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Obamacare Turns 10. Here ’s a Look at What Works and Doesn’t.
With the coronavirus, a new Supreme Court case and a blistering election debate, the Affordable Care Act is facing challenges as never before. We looked at how it ’s held up to its promise.
Source: NYT Health - March 24, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Abby Goodnough, Reed Abelson, Margot Sanger-Katz and Sarah Kliff Tags: Health Insurance and Managed Care Law and Legislation Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) United States Politics and Government Medicaid Obama, Barack your-feed-healthcare Trump, Donald J Democratic Party Kaiser Family Foun Source Type: news

ASMBS Position Statement on the Relationship Between Obesity and Cancer, and the Role of Bariatric Surgery: Risk, Timing of Treatment, Effects on Disease Biology and Qualification for Surgery
The following position statement is issued by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in response to numerous inquiries made to the Society by patients, physicians, Society members, hospitals, health insurance payers, the media, and others, regarding the relationship between obesity and cancer. This includes the increased incidence of cancer in patients with obesity, how obesity can impact conventional cancer screening, recommended cancer screening prior to bariatric surgery, the beneficial impact of weight loss not only on future cancer risk but on prolonged survivorship after cancer treatment, the timing...
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - March 29, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Saber Ghiassi, Maher El Chaar, Essa M. Aleassa, Fady Moustarah, Sofiane El Djouzi, T. Javier Birriel, Ann M. Rogers, Kara Kallies, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Clinical Issues Committee Tags: ASMBS Guidelines/Statements Source Type: research

Delays and Shortages Exacerbate Coronavirus Testing Gaps in the U.S.
The lack of coronavirus test supplies, and long waits for results, has caused serious problems for many hospitals, even as new and faster tests come onto the market.
Source: NYT Health - April 6, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sheila Kaplan and Katie Thomas Tags: Tests (Medical) Shortages Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Hospitals Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Health Insurance and Managed Care Laboratories and Scientific Equipment Abbott Laboratories Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CVS Caremark Corpo Source Type: news

Results of caring and reaching for health (CARE): a cluster-randomized controlled trial assessing a worksite wellness intervention for child care staff
Child care workers are among the lowest paid US workers and experience a wide array of health concerns. The physical and mental demands of their job and the lack of employer-provided health-insurance increase ...
Source: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity - May 15, 2020 Category: Nutrition Authors: Laura A. Linnan, Amber E. Vaughn, Falon T. Smith, Philip Westgate, Derek Hales, Gabriela Arandia, Cody Neshteruk, Erik Willis and Dianne S. Ward Tags: Research Source Type: research

Policy context, coherence and disjuncture in the implementation of the Ideal Clinic Realisation and Maintenance programme in the Gauteng and Mpumalanga provinces of South Africa
Universal health coverage is a key target of the Sustainable Development Goals and quality of care is fundamental to its attainment. In South Africa, the National Health Insurance (NHI) system is a major healt...
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - June 3, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Immaculate Sabelile Muthathi and Laetitia C. Rispel Tags: Research Source Type: research

Telemedicine and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic and Directions for the Future
Summary: Telemedicine holds vast amounts of potential in changing the way outpatient plastic and reconstructive surgery is practiced. Before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, video conferencing was used by a small fraction of medical specialties. However, since the start of the pandemic, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the largest private health insurance companies have relaxed regulations to allow the majority of specialties to use video conferencing in lieu of in-person visits. Most importantly, video conferencing minimizes patient and physician exposure in situations such as these, a...
Source: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - October 27, 2020 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Tags: Plastic Surgery Focus: Ideas and Innovations Source Type: research

Untethered and HIPAA-compliant Interactive Livestreaming of Surgery to Residents and Medical Students
The objective of this article is to show that livestreaming surgery in medical education is possible using portable devices, with the resident and medical students as audience at home interacting on their computer or smart devices. The surgeon utilizes a head-mounted camera transmitting video feed using a wireless transmitter broadcasting to a laptop computer, which is hosting a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act–compliant version of Zoom. The entire setup is portable, and the surgeon is tethered neither to a cord nor to the institution’s audiovisual enterprise. This prototype setup allows the surgeon ...
Source: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery – Global Open - October 1, 2020 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Tags: Plastic Surgery Focus: Ideas and Innovations Source Type: research

With New Majority, Here ’s What Democrats Can (and Can’t) Do on Health Care
Senate control opens up new possibilities, but the party will still need to contend with arcane rules and the challenges of a narrow majority.
Source: NYT - January 7, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Sarah Kliff and Margot Sanger-Katz Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) Law and Legislation Health Insurance and Managed Care Medicare Medicaid United States Politics and Government Source Type: news

ASMBS Position Statement on the Rationale for Performance of Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy before and after Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
The following position statement is issued by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in response to inquiries made to the Society by patients, physicians, society members, hospitals, health insurance payors, the media, and others, regarding the need and possible strategies for screening endoscopic examination before Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (MBS), as well as the rationale, indications, and strategies for postoperative surveillance for mucosal abnormalities including gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and associated esophageal mucosal injury [erosive esophagitis and Barrett's Esophagus] which ma...
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - March 18, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Guilherme M. Campos, Guilherme S. Mazzini, Maria S. Altieri, Salvatore Docimo, Eric J. DeMaria, Ann Rogers, Clinical Issues Committee of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Tags: ASMBS Guidelines/Statements Source Type: research

Guidance for using text, email, and video communication in practices devoted to reproductive medicine
The prevalence and ease of electronic communication, specifically email through patient portals associated with electronic medical records or via traditional enterprise email clients (e.g., Outlook) and video, have resulted in increased use for rapid communication between practitioners and their patients. Concerns regarding patient privacy and compliance with the regulations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act remain a barrier to routine incorporation of electronic communication into practice.
Source: Fertility and Sterility - April 3, 2021 Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: Technology and Practice Committees of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine Tags: ASRM pages Source Type: research

ASMBS position statement on the rationale for performance of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy before and after metabolic and bariatric surgery
Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2021 Mar 19:S1550-7289(21)00140-4. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2021.03.007. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe following position statement is issued by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in response to inquiries made to the Society by patients, physicians, society members, hospitals, health insurance payors, the media, and others regarding the need and possible strategies for screening endoscopic examination before metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS), as well as the rationale, indications, and strategies for postoperative surveillance for mucosal abnormalities, including gastroesophage...
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery - April 20, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Guilherme M Campos Guilherme S Mazzini Maria S Altieri Salvatore Docimo Eric J DeMaria Ann M Rogers Clinical Issues Committee of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Source Type: research

American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Review on Fasting for Religious Purposes after Surgery
The following review paper is issued by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in response to numerous inquiries made to the Society by patients, physicians, Society members, hospitals, health insurance payors, the media, and others regarding the safety and recommendations for fasting for religious purposes after having metabolic and bariatric surgery. In this review, a summary of published, peer reviewed scientific evidence spanning years from 2000 to 2020, and a recently published 2021 Delphi Consensus and expert opinion is presented.
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - May 6, 2022 Category: Surgery Authors: Lillian Craggs-Dino, Maher El Chaar, Farah A. Husain, Ann M. Rogers, Alvaro Galvez Lima, Marjan Sadegh, Jumana Bashiti, Katie Chapmon, American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Integrated Health Clinical Issues Committee Tags: ASMBS Guidelines/Statements Source Type: research

Can allostatic load in pregnancy explain the association between race and subsequent cardiovascular disease risk: A cohort study
CONCLUSIONS: High allostatic load during pregnancy is associated with cardiovascular disease risk. The relationships between stress, subsequent cardiovascular risk and race warrant further study.PMID:37069728 | DOI:10.1111/1471-0528.17486
Source: BJOG : An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology - April 18, 2023 Category: OBGYN Authors: Amir J Lueth Amanda A Allshouse Nathan M Blue William A Grobman Lisa D Levine Janet Catov George Saade Lynn M Yee Fernando A Wilson Maureen Murtaugh Noel Merz Judith Chung Mitali Ray Christina Scifres Robert M Silver NIH NICHD nuMoM2b and NHLBI nuMoM2b He Source Type: research