Becker's Hospital Review

Risk-based strategy relying on EMRs may miss 80 percent of hepatitis C patients

Approximately 80 percent of patients who have the hepatitis C virus may have been missed through EMR-reliant risk-based testing, according to research from the CDC. The paper, published in Clinical ...
TCTMD

Deferred Testing in Low-Risk Patients Safe, May Curb Symptoms: PRECISE

For stable, symptomatic patients with suspected CAD who are deemed to be at “minimal risk” using a CT-based tool, deferral of diagnostic testing is just as safe as the usual approach and is even ...
The New York Times

Risk-Based Screening Works as Well as Yearly Checks After 40 in Finding Breast Cancers

A study of more than 45,000 women found that screening women according to their level of risk was as effective in detecting tumors as the one-size-fits-most screening currently recommended. By Roni ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Risk-Based Contracts May Not Cut Low-Value Care in Medicare Advantage

Transitioning to risk-based contracts showed no significant impact on low-value service use or overall healthcare utilization. Difference-in-differences analysis revealed some reductions in specific ...
ascopubs.org

Enhancing Early-Stage Breast Cancer Survivorship: Evidence-Based Strategies, Surveillance Testing, and Imaging Guidelines

Using Federal, State, and Grassroots Advocacy to Effect Change in Cancer Care Delivery and Patient Outcomes in the United States This manuscript addresses the current landscape and highlights upcoming ...