Publications by authors named "M Scott Echols"
Objectives: In 2016, Dallas Nephrology Associates recognized that the economic, humanistic, and societal burden of end-stage kidney disease was unsustainable and the fee-for-service model of reimbursement did not support a value-based care approach. We decided to be proactive by creating new workflows, education, and disease management so that patients could make well-informed choices, ultimately resulting in better outcomes.
Methods: Our shift toward value-based care focused on patient engagement, education, integrated infrastructure, collaboration, and monitoring of metrics associated with improved outcomes.
Background: Black adults show heightened cardiovascular risk compared with other groups despite comparable or lower coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores, indicating potential cardiovascular risk underestimation by CAC. Abdominal aortic calcification (AAC), preceding CAC, may predict cardiovascular events better in Black adults who are prone to early atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and excess events at low CAC scores.
Methods: We included 2551 participants from the JHS (Jackson Heart Study) visit 2 examination (2005-2008) without cardiovascular disease, followed through 2016.
Risk, Revelation, and Reflection: A Personal Journey Through Ethics, Risk Literacy, and Informed Consent.
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes
November 2024
The anatomy of the avian lower respiratory system includes a complex interaction between air-filled pulmonary tissues, pulmonary air sacs, and much of the postcranial skeleton. Hypotheses related to the function and phylogenetic provenance of these respiratory structures have been posed based on extensive interspecific descriptions for an array of taxa. By contrast, intraspecific descriptions of anatomical variation for these features are much more limited, particularly for skeletal pneumatization, and are essential to establish a baseline for evaluating interspecific variation.
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- Some people in the U.S., especially non-Hispanic African Americans, face serious health problems because they don’t get the same quality of heart care as others.
- A report from 2002 showed that there are still big health differences between different racial and ethnic groups, so it's important to understand why that happens.
- The American College of Cardiology is working on making heart care fair for everyone by focusing on education, partnerships, diverse clinical trials, and better policies, aiming to improve health for all patients.