Care Continuity
'Catching up with reality': Medical field recognizing the ongoing decline in men's health
Men’s health has been declining for years in the United States, and health literacy may play an unexpectedly large role, according to experts.
Q&A: Cost is largest ‘roadblock’ to lecanemab treatment for Alzheimer’s
The FDA recently approved injectable Kisunla to treat early-stage Alzheimer’s disease, joining Leqembi, which gained FDA approval in July 2023 for the same purpose.
National Association of Epilepsy Centers issues updated care guidelines
For the first time since 2010, the National Association of Epilepsy has issued revised care guidelines, with a focus on precision in patient evaluation, diagnostics and multidisciplinary intervention as needed.
Study: Improving continuity of care could also improve appropriate prescribing
Several different measures of care continuity were linked to more appropriate prescribing in primary care, indicating that bettering the practice may also reduce harms by improving prescription quality, according to researchers.
Q&A: ABFM develops quality measure to assess continuity of care
Higher continuity of care has consistently been linked to better patient outcomes, according to experts.
Q&A: Continuity of primary care lowers health costs
Higher continuity of care has consistently been linked to better patient outcomes, and health care systems should consider ways to better the practice, according to researchers.
Study validates continuity of care clinical measure
A recent study investigating the reliability of a continuity of care quality measure found that it “meets or exceeds acceptable criteria” to be implemented in primary care practices, according to researchers.
Revised criteria for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease improve diagnosis
Revisions to diagnostic criteria for sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease have led to greater accuracy in both clinical care and surveillance, according to a European study published in JAMA Network Open.