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6-Jan-2025

Advanced practice provider leadership continues to drive cardiovascular program success

American College of Cardiology
Reports and Proceedings

MedAxiom, the premier source for cardiovascular organizational performance solutions, has released its 2024 Cardiovascular Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Compensation and Utilization Report, which includes 2023 data from 90 provider organizations – a robust response rate. The report features a foreword from Ginger Biesbrock, DSC, PA-C, FACC, executive vice president of MedAxiom Care Transformation Services, encouraging practical applications of the report’s data to design and implement team-based care models.

6-Jan-2025

How can similar news stories influence financial markets? Here’s what investors need to know

Binghamton University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study co-authored by faculty at Binghamton University’s School of Management, examinies how business news outlets owned by the same media holding companies tend to produce more similar news stories, which could have negative implications for financial markets. It leaves fewer options for unique news content, according to the study, so investors could become less efficient at interpreting important information in earnings reports.

Journal: The Accounting Review

6-Jan-2025

Significant funding to ensure personalized treatments that work for rheumatoid arthritis

University of Birmingham
Business Announcement

University of Birmingham researchers have been awarded £3.5 million funding from Johnson & Johnson to investigate mechanisms of response and non-response to biologic and targeted synthetic therapies in rheumatoid arthritis.

Funder: Johnson and Johnson

6-Jan-2025

Economics research stumbled under Soviet regime, while mathematics thrived

Radboud University Nijmegen
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Political and ideological barriers can shape the progress of academic disciplines, warns Ivan Boldyrev. In a new paper, the historian of economics at Radboud University explores the complex history of Soviet science and warns that a new Cold War might once again hinder academic progress. His findings have been published in the Journal of Economic Literature.

Journal: Journal of Economic Literature

3-Jan-2025

National Diabetes Prevention Program saves costs for enrollees

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the University of Michigan evaluated the uptake and outcomes of the National DPP using surveys from 5,948 university employees, dependents and retirees with prediabetes over two years.

Journal: Diabetes Care
Funder: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

3-Jan-2025

Mizzou researchers aim to reduce avoidable hospitalizations for nursing home residents with dementia

University of Missouri-Columbia
Peer-Reviewed Publication

For many nursing home residents, a trip to the hospital can be a jarring experience — one that leaves them confused and stressed. Yet avoidable transfers happen far too often, not only disrupting a resident’s routine but also costing the U.S. healthcare system $2.6 billion annually.

When researchers at the University of Missouri recently looked at the decision-making process for whether or not to transfer nursing home residents to the hospital, they quickly discovered that it’s complicated — particularly for residents with cognitive impairment who may not be able to communicate their preferences.

Journal: Alzheimer’s & Dementia
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

3-Jan-2025

One of the world’s largest social programs greatly reduced tuberculosis among the most vulnerable

Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Brazil’s Bolsa Família Program, one of the world’s largest conditional cash transfer programmes, was responsible for the reduction of more than half the number of tuberculosis cases and deaths among those living in extreme poverty and indigenous groups

Journal: Nature Medicine