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Combined Effect of Continuous Glucose Monitoring and Semaglutide: Analysis of Administrative ClaimsClaims data reveal larger hemoglobin A1c decreases in people with type 2 diabetes who use continuous glucose monitoring and semaglutide compared with semaglutide alone.
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Anticoagulation in Atrial Fibrillation: Impact of Mental IllnessAtrial fibrillation patients with mental health conditions are less likely to be eligible for warfarin receipt, and those who are eligible receive warfarin at lower rates.
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Outcomes and Lessons Learned From Evaluating TRICARE's Disease Management ProgramsFindings from TRICARE's disease management programs for asthma, congestive heart failure, and diabetes patients suggest that the programs more than pay for themselves.
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Safety vs Price in the Generic Drug Market: MetforminThe generic drug market focuses on price. However, multiple generic metformin drugs have been recalled due to poor drug quality. The authors examine price and quality after these recalls.
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Hypertension Treatment and Control Within an Independent Nurse Practitioner SettingThis cross-sectional retrospective study found comparable blood pressure control rates among patients with hypertension receiving primary care from a nurse practitioner versus a physician.
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Ethnic Differences in the Development of Albuminuria: The DISTANCE StudyDespite uniform access to medical care, Filipinos, blacks, and Asians with diabetes developed albuminuria at higher rates than whites.
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Implementing Effective Care Management in the Patient-Centered Medical HomeA positive deviance approach was used to identify best practices in embedding care management in patient-centered medical home team-based care processes.
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Enhancing Patient and Family Engagement Through Meaningful Use Stage 3: Opportunities and Barriers to ImplementationTwo leading US health systems attempted to implement 4 draft objectives for Meaningful Use Stage 3 within their health IT infrastructure to provide feedback on needed enhancements to the policy.
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Option Pricing: A Flexible Tool to Disseminate Shared Savings ContractsBy pricing options that protect providers from downside risk,health plans can more clearly evaluate different shared savings contracts and expand them to smaller providers.
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Standardization Improves Postoperative Patient Handoff Experience for Junior CliniciansStandardization of operating room to intensive care handoff with a “time-out for sign-out” process for health care providers was beneficial for junior clinicians.
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Health Systems Tackling Social Determinants of Health: Promises, Pitfalls, and Opportunities of Current PoliciesTo improve overall health, and not just healthcare, health systems require policies that fund and promote direct interventions targeting social determinants.
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Care Coordination in Accountable Care Organizations: Moving Beyond Structure and IncentivesIn order to live up to their potential, ACOs should ensure that clinical staff possess the professional skills necessary to effectively coordinate care.
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Scheduled and Unscