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This Common Medication Could Save Half a Million Children’s Lives Each Year. So Why Is It Underprescribed?
A new study by researchers at USC explains why kids aren’t getting a cheap, effective treatment for diarrhea.
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Study: Dementia Diagnoses Increased after Medicare Risk Adjustment
The change to Medicare Advantage payments could incentivize improvements in dementia detection, but also raises concerns about inappropriate overdiagnosis.
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USC Schaeffer and Aspen Institute Advisory Panel Provide Tips for Improving Hospitals and Health Systems
Often under financial pressure while being asked to do more, hospitals and health systems need new approaches to ensure high-value care.
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Response to Sen. Cassidy’s Request for Information on Improving Americans’ Access to Gene Therapies
Schaeffer experts submitted a comment letter responding to a request for information from stakeholders about improving access to cell and gene therapies for ultra-rare diseases.
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Want Safer Prescribing? Provide Doctors With a Plan for Helping Patients in Pain
Letters notifying physicians of patient overdose deaths and providing a plan for the future is an effective intervention, according to new USC Schaeffer Center research
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The Inflation Reduction Act’s Harms Go Beyond Drug Pricing — They’re Threatening Your Medicare
The IRA threatens to deliver disaster across the entire innovation, financing and distribution system for prescription drugs.
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Can a Free Virtual Outreach Series Increase Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness?
Lack of awareness remains one of the biggest barriers to participation in Alzheimer’s disease clinical trials, especially among underrepresented groups. New ways to connect with communities and to expand access to clinical trials include a virtual Alzheimer’s disease informational series, which reveals important insights about how people engage with virtual content differently than at in-person events.
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Americans More Likely to Choose Vegan Food if Labeled ‘Healthy’ and ‘Sustainable’
A new USC study suggests that changing labels of vegan food to focus on health and environmental benefits may encourage people to eat less red meat and dairy.
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Biden’s Hepatitis C Initiative Needs Help from the Private Market
Instead of this massive nationalized program, the White House could make four administrative changes that would jump-start private-sector solutions in each state.
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USC Receives Award to Improve Diversity and Efficiency of Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials
USC’s Clinical Trial Recruitment Lab pilots and evaluates innovative ideas to boost Alzheimer’s awareness and recruit more people of diverse backgrounds to clinical trials.
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