Grant Rigney

Sep 4, 2024 | jnnp.bmj.com | Byron Creese |Matthew Lennon |Grant Rigney |Dag Aarsland

The Brain Injury Screening Questionnaire (BISQ)12 was used to collect data on previous concussions/TBIs. It was an optional, self-administered battery within the PROTECT study, and of eligible participants with sufficient data in the PROTECT study, 4379 individuals did not complete the BISQ and 15 764 did. The baseline characteristics of responders and non-responders are compared in online supplemental table S2 to assess for self-selection bias.

Jul 1, 2024 | thejns.org | jacob jo |John Dugan |Grant Rigney |Kristen Williams

Keywords: sport-related concussion; return to learn; recovery; concussion; youth athletes Sport-related concussion (SRC) is of considerable concern in adolescent athletes.1–3 Elucidating the predictors of outcomes following SRC and establishing protocols for best practice medical management of this injury will facilitate swift, effective, and durable return of athletes to both school and sport.4 Time to symptom resolution and return to play (RTP) are the most commonly studied clinical...

Apr 24, 2024 | blog.freopp.org | Grant Rigney

Hospital consolidations are increasing, with occurring from 2018 to 2023. Although mergers are often pitched as a way to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and keep struggling providers in business, a substantial body of evidence shows that the reality is much different: hospital with no clear increases in quality. Consolidation is not only happening among large institutions. Smaller, sub-specialty practices—surgery, oncology, gastroenterology, cardiology, radiology, etc.–are consolidating too.

Sep 29, 2023 | freopp.org | Grant Rigney

August marks the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the (IRA), which for the first time allowed the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to negotiate Medicare drug prices with pharmaceutical companies. Under the new guidance, there is genuine potential to curtail outlandish drug prices. However, the new guidance carries some real risk for Medicare beneficiaries.

Sep 5, 2023 | dailybulletin.com.au | Grant Rigney

The federal government has struck a new deal with most of the states in the nation’s largest river system. The agreement, announced last week, extends the $13 billion 2012 Murray-Darling Basin Plan to rebalance water allocated to the environment, irrigators and other uses. Environment and Water Minister Tanya Plibersek said the government has:negotiated a way to ensure there is secure and reliable water for communities, agriculture, industry, First Nations and the environment.