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Cash for the Powerful Physician and U.S. Representative Tom Price, Trump's nominee for secretary of health and human services, has a record of opposing policies that would improve care for the most vulnerable Americans and has been a vociferous opponent of the Affordable Care Act. see (Perspective, N Engl J Med 2017;376:103-105) Harnessing Patients' Voices to Improve Care Recording patient-reported outcomes electronically in real time and allowing clinicians to review longitudinal PRO reports can improve patients' quality of life, enhance patient-clinician communication, reduce emergency department utilization, and lengthen survival. see (Perspective, N Engl J Med 2017;376:105-108) Section 1332 Waivers and State-Led Reform Given the difficulty of repealing and replacing the whole Affordable Care Act, some provisions will probably remain intact -- possibly including state innovation waivers, which could be used to strengthen state-led reforms or to further undercut the remnants of the ACA. see (Perspective, N Engl J Med 2017;376:108-111) The 21st Century Cures Act The Cures Act that President Obama has signed into law will provide the National Institutes of Health with critical tools and resources to advance biomedical research across the spectrum from basic, curiosity-driven studies to advanced trials of promising therapies. see (Perspective, N Engl J Med 2017;376:111-113) Copy-Number Variation and Prenatal Screening Screening for trisomies by sequencing cell-free DNA obtained from pregnant women has become routine in many countries..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:376

Enthalten in:

The New England journal of medicine - 376(2017), 2, Seite 114

Sprache:

Englisch

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44.60

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Themen:

Bans
Blood & organ donations
Cholera
Clinical medicine
Mastectomy
Medical screening
Migraine
Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act 2010-US
Patients
Tumors

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