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Medical and Surgical Management of Coronary Artery Disease in Women

Asthma Treatment Guidelines and Use of Inhalers

Making the Rounds

Hackensack Alliance ACO integrates pharmacists and adopts new technology as it joins in the bold experiment to lower costs and improve quality under health reform.

The Current and Future Management of Gastric Cancer With David H. Ilson, MD, PhD

Cost of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder vs Major Depressive Disorder Among Patients Covered by Medicaid or Private Insurance

Post-traumatic stress disorder was associated with 4.2% to 9.3% higher annual per-patient healthcare costs compared with MDD among patients covered by Medicaid or private insurance.

Mental Disorders in the Primary Care Sector: A Potential Role for Managed Care

Unmet Need in the Treatment of Postherpetic Neuralgia

Cost Effectiveness of Combination Therapy

Real-World Impact of Comparative Effectiveness Research Findings on Clinical Practice

The authors found no consistent pattern in the concordance between CER evidence and subsequent utilization patterns.

Relationship Between Patient Satisfaction With Inpatient Care and Hospital Readmission Within 30 Days

Higher overall patient satisfaction with inpatient care and discharge planning is associated with lower 30-day readmission rates after adjusting for clinical quality.

Use and Impact of an Automated Telephone Outreach System for Asthma in a Managed Care Setting

Costs of Treating Lower Respiratory Tract Infections

Compared with other costs of treatment, expenditures for antibiotics were nominal in an adult primary care population with lower respiratory tract infections.

Variability in Resource Use: Diagnosing Colorectal Cancer

In a cohort of 449 patients with colorectal cancer in the VA health system, diagnostic resource use varied with facility, patient age, and patient presentation.

Growth Hormone Use in Pediatric Growth Hormone Deficiency and Other Pediatric Growth Disorders

Evidence for the Benefit of Targeted Proteomics in the Era of the "Big Data" Approach

The availability of a novel predictive biomarker in diabetes care could have benefits for patients, payers, and pharma.

Comparison Between Guideline-Preferred and Nonpreferred First-Line HIV Antiretroviral Therapy

Initiation of guideline-preferred first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) was associated with better ART adherence and persistence and similar total healthcare expenditures among Medicaid-insured HIV patients.

Patients With Diabetes in Pay-for-Performance Programs Have Better Physician Continuity of Care and Survival

Patients with diabetes who participate in a pay-for-performance program had higher continuity of care index (COCI) scores, and those with high COCI scores had higher survival rates.

Prescriber Compliance With Black Box Warnings in Older Adult Patients

Elderly patients prescribed drugs with a drug-laboratory black box warning (BBW) had lower rates of prescriber BBW compliance than patients prescribed drugs with a drug-disease warning.

Use of an Open-Ended Question to Supplement a Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire in a Medical Residents' Clinic

Primary Care Physicians' Experiences With Case Finding for Practice-Based Care Management

Criteria used by primary care physicians to select patients for practice-based care management programs were explored in a qualitative study.

Evidence Shows Taking Part in School Nutrition Programs Helps Students Make Better Dietary Choices

Distal Upper and Lower Limb Fractures Associated With Thiazolidinedione Use

This study demonstrates that patients with diabetes taking thiazolidinediones have higher proportions of distal upper and lower limb fractures than those not taking the drug.

The Mis-Measure of Physician Performance

We discuss our concerns about tying physician performance to CG-CAHPS scores and suggest an alternative approach to facilitate translation of service excellence into clinical practice.

Use of Managed Care Claims Data in the Risk Assessment of Venous Thromboembolism in Outpatients

The Effect of Primary Care Gatekeepers on the Management of Patients with Chest Pain

State Regulation of Private Health Insurance: Prescription Drug Benefits, Experimental Treatments, and Consumer Protection

Cost Effectiveness and Quality of Life Considerations in the Treatment of Patients with Overactive Bladder

Reasons Provided by Prescribers When Overriding Drug-Drug Interaction Alerts

No Time to Waste: Decreasing Patient Wait Times for Chemotherapy Administration Using Automated Prioritization in an Oncology Pharmacy System

Using a prioritization algorithm in an oncology pharmacy system at the Johns Hopkins University, patient wait times for chemotherapy administration were significantly decreased.