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Among those who receive oral anticoagulation therapy, researchers were curious about the following question: “What are the longitudinal patterns of adherence to treatment with warfarin and direct oral anticoagulants among patients with atrial fibrillation who initiate anticoagulation therapy?”

Researchers recently investigated whether cocoa consumption has a positive impact on walking performance for people with lower extremity peripheral artery disease compared with placebo.

True or False: Aging Back Clinics help improve the care of low back pain among older adults.

Beth Roberts, senior vice president, commercial business at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, discusses the importance of communicating with members what is available to them through their plan, and how population health management is key in delivering quality care.

A prominent organization recently endorsed the concept of single-payer system reform. Test your knowledge and see if you know the correct answer.

Erin Jospe, MD, chief medical officer, Kyruus, discusses the impact of “poor” provider-patient matching on the entire care team, and highlights ways technology can be utilized to address this problem.

Drew Ivan, chief product and strategy officer, and Jessica Nisenbaum, chief people officer, both with Rhapsody, discuss the benefits and challenges of introducing patient-generated health data into practice, and they explain important concepts health executives should be aware of when transitioning…

In an exclusive interview at SABCS 2019, Dawn Hershman, MD, MS, professor of medicine and epidemiology at Columbia University Medical Center, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses how the cost of breast cancer treatment is directly associated with rates of adherence, and explains…

“From a payer's perspective, this is a mechanism to address the dramatically rising cost of cancer care in a way that not only reduces costs, but also improves quality at the same time,” explained Charles Saunders, MD, chief executive office, Integra Connect.

Ronald J. Shumacher, MD, FACP, CMD, chief medical officer for Optum Care Services, discusses a recent study that looked specifically at inpatient utilization or hospitalization rates, transfers to the emergency department, and skilled nursing use patterns for long-term nursing home residents who…