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Step-Up Care Improves Impairment in Uncontrolled Asthma: An Administrative Data StudySignificant clinically meaningful improvements in asthma impairment are documented by administrative data for 1 year after initiation of step-up care in patients with uncontrolled asthma.
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Faster by a Power of 10: A PLAN for Accelerating National Adoption of Evidence-Based PracticesThe authors identify a 4-step plan to accelerate the spread of evidence-based practices.
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Areas of Addressable Friction for the Adoption of Greater Healthcare Affordability: Insights from US PhysiciansBased on an analysis of Medscape Business of Medicine data, we identify 5 specific areas of friction for the success of payment reform efforts.
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Pharmaceuticals From Development to Practice: Learnings From an Online CurriculumThis article summarizes the outcomes from a pilot online curriculum on off-label prescribing, appraising pharmaceutical information, and talking with patients about advertised medications.
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Psychological Family Intervention for Poorly Controlled Type 2 DiabetesA family-based intervention targeting negative and/or inaccurate illness perceptions in patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes was effective in improving glycemic control.
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Baseline and Postfusion Opioid Burden for Patients With Low Back PainPatients with low back pain have a high opioid burden, which increases following spinal fusion surgery; 27% of fusion patients filled opioid prescriptions at least 12 months post surgery.
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Assessing the Complex Interplay Between Metabolic Dysfunction and Rheumatoid ArthritisMany studies have examined how rheumatoid arthritis therapy affects the risk of metabolic comorbidities.
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It Is Time to Ask Patients What Outcomes Are Important to ThemPatients 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.
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TransformationJournal of Oncology Practice (JOP) and The American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC) join efforts to highlight work focusing on issues affecting payers and providers.
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No Longer a Unicorn: Improving Health Through Accountable Care OrganizationsAccountable care organizations can play a key role in building a Culture of Health in which every person in America can have the healthiest life possible.
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Relationship of Diabetes Complications Severity to Healthcare Utilization and Costs Among Medicare Advantage BeneficiariesThis retrospective cohort study in a Medicare Advantage population posits that type 2 diabetes mellitus complications pose an excess burden on healthcare resource use and related costs.
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Health Plan Switching and Satisfaction in a Medicaid MLTSS ProgramHealth plan dissatisfaction was higher among Medicaid managed long-term services and supports (MLTSS) beneficiaries who did not follow through with an intention to change health plans.
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Managed Care Patients' Preferences, Physician Recommendations, and Colon Cancer ScreeningCRC screening rates in a large managed care organization were low. Among those screened, use was associated more with physicians' recommendations than with patient preferences.
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Hospitalized Patients' and Family Members' Preferences for Real-Time, Transparent Access to Their Hospital RecordsThis mixed-methods study evaluated hospitalized patients’ and family members’ perceived communications mismatches and their calls for transparent real-time information and potential 21st-century solutions.
