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Fludarabine, cytarabine, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, and idarubicin with gemtuzumab ozogamicin improves event-free survival in younger patients with newly diagnosed aml and overall survival in patients with npm1 and flt3 mutations
Purpose
To determine the optimal induction chemotherapy regimen for younger adults with newly diagnosed AML without known adverse risk cytogenetics.
Patients and Methods
One thousand thirty-three patients were randomly assigned to intensified (fludarabine, cytarabine, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, and idarubicin [FLAG-Ida]) or standard (daunorubicin and Ara-C [DA]) induction chemotherapy, with one or two doses of gemtuzumab ozogamicin (GO). The primary end point was overall survival (OS).
Results
There was no difference in remission rate after two courses between FLAG-Ida + GO and DA + GO (complete remission [CR] + CR with incomplete hematologic recovery 93% v 91%) or in day 60 mortality (4.3% v 4.6%). There was no difference in OS (66% v 63%; P = .41); however, the risk of relapse was lower with FLAG-Ida + GO (24% v 41%; P < .001) and 3-year event-free survival was higher (57% v 45%; P < .001). In patients with an NPM1 mutation (30%), 3-year OS was significantly higher with FLAG-Ida + GO (82% v 64%; P = .005). NPM1 measurable residual disease (MRD) clearance was also greater, with 88% versus 77% becoming MRD-negative in peripheral blood after cycle 2 (P = .02). Three-year OS was also higher in patients with a FLT3 mutation (64% v 54%; P = .047). Fewer transplants were performed in patients receiving FLAG-Ida + GO (238 v 278; P = .02). There was no difference in outcome according to the number of GO doses, although NPM1 MRD clearance was higher with two doses in the DA arm. Patients with core binding factor AML treated with DA and one dose of GO had a 3-year OS of 96% with no survival benefit from FLAG-Ida + GO.
Conclusion
Overall, FLAG-Ida + GO significantly reduced relapse without improving OS. However, exploratory analyses show that patients with NPM1 and FLT3 mutations had substantial improvements in OS. By contrast, in patients with core binding factor AML, outcomes were excellent with DA + GO with no FLAG-Ida benefit
Secure Messaging in Electronic Health Records and Its Impact on Diabetes Clinical Outcomes: A Systematic Review
In 2009, President Barack Obama signed into law the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, which aims for the universal adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) in primary care settings and “meaningful use” of this technology. The objectives of “meaningful use” are well defined and executed in stages; one of the objectives of stage 2, beginning in 2014, was implementation of a secure messaging system between patients and providers. Secure messaging has been shown to positively affect patients who struggle with managing chronic diseases on a day to day basis. This review aims to assess the clinical evidence supporting the use of secure messaging in EHRs in self-management of diabetes.
Methods:
A systematic search of PubMed was conducted, and 320 results were returned. Of these, 11 were selected based on outlined criteria.
Conclusions:
Evidence from 7 of the 11 included studies suggests significant improvement in patients' hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) with the use of secure messaging. However, improvements in patients' secondary outcomes, such as blood pressure and cholesterol, were inconsistent. Further work must be done to determine how to best maximize the potential of available tools such as secure messaging and EHRs to improve patient outcomes
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Evaluating the Evidence Base for the Use of Home Telehealth Remote Monitoring in Elderly with Heart Failure
Outcomes of a Mobile Phone Intervention for Heart Failure in a Minority County Hospital Population
Background:
Chronic heart failure (HF) causes significant morbidity, mortality, and cost. Managing HF requires considerable self-management skills and self-efficacy. Little information exists about feasibility and potential impact of a mobile monitoring intervention to improve self-efficacy and quality of life (QoL) among minority patients with HF.
Materials and Methods:
We developed a mobile phone-assisted case management program and tested its impact on outcomes in minority patients with HF in a 2:1 randomized controlled trial. We evaluated self-care efficacy, knowledge, behavior, and QoL at baseline and 3 months.
Results:
We enrolled 61 participants: intervention 42, usual care 19; mean age ± SD: 55 ± 10 years; 64% male; 75% white Hispanic, 25% African American; and 56% high school education or less. Comparison of the two groups with respect to changes from baseline to 3 months showed significant differences for Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease (2.09 ± 2.32, p-value = 0.005); health distress scale (−1.1 ± 1.5, p-value = 0.017); and QoL (Role Physical, 23.6 ± 44.5, p-value = 0.042, and General Health, 11.1 ± 14.2, p-value = 0.012).
