with endovascular methods, including angioplasty and stenting. These techniques are used even in cases of severe...
With innovations in surgical technology, particularly in vascular surgery, aortoiliac occlusive disease (AIOD) is often treated with endovascular methods, including angioplasty and stenting. These techniques are used even in cases of severe...
With innovations in surgical...
10/14/2011
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10/14/2011
Christin Melton
Elderly patients who receive proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) while using alendronate, an oral bisphosphonate typically prescribed to reduce the risk of osteoporotic fractures, may have poorer response to alendronate. According to a...
Elderly patients who receive proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) while using alendronate, an oral bisphosphonate typically prescribed to reduce the risk of osteoporotic fractures, may have poorer response to alendronate. According to a...
Elderly patients who receive...
10/14/2011
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10/14/2011
Christin Melton
Should an intensive BEACOPP (bleomycin, etoposide, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, procarbazine, and prednisone) regimen replace the commonly used ABVD (doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine) regimen as front-line...
Should an intensive BEACOPP (bleomycin, etoposide, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, procarbazine, and prednisone) regimen replace the commonly used ABVD (doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine) regimen as front-line...
Should an intensive BEACOPP...
10/14/2011
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10/14/2011
Christin Melton
Whereas hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) cost the US healthcare system tens of billions of dollars annually and cause >90,000 deaths, authors of a retrospective study report that the burden of HAIs in trauma patients is especially high...
Whereas hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) cost the US healthcare system tens of billions of dollars annually and cause >90,000 deaths, authors of a retrospective study report that the burden of HAIs in trauma patients is especially high...
Whereas hospital-acquired...
10/14/2011
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10/14/2011
Christin Melton
After Massachusetts was ordered to comply more fully with a provision in the federal government’s Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) statute requiring states to provide mental health assessments for children enrolled...
After Massachusetts was ordered to comply more fully with a provision in the federal government’s Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) statute requiring states to provide mental health assessments for children enrolled...
After Massachusetts was ordered...
10/14/2011
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10/14/2011
Tori Socha
Older people, particularly those presenting to a hospital with an acute illness, have a high rate of inappropriate medication use, according to researchers. Because of the risk of intolerance associated with adverse pharmacodynamics or...
Older people, particularly those presenting to a hospital with an acute illness, have a high rate of inappropriate medication use, according to researchers. Because of the risk of intolerance associated with adverse pharmacodynamics or...
Older people, particularly those...
10/14/2011
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10/14/2011
Christin Melton
A retrospective study found that although acid-suppressive medication reduces the risk of nosocomial (hospital-acquired) bleeding from the gastrointestinal (GI) tract in noncritical hospitalized patients, using these drugs routinely as...
A retrospective study found that although acid-suppressive medication reduces the risk of nosocomial (hospital-acquired) bleeding from the gastrointestinal (GI) tract in noncritical hospitalized patients, using these drugs routinely as...
A retrospective study found that...
10/14/2011
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10/14/2011
Christin Melton
Administering triptorelin, a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogue, to suppress ovarian function in premenopausal women undergoing chemotherapy for early-stage breast cancer can help prevent transient or permanent amenorrhea.
Administering triptorelin, a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogue, to suppress ovarian function in premenopausal women undergoing chemotherapy for early-stage breast cancer can help prevent transient or permanent amenorrhea.
Administering triptorelin, a...
10/14/2011
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10/14/2011
Tori Socha
Treatment regimens for clinically localized prostate cancer have, since the 1990s, included radiotherapy plus long-term treatment with luteinizing-hormone–releasing analogues and oral antiandrogen agents to induce apoptotic regression in...
Treatment regimens for clinically localized prostate cancer have, since the 1990s, included radiotherapy plus long-term treatment with luteinizing-hormone–releasing analogues and oral antiandrogen agents to induce apoptotic regression in...
Treatment regimens for...
10/14/2011
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10/14/2011
Tim Casey
Although the accurate number and dollar value of counterfeit drugs are difficult to quantify, the issue has received attention recently in the United States because pharmaceutical companies are becoming more internationally based and because...
Although the accurate number and dollar value of counterfeit drugs are difficult to quantify, the issue has received attention recently in the United States because pharmaceutical companies are becoming more internationally based and because...
Although the accurate number and...
10/14/2011
First Report Managed Care
10/14/2011
Tim Casey
As the economy continues to sputter and salaries remain stagnant, health insurance costs are increasing at a rapid rate, creating a difficult financial situation for many people and companies struggling to adapt to the prolonged slump.
As the economy continues to sputter and salaries remain stagnant, health insurance costs are increasing at a rapid rate, creating a difficult financial situation for many people and companies struggling to adapt to the prolonged slump.
As the economy continues to...
10/14/2011
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