Clinicians and their chronic myeloid leukaemia patients looking to switch to generic imatinib will see no change in outcomes or safety, while markedly reducing healthcare costs, say UK researchers.
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Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis has been understudied for years, and its increasing prevalence now has researchers working overtime to make much-needed progress in its treatment.
Medscape Oncology

Use of some cancer screening and monitoring tests came to 'a near standstill' in early April in the US, a new report indicates.
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The Food and Drug Administration has approved capmatinib for treatment of adults with metastatic non–small cell lung cancer harboring MET exon 14 skipping mutations, as detected by an FDA-approved test.
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Since 2018, there has been a 20.8% increase in practices merging or being acquired, and more recently they have also taken a beating from COVID-19.
Medscape Medical News

Capmatinib produced rapid, deep responses in patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer harboring MET exon 14 (METex14) skipping mutations, according to a presentation at the AACR virtual meeting I.
Medscape Medical News

A longer follow-up and larger cohort are needed, but results from a new study showed safety and a survival benefit among patients who received nivolumab as an adjunct to surgery.
Medscape Medical News

Dr Kathy Miller discusses beneficial changes that have resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic and implications for the future of medicine.
Medscape Oncology

How do you define the standard of care when exciting anticancer strategies enter the scene almost daily? There is no simple answer, says Dr Maurie Markman.
Medscape Oncology

These are the most important oncology stories you need to know about today.
Medscape Medical News

Electronic health record (EHR) log data have shown promise in measuring physician time spent on clinical activities, contributing to deeper understanding and further optimization of the clinical environment.

At this year’s Health Datapalooza in Washington, DC, Mathematica staff will showcase their expertise in data visualizations, machine learning, and data mining to help progress together on critical issues in today’s health policy environment.

The authors document the earnings in the sixth calendar year after youths’ vocational rehabilitation (VR) applications and Social Security Administration (SSA) benefit outcomes during the six years after their VR applications.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announced today that Mathematica is the grand prizewinner of the Agency’s Visualization Resources of Community-Level Social Determinants of Health Challenge for its Data Visualization Tool.

The Vermont Division of Vocational Rehabilitation’s Linking Learning to Careers (LLC) program provides enhanced services to help high school students with disabilities as they make the transition to careers or postsecondary education. These enhanced services include access to assistive technology.

Clear communication with patients upon emergency department (ED) discharge is important for patient safety during the transition to outpatient care.

Mathematica’s Center for Studying Disability Policy has provided valuable insights into the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) disability programs during its seven years as a research center for the SSA’s Disability Research Consortium (DRC).

A comparison of stage at cancer diagnosis and cancer treatment rates between people with HIV (PWH) and the general US population is needed to identify any disparities by HIV status.

This toolkit aims to help states develop a plan for Title IV-E prevention services, and to assist states in planning an array of services to help address substance use, mental health, and parenting issues (“prevention services”).

Mathematica was contracted by Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) to create an updated inventory of state- and territory-level Medicaid policies, programs, or initiatives that are designed to improve the access to, quality of, and outcomes of maternity care services.

At Mathematica, our mission has always been to protect and improve public well-being. In this time of increased concern over the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), the health and safety of all Mathematica employees, clients, and partners is our top priority. We are adhering to guidance and best practices issued by health authorities, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

This case study discusses two federal grant initiatives and the evaluation technical assistance (ETA) provided to the grantees.

When combined with data on prescriptions filled at local pharmacies, EMS drug overdose calls, and drug seizures by law enforcement, wastewater testing can yield insights into the extent of black-market activity, policing impact on community drug use, and where and when drug overdoses might occur.

Poor nutrition and hand hygiene are risk factors for acute respiratory infections (ARIs). Safe drinking water and sanitation can reduce exposure to pathogens and encourage healthy immune responses, reducing the risk of ARIs.

Mathematica welcomes Diane Rittenhouse as senior fellow in the Health Unit. Rittenhouse, a family physician, is a nationally known expert at the intersection of social policy and clinical quality.

Consolidation among physician practices and between hospitals and physician practices has accelerated in the past decade, resulting in higher prices in commercial markets.

The authors developed a mathematical model based on a cost-of-illness approach to estimate the impacts of exposure to untreated PMADs on mothers and children.

The California Health Care Foundation is funding a transitional graduate medical education program office in California to help address physician shortages.

This primer is designed to help researchers, data scientists, and others who analyze health care claims or administrative data (herein referred to as “claims”) quickly join the effort to better understand, track, and contain COVID-19.

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