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Seniors who have diabetes are paying lower out-of-pocket costs for their medications since the launch of Medicare’s Part D prescription drug benefit, according to a new study published in Diabetes Care. Total drug spending is also down for diabetic seniors, which is noteworthy since diabetes expenses and medication costs have been increasing across the general population.

A recently launched project called LINK is connecting clinical nurses from NewYork-Presbyterian who have research ideas with academic nurses and statistical support from Columbia University School of Nursing. The LINK partnership builds upon existing relationships between the two institutions.

 research team led by Patricia Stone, PhD, Centennial Professor of Health Policy at Columbia University School of Nursing, has been awarded a one-year, $375,000 contract from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to study the barriers to nursing homes’ reporting of Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) and multidrug-resistant organisms into the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), as well as the resources needed to overcome those barriers. The NHSN is an internet-based infection-tracking system managed by the CDC.

Jean-Marie Bruzzese, PhD is a researcher and professor at Columbia University School of Nursing.