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Health disparities in rural America: Chronic conditions
Black and American Indian/Alaska Native adults most likely to have multiple chronic health conditions.
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Acute kidney injury linked with doubled inpatient VTEs
TORONTO – Which comes first: the acute kidney injury or the venous thromboembolism?
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MedPAC: Ditch meaningful use, patient measures under MIPS
WASHINGTON – Population-level outcomes measures are the key focus of a proposed program to replace Medicare’s new MIPS program.
From the Journals
Pulmonary hypertension treatment gets under the skin
An implantable system for treating pulmonary arterial hypertension could lead to greater use of treprostinil among stable PAH patients.
From the Journals
Pharmacomechanical thrombolysis does not reduce post-thrombotic syndrome risk
The ATTRACT trial results contrast with recent reports from another randomized trial, known as CAVENT.
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ABIM to allow do-overs for all subspecialties with Knowledge Check-In
The option had been available only for internal medicine and nephrology.
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Medicare pay cut may loom in wake of tax bill passage
Could revoking the individual mandate trigger lower Medicare reimbursement?
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Phrenic-nerve stimulator maintains benefits for 18 months
After 18 months of treatment with the remede System, patients continued to see the improvements they had experienced after 6 and 12 months of...
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EXCEL: Quality of life better after PCI than CABG
Cardiologists hail less depression, better physical function for up to a year.
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Benefit of dabigatran over warfarin persists in AF patient subgroups undergoing PCI
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Dabigatran protected against thromboembolic events with less bleeding regardless of stent type, type of concomitant treatment,...
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Bare metal stents: Rest in peace
DENVER – SENIOR trial results spell end of the line for BMS.