URAC Launches New Accreditation Programs for Clinical Integration and Accountable Care
September 5th 2013URAC, an independent accreditation organization advancing quality and value throughout health care, announced the launch of 2 new accreditation programs for Clinical Integration and Accountable Care to address the changing healthcare landscape.
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Combination Pill Improves Adherence in Cardiovascular Disease Patients
September 5th 2013Patients with or at high risk for cardiovascular disease who took a pill that combined aspirin, a statin, and 2 antihypertensives had significantly higher adherence levels than those who received usual care.
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Reports from the United States and Europe reference the lack of long-term effectiveness studies and the lack of comparative effectiveness studies as challenges in determining the most appropriate initial biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) treatment for patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
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An All-Oral Regimen for Hepatitis C Succeeds in 68% of Difficult-to-Treat Patients
August 29th 2013Sixty-eight percent of patients with preexisting liver damage and other poor prognostic factors treated with a combination of sofosbuvir and ribavirin attained functional cure of hepatitis C, as measured by sustained viral response 24 weeks after the end of treatment.
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