Electronic Health Reporter

DECEMBER 4, 2019

By Tom Romeo, general manager of healthcare IT, Quanum Solutions, Quest Diagnostics. Despite widespread adoption, a 2018 Quest Diagnostics survey was among the first to cast doubt on overall usefulness of “basic” EHRs. Illegal copying is prohibited. Only 39% of physicians surveyed believed […].

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Patient Care Diagnostics Tests 111

Sensible Medicine

MAY 25, 2023

For calcium deposits in breast arteries to be important, we would need to know that some action based on this finding, whether it be further diagnostic testing, lifestyle modification, or medical therapy, actually benefits a woman. One of them, the coronary artery calcium score (CAC) was reviewed in 2018 by the U.S.

Tests 60

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Health Populi

MAY 4, 2023

However, elective procedures haven’t yet reached pre-pandemic utilization (latest read of 98) and for screening and diagnostic tests, underwhelming use at 89 versus the 100 index pre-pandemic. Prescriptions for these medicines in women were up 46% from 2018 (compared with men, growing in Rx volume by 26%).

Tests 62

Tests Diagnostics Medication Insurance 62

Health Populi

JUNE 2, 2020

There was great news published last week in An Update on Cancer Deaths in the United States from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC): cancer mortality rates have declined by 26% over 20 years, between 1999 to 2018. In 2018, there were 599,274 cancer deaths; 283,721 were among females and 315,553 among males.

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Tests Diagnostics Communication Medication 106

Health Populi

MAY 20, 2024

In the past year, the growth of prescription drug utilization and spending has much to do with the use of GLP-1 agonists to treat diabetes and obesity, along with immunology therapy, and lipid meds, along with specialty medicines now accounting for over half of spending — up from 49% in 2018.

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Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 14, 2024

The death has an “unknown cause” rather than SIDS if the investigation or autopsy is missing, or an alternative diagnosis cannot be ruled out (see Duncan and Byard, 2018 , p. Only 23% of all cases across all seven states did genetic testing.

Unit Organization and Environment 72

Unit Organization and Environment Tests Diagnostics Certification 72

Health Populi

MAY 30, 2018

.” When the concept of therapies tailored to individual patients is explained, most people like the idea of diagnostic tools that can identify biological markers and marry to personal medical records data to help determine medical treatments that best fit them. This picture of U.S.

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Insurance HIPAA Tests Diagnostics 69