Feb 24, 2021
Making TCAR available for select patients leads to 10% lower MACE rates
Hospitals that adopted transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) as an option for carotid revascularization saw a 10% reduction in perioperative major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in patients with carotid artery stenosis, according to a registry-based study, although other quality-of-care initiatives may also have played a part.
In a study of data from the Society of Vascular Surgery’s Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI), the crude rate of MACE was similar for post-TCAR and post-CEA at 2.3% versus 2.4% (
P=0.91), reported Jesse A. Columbo MD, MS, of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, and co-authors.
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Women of minority races and ethnicities and with less education and income have had relatively lower access to 3D mammography, a technology that can improve breast cancer detection and decrease false alarms, according to research published today. This study was about whether adoption of this technology is equitable. We re showing that it has not been, even though it has been FDA-approved for a decade now, said Dr. Christoph Lee, professor of radiology at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Black and Hispanic women, and less-educated and lower-income women have not been able to obtain 3D mammography as easily as white, well-educated, and higher-income women.
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The COVID-19 pandemic is a great example of the importance of access to the Internet and to digital health information. Unfortunately, historical disparities in health care appear to be reflected in computer ownership, access to the Internet and use of digital health information. However, few studies have qualitatively explored reasons for digital health information disparity, especially in older adults.
A study led by Florida Atlantic University s Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing in collaboration with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the University of Massachusetts Medical School, examined the extent of computer ownership, Internet access, and digital health information use in older (ages 60 and above) African Americans, Afro-Caribbeans, Hispanic Americans and European A
Insight: Rural health care in crisis
Here are five reforms the Biden administration can enact to turn around troubling trends.
By Lauren Hughes and Sameer VohraThe Conversation
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Rural hospitals have struggled with financial troubles for years. Over the past decade, more than 130 have closed, forcing residents to drive farther or delay needed care. Now, the COVID-19 pandemic has many of them wondering whether rural health care systems will survive.
Twenty percent of the U.S. population lives in rural America, a region that fuels the country with food and energy. These Americans believe their health care needs have been overlooked or misunderstood by Washington for years.