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Antihypertensive Medication and Fracture Risk in Older VA Nursing Home Residents

JAMA Internal Medicine

This cohort study using a target trial emulation approach assesses whether initiating antihypertensive medication is associated with increased fracture risk among older long-term Veterans Health Administration nursing home residents.

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July 6, 2023: NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory Welcomes 2 New Demonstration Projects: BEST-ICU and Remote Tai Chi

Rethinking Clinical Trials

Michele Balas and Dr. Eduard Vasilevskis The NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory is excited to add 2 new Demonstration Projects to its portfolio of innovative pragmatic clinical trials embedded in healthcare systems.

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July 12, 2023: In This Week’s PCT Grand Rounds, Lessons From the COORDINATE-Diabetes Trial

Rethinking Clinical Trials

Neha Pagidipati In this Friday’s PCT Grand Rounds, Christopher Granger and Neha Pagidipati of Duke University will present “Lessons From the COORDINATE-Diabetes Trial.” Fortin, MD, Distinguished Professor of Medicine and a professor of nursing, and Dr. Pagidipati is an associate professor of medicine—both at Duke University.

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Grand Rounds March 1, 2024: Effect of an Intensive Food-As-Medicine Program on Health and Health Care Use: Evidence from a Randomized Clinical Trial (Joseph Doyle, PhD)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

Schell Professor of Management and Applied Economics MIT Sloan School of Management Slides Keywords Food-as-Medicine, Randomized Clinical Trial, Diabetes Key Points Diabetes is common and costly. Food-as-Medicine observational studies have had a large correlation with improved health. 9% of the U.S.

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Blood Pressure Management and Falls in Nursing Home Residents

JAMA Internal Medicine

In this study, Dave et al harness national Veterans Health Administration (VHA) clinical data to examine the association between initiation of a new antihypertensive agent with the incidence of fall-related fractures in residents at VHA nursing homes, or community living centers. This practice was also associated with 1.8-fold 2.13]) and 1.7-fold

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A Nursing Researcher’s Experience in a COVID-19 Vaccine Trial

JAMA Internal Medicine

This perspective is that of a nursing researcher turned volunteer in a COVID-19 vaccine trial. She considers the experience of study participants and how clinicians will need to prepare their patients for the vaccine’s possible adverse effects.

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July 17, 2023: NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory Welcomes First Class of Fellows

Rethinking Clinical Trials

Kaitlyn McLeod The NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory is welcoming its first class of fellows in a new program for early-career investigators from underrepresented or minoritized groups with a scholarly interest in pragmatic clinical trials. Dr. Stephanie Ibemere is an assistant professor in the Duke University School of Nursing.

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