Articles by David A. Asch, MD, MBA

Economics of a Health System’s Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine for Its Employees
ByKrisda H. Chaiyachati, MD, MPH, MSHP,Christopher K. Snider, MPH,Nandita Mitra, PhD,Ann Marie Huffenberger, DBA, RN, NEA-BC,Susan McGinley, MSN, CRNP,Regina Bristow, BS,C. William Hanson III, MD,Gregory Kruse, MSc, MPH,Shivan J. Mehta, MD, MBA, MSHP,David A. Asch, MD, MBA A direct-to-consumer telemedicine service resulted in lower per-episode unit costs for care within 7 days and only marginally increased the use of services overall.

Patient and Physician Predictors of Hyperlipidemia Screening and Statin Prescription
BySneha Kannan, MD,David A. Asch, MD, MBA,Gregory W. Kurtzman, BA,Steve Honeywell Jr, BS,Susan C. Day, MD, MPH,Mitesh S. Patel, MD, MBA, MS Physician and patient predictors of hyperlipidemia screening and statin prescription at a large, multihospital regional health center based on electronic health record data.

Patients' Views of a Behavioral Intervention Including Financial Incentives
ByJudy A. Shea, PhD,Aderinola Adejare, BA,Kevin G. Volpp, MD, PhD,Andrea B. Troxel, ScD,Darra Finnerty, MPH,Karen Hoffer, BS,Thomas Isaac, MD, MPH, MBA,Meredith Rosenthal, PhD,Thomas D. Sequist, MD, MPH,David A. Asch, MD, MBA Patients who enrolled in a trial to lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol spoke positively of the multifaceted intervention: pillbox monitoring and financial incentives were socially acceptable.

Designing an Illustrated Patient Satisfaction Instrument for Low-literacy Populations
ByJanet Weiner, MPH,Abigail Aguirre, MPA,Karima Ravenell, MS,Kim Kovath, VMD,Lindsay McDevit, MD,John Murphy, MD,David A. Asch, MD, MBA,Judy A. Shea, PhD 
When Money Is Saved by Reducing Healthcare Costs, Where Do US Primary Care Physicians Think the Money Goes?
ByDavid A. Asch, MD, MBA,Christopher Jepson, PhD,John C. Hershey, PhD,Jonathan Baron, PhD,Peter A. Ubel, MD 
