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False Confidence in Blood Pressure Knowledge Undermines Intentions to Seek Care
Most Americans don’t know the meaning of 120-80 mm Hg, but think they do.
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A New Approach to Cancer Bundled Payments in Medicare—The Enhancing Oncology Model
Schaeffer Nonresident Senior Fellow Bob Kocher discusses the elements of CMMI’s new Enhancing Oncology Model, explores its likelihood of success, and discusses its relative shortcomings in a new JAMA Health Forum Viewpoint.
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2023 Clinical Trial Recruitment Lab (CTRL) Request for Pilot Project Proposals
CTRL is seeking proposals for pilot projects that test strategies and solutions designed to address barriers to recruitment for Alzheimer’s disease clinical trials.
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Telling Doctors Their Patients Fatally Overdosed Reduces Opioid Prescriptions Up to One Year Later
Those clinicians who received the letter wrote 7% fewer prescriptions than clinicians who hadn’t received the notification.
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Social and Biomedical Scientists Come Together to Address the Burden of Alzheimer’s Disease
Social scientists are uniquely poised to evaluate the implications of Alzheimer’s costs, yet they often lack knowledge of the biomedical foundations of the disease.
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Shame Won’t Solve America’s Obesity Crisis: How Congress Can Help
If saving lives is the objective, then logic, clinical evidence and compassion dictate that Medicare should pay for preventing and treating obesity, starting now.
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High-Tech Map Promotes Access to Medicine and Pharmacy Services
A USC-developed interactive mapping tool shows the location of every pharmacy in the United States — and which neighborhoods are “pharmacy deserts.”
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New Dialysis Studies Inform Delivery of Care, Ways to Improve Patient Outcomes
Researchers analyzed the effects of clinic ownership and dialysis timing on patient outcomes.
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Applying for the 2023-2024 Roybal Center for Behavioral Interventions in Aging Pilot Projects
The Roybal Center for Behavioral Interventions in Aging seeks proposals for pilot projects that involve randomized controlled trials (RCTs).
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Pregnancy and Pot: Healthy Alternative or Bad for Baby?
Is cannabis an organic remedy for morning sickness or danger to an unborn child?
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