Healthcare Sys & Biz

In India, expanded health insurance coverage was assessed against cardiometabolic risk factor control. Using quasi-experimental methods, coverage showed no consistent, statistically significant improvement in blood pressure, glycemia, or body mass index, wi...

In cardiology, physician receipt of industry payments was associated with prescribing patterns for PCSK9 inhibitors, angiotensin receptor neprilysin inhibitors, and direct oral anticoagulants in an analysis from the NCDR PINNACLE registry. The direction and...

Cardiology prescribing of PCSK9 inhibitors, ARNi, and DOACs was examined by linking the NCDR PINNACLE registry with the Open Payments program. Payments to physicians correlated with higher use of these newer, higher-cost therapies, with associations varying...

Pharmaceutical marketing and physician payments were associated with higher prescribing of PCSK9 inhibitors, ARNi, and DOACs within a national outpatient cardiology registry. Patterns linked even modest transfers of value to greater use of high-cost therapi...

Elderly Ukrainians displaced to Israel face high burdens of chronic disease and care continuity challenges. A new retrospective cohort characterizes patterns across primary care, emergency, inpatient, and prescriptions, highlighting concentrated demand soon...

Mpox surveillance in Africa is shifting toward artificial intelligence -enabled workflows that integrate digital reporting, geospatial signals, and laboratory data. The key finding is that effectiveness depends on robust data governance, interoperable archi...

Mpox surveillance in Africa can be strengthened by AI-driven digital epidemiology that fuses clinical, laboratory, and open-source signals to improve timeliness and coverage. Synthesis of current approaches highlights opportunities in geospatial risk mappin...