Logan Lutton

4 days ago | managedhealthcareexecutive.com | Logan Lutton

Women primary care providers (PCPs) treating Medicare patients in a value-based care setting have equal or better patient outcomes than men PCPs in the same setting, despite having the same overall patient satisfaction rating, according to a recent study sponsored by agilon health, published May 16 in JAMA Health Forum.

5 days ago | managedhealthcareexecutive.com | Logan Lutton

Proper organizational structure is important to correctly respond to postpartum hemorrhage in the delivery room, methods that are funded by research, according to Abigail Wooldridge, assistant professor of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering at the University of Illinois. The Trump administration’s focus on eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs may challenge research funding.

1 week ago | managedhealthcareexecutive.com | Logan Lutton

Extreme weather events such as heatwaves, storms, wildfires or significant freezes that cause conditions like floods, power outages and air pollution caused an autoimmune disease flare in 12% of patients within 90 days of the event, according to research poster highlights presented by the Autoimmune Association at the National Health Council’s Science of Patient Engagement Symposium: Medicine, MedTech, and AI, held last month in Washington, D.C. The most common reason for a flare-up was the...

1 week ago | managedhealthcareexecutive.com | Peter Wehrwein |Logan Lutton

In this interview with Managed Healthcare Executive, Peter Ehrenkranz, M.D., M.P.H., deputy director, HIV, at the Gates Foundation, discusses twice-a-year lenacapavir for HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The FDA approved the preventive medication on June 18. Gilead Sciences is marketing it under the brand name Yeztugo. Ehrenkranz described Yeztugo as "really well tolerated, incredibly efficacious," and not requiring refrigeration.

1 week ago | managedhealthcareexecutive.com | Logan Lutton

Postpartum hemorrhage is one of the leading causes of preventable maternal death in the United States, where the rates are double those in other high-income countries. These deaths may be prevented by improved safety culture within delivery rooms, which focuses on things like communication and teamwork in the event of a postpartum hemorrhage, according to a recent study published in the journal healthcare.