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Vaccine Uptake Strategies & Ethical Considerations- Part II

Integrated Care News by CFHA

Providing incentives such as tying vaccination to insurance-related or public benefits or offering small monetary or non-monetary incentives can also improve vaccine uptake. Likewise, training healthcare professionals on vaccine information alone has not been found to improve vaccine uptake.

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Insurers Promise to Speed Up Delays in Health Care Approvals

Physician's Weekly

WEDNESDAY, June 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Getting approval from your insurance company before a procedure or treatment may soon get a little easier. said this week that several of the nation’s largest health insurers have agreed to change how they handle prior authorization, a system that often causes delays in care. Kennedy Jr.

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Alabama Physicians and Advocates Rally to Reform Prior Authorization Process

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

Prior authorizations, a common practice requiring health care providers to obtain approval from insurance companies before proceeding with prescribed treatments or medications, has become a notable point of contention.

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"It All Revolves Around the Pain": Patient Experiences of Navigating Care for Long COVID Pain Symptoms [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

Population Studied: The diverse sample included patients with LC with different insurance/payor types, and developed COVID symptoms at various time points in the pandemic. Demographic characteristics and the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) pain interference measure were collected via surveys.

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An Evaluation of Patient Outcomes Associated with Sludge (Administrative Burdens) in Cancer Screening [Screening, prevention, and health promotion]

Annals of Family Medicine

Instrument: survey - sludge (original questions), delayed or foregone screenings (informed by prior work), screening experience (Net Promotor Score) and health system distrust (Health System Distrust Scale); interviews – semi-structured interview guide design by the research team. 47, p< 001).

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Cervical Cancer Screening Differences Between Black and White Women: An Examination of HPV and Pap Test Utilization. [Screening, prevention, and health promotion]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting or Dataset We utilized the 2019 and 2021 National Health Interview Survey data (NHIS), which collects information about health, healthcare access, and health behaviors, including CCS. Also, more Black women reported being informed about the type of CCS they received. population.

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Institutional policies on research-related transportation could help improve research engagement [Clinical research (other)]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study Design We sought information on policies for research-related transportation across the HBCD study sites. In addition, information on liability insurance and protections was sought. Data on five policy domains identified as key to research-related transportation were extracted from each existing policy and summarized.