Leif I. Solberg, MD

December 15, 2015

Patients with abdominal or back pain identified 21 outcomes important to them, but the reported outcomes are quite different from the symptom and function outcomes studied by researchers.

September 24, 2014

Becoming a medical home appears to increase physician and staff job satisfaction, but it also risks decreasing patient satisfaction with access to care.

September 17, 2014

Factors most important for successful implementation of collaborative care for depression differ for patient activation versus achieving remission; both are critical to program success.

September 03, 2014

This study demonstrated that reduction of depression symptoms following routine treatment in primary care is significantly associated with improvements in productivity at work.

March 14, 2014

Evaluation of the 5 As of smoking cessation using patient electronic medical records across 6 distinct healthcare systems, stratified by comorbidity, gender, age, race ethnicity.

November 19, 2012

From 2005 to 2009, improved clinical practice systems were associated with cost reductions only for medically complex patients.

August 23, 2012

This article reports a unique statewide initiative in Minnesota to improve orders for high-tech diagnostic imaging tests while reducing their overall frequency and costs.

August 23, 2012

Patients who often change medical groups have the highest healthcare costs. The improved coordination of an accountable care organization may reduce those costs.

February 05, 2010

Electronic decision support for high-tech diagnostic imaging was associated with reduced volume and increased appropriateness, but had little impact on findings or patients.

September 07, 2009

Reporting physician group performance in addition to health plan performance may stimulate greater improvement in diabetes care.