Conclusions:
A mobile phone-based disease management program may help improve self-care efficacy and QoL in a minority population and offers a modality to help reduce ethnic disparity
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Scaling Geriatric and Telemedicine Care for Older Adults in Rural Areas Through Clinical Strategies and Training
Telemedicine, the use of electronic information and communication technologies to deliver care, has grown substantially over the past few years, potentially benefiting older adults who have difficulty accessing and traveling to care locations. Given that providers and interprofessional staff with training in geriatric medicine often practice in urban rather than rural areas, older adults’ access to quality geriatric care is limited. Prior experiences with telemedicine adoption for geriatric team consultation, though limited in scope, were well accepted by older adults and demonstrated benefits such as identifying and meeting care needs for older adults. Bringing geriatric team care to large regions across the country requires further consideration of population needs, local contexts and training and enhancement of an interprofessional workforce to deliver geriatric care through telemedicine. The Veteran healthcare system has been a pioneer in telemedicine care and considers the use of telemedicine necessary for all providers in its system. This symposium aims to discuss approaches to identify and target older adults who may benefit from geriatric consultation, how care delivery is scaled through identifying common approaches and local adaptations, what the important elements are for providers and teams to deliver care effectively for the older adult population, especially those with multiple complex chronic conditions and functional limitations, and considerations for training the next generation of providers to provide care for older adults with complex conditions, particularly in rural areas with limited access
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Financial effect of a hospital outpatient senior clinic on an academic medical center
To estimate the billed charges generated for the university hospital (UH) by patients seen in a UH outpatient senior clinic over a 6-month period. To estimate the average billed charges per geriatric patient generated for the UH over the same 6-month period.
Retrospective analysis.
Hospital-based outpatient senior clinic at a university medical center.
Outpatients aged 65 and older.
The total inpatient, outpatient, and professional fee charges generated for the UH by the senior health center (SHC) patients were estimated for a 6-month period, with the use of billing data from the professional and hospital billing systems. To estimate the multiplier effect and average charges per SHC patient per year, our analysis focused on professional charges generated directly in the SHC and professional fees and hospital charges generated by secondary referral (inpatient and outpatient).
One thousand nine hundred ninety-eight patients were seen in the SHC during the 6-month period. For every 17 was billed elsewhere in the hospital system. Geriatric medicine professional charges generated by the 1,998 SHC patients over the 6-month period totaled 4,684,195 for all departments; hospital outpatient charges (ancillary plus technical, including facility fees for the SHC) of 1,606,287 for other departments, thereby producing a multiplier factor of 17. The average overall charges per geriatric patient per 6 months totaled 3,860 in hospital charges per SHC patient per 6 months. The average hospital charges generated per established SHC patient per 6 months were 7,187 per 6 months. The average professional charges were $1,078 per patient per 6 months.
This study provides a reasonable estimate of the substantial multiplier, or "flow-through," effect of a senior clinic on its parent medical center. Although senior clinics may be a cost center when viewed in isolation, these clinics are actually revenue generators when viewed from the perspective of the entire health system
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GREATER HYPOGLYCEMIA UNAWARENESS IN OLDER COMPARED TO YOUNGER RURAL VETERANS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES
Abstract Hypoglycemia is of great concern in older patients, especially when complicated with multimorbidity and geriatric syndromes. We implemented a telemedicine model to address hypoglycemia knowledge, risk factors, incidence and comanagement with their primary care teams (PCT). We identified 166 consecutive rural veterans with high hypoglycemia risk, based on a local medication database (sulfonylureas and insulin), age, and recent glycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c). We conducted a telephone medication reconciliation and survey assessing glucose self-monitoring (GSM), hypoglycemia knowledge and symptoms. Variables were tested using chi-square, Fisher’s, and one-way ANOVA. Multivariable logistic regression model was built to assess the association of hypoglycemia and age group, adjusted with treatment, HbA1c%, self-monitoring, and knowledge. There were 54 veterans aged <65 (younger), and 112 veterans aged ≥65 years (older). Average HbA1c was higher in younger than older (8.20±1.96 vs 7.43±1.34%, p=.003). There was no difference in treatment regimens, but the older had greater GSM (p=.028) and lower hypoglycemia symptom knowledge (p=.026). Symptomatic hypoglycemia was greater in younger versus older (50.0% vs 30.4%, p=0.014). Recent (past-2-weeks) hypoglycemic events were more frequent in younger than older (24.1 vs 1.79%, p<.001). Regression analyses showed that younger veterans were more likely to have hypoglycemia (OD=2.37, 95% CI 1.11-5.04). Our results indicate a great need to evaluate older adults with high hypoglycemia risk, in whom we observed less reports of hypoglycemia albeit with similar regimens and lower HbA1c. We suspect greater hypoglycemia unawareness, thus we are implementing a project using continuous glucose monitoring in this high-risk population
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