Health Management

While breastfeeding has been thought to decrease children’s risk of developing allergies and asthma, a new study counters that belief.

A new study reveals an important spillover effect of parental Medicaid coverage.

Fitbit devices will be used for an NIH research program to explore the influence of behavioral, biological, and environmental influences on health.

If signed into law, Trump’s tax reform will have substantive impacts on healthcare organizations and on individuals.

Two new studies address the financial implications of unexpected major healthcare expenses for common cardiovascular conditions and procedures.

While CAR T-cell therapy has been proven to work for liquid-or blood-cancers, the challenge has been to apply this technology to solid tumors.

The COPD executive care team at Sanford Medical Center is leading to impressive results. Find out who is part of the team and how it works.

Healthcare executives have a unique leadership role to play in addressing the opioid crisis. Here’s what you need to do now.

A poll from the Biosimilars Council, a division of the Association for Accessible Medicines, has interesting findings about placing biosimilars and branded biologics on a level playing field to save money.

Transplant eligibility issues and drug regimen options raise difficult questions when treating older multiple myeloma patients.

Howard Shaps, MD, senior medical director, WellCare of Kentucky, shares details about the Medicaid insurers’ pilot program designed to fight the opioid epidemic.

Gender bias in patient care has damaging effects, especially for women.

Here are six healthcare impact trends that will challenge marketers in the upcoming year.

Autologous stem cell therapy may offer hope for patients with COPD. But some say caution is necessary.

A new study led by UCLA researchers has eye-opening findings about low-cost, high-volume unnecessary healthcare. These low-value services may surprise you.

A new study has shocking findings about death rates in heart failure patients enrolled in the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program.

Here’s how health systems can provide patients with ways to improve their overall financial experience as the frustration around high-deductible health plans continue to encourage patient consumerism.

CAR T-cell therapies and other immunotherapy give this oncologist’s cancer patients hope for a better quality of life.

Plans must be able to deploy these five tactics, whether using internal resources or collaborating with a vendor.

Two patient survey studies sponsored by Mallinckrodt reveal findings about patient-reported multiple sclerosis rates.

Allergist Bradley Chipps, MD, shares research on how to fine-tune asthma management strategies.

A Canadian study reveals how clinicians may be able to identify whether asthma will develop in patients as young as age one.

A report on a pair of surveys from West reveals interesting findings about patient engagement, prevention, wellness, and quality of care.

Researchers share surprising findings about PCT-guided therapy in antibiotic management in patients with respiratory infections.

While these types of programs have been in place for several years, it can be difficult to gauge who is using them and how, and whether they are achieving their intended goal.