January 14, 2021
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This retrospective cohort evaluation found that patients receiving electronic, compared with face-to-face, specialty consultation had significantly lower health care costs for at least 3 months.
December 14, 2015
Article
E-consult implementation grew from 12 to 122 VHA sites with multiple specialties. The adjusted e-consult rate of 1.93/100 consults saved significant patient travel miles and costs.
July 13, 2011
Article
Systolic blood pressure control was not maintained in a large proportion of patients after the end of participation in a hypertension intervention study.
April 13, 2011
Article
A multisite multimodal intervention of patient education, home monitoring, measurement reporting to an IVR system, and pharmacist follow-up achieved greater BP reductions vs usual care.