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Alison Conlin, MD, MPH, medical oncologist, Providence Cancer Institute, stresses the importance of research in breast cancer care and says the stressors and outcomes of the pandemic share similarity to those of a cancer-related outcomes.

Tim Dybvig, senior VP of patient engagement, Experity, breaks down what the health care industry has learned about patient engagement, how it has changed in the past year, and how providers can better embrace certain components of engagement technology to address the current needs of patients while…

Amy Turner, director of Advisory Solutions at abeo, discusses auditing in health care, reviews documentation processes that need to be in place to justify billing and coding decisions during an audit, and provides helpful tips to help health systems and organizations ensure that their staff is…

Alison Conlin, MD, MPH, medical oncologist, explains how care for HER2+ breast cancer has changed over the last 2 to 4 years compared with other forms of breast cancer—highlighting the approval of four new drugs and indications—and says COVID-19 has impacted cancer care less than other disease…

While OAB is not associated with high mortality rates, its effects on quality of life and overall burden can be stressful to patients and diagnosis/treatment is often delayed due to patients’ lack of understanding of available treatments.

Barry Gorlitsky, MD, discusses positive treatment outcomes among patients with gout, how to lower hospital readmissions among patients with diluted blood sodium due to kidney function issues, and introduces for the first time a new lower-cost treatment option that he and his colleagues recently…

Gregg Sylvester, MD, MPH, chief medical officer, Seqirus, explains why the use of Fluad (Influenza Vaccine, Adjuvanted) was more effective than non-adjuvanted standard dose trivalent influenza vaccine for reducing the risk of all-cause hospitalizations, as well as hospitalization for influenza and…

William Rayford Gwin III, MD, medical oncologist, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, breaks down some common challenges in treating breast cancer that make it unique compared to other types of cancer, and provides some risk reducing strategies for breast cancer.

Have you received the COVID-19 vaccine? Annals of Long-Term Care wants to hear about it! Tell us about the process of being scheduled for the vaccine and your experience in the days following vaccination.