Tag: Diseases & Conditions: Misc.
Care Coordination Strategies Aid in Multiple Chronic Diseases
Significant improvement for older adults with depression, COPD; diabetes, cardiovascular disease
Frailty in Middle-Aged With Multimorbidity Tied to Mortality
Prevalence of frailty 18 percent in middle-aged, older participants with four or more long-term conditions
WHO Calls for Renewed Effort to Combat Chronic Disease
Commission makes six recommendations to meet 2030 goals for non-communicable diseases
Intensive Management Program Benefits High-Risk Patients
Access to intensive management program results in more outpatient care with no increase in total costs
Prolonged Leisure-Time Sitting Tied to Increased Mortality Risk
Increase in all-cause, cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, kidney disease, suicide, COPD mortality
New Hospital-at-Home Care Model Tied to Better Outcomes
Shorter length of stay, lower rates of readmission, ER revisits than inpatient hospitalization
Prompts May Up Goals-of-Care Dialogues at Outpatient Visits
Patient-specific intervention tied to increase in goals-of-care discussions for patients with serious illness
Prompts May Up Goals-of-Care Dialogues at Outpatient Visits
Patient-specific intervention tied to increase in goals-of-care discussions for patients with serious illness
Burosumab May Benefit Children With X-Linked Hypophosphatemia
Decrease in mean Thacher rickets severity total score from dosing every two weeks or every four weeks
Use of Systematic Reviews Affects Newborn Screening Policy
Reduces probability that screening for rare disease in newborn blood spot test will be recommended