Viewpoint: Private employers and public health

A new study finds that that eczema can worsen when air quality drops from good to moderate levels on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Air Quality Index.

Featured in this latest episode of Tuning In to the C-Suite podcast is Paul Fronstin, director of health benefits research at EBRI, who shed light on the evolving landscape of health benefits with editors of Managed Healthcare Executive.

Research at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology evaluated patient and caregiver perspectives on gene therapies for sickle cell disease, which offer great potential but have had slow uptake.

In this latest episode of Tuning In to the C-Suite podcast, Briana Contreras, an editor with MHE had the pleasure of meeting Loren McCaghy, director of consulting, health and consumer engagement and product insight at Accenture, to discuss the organization's latest report on U.S. consumers switching healthcare providers and insurance payers.

Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School looked at clinical trials and compared these biologics to placebos to see how their treatments improve and manage severe asthma.

Preserving the ability to swallow reduces the need for invasive interventions and lowers the risk of life-threatening complications such as aspiration pneumonia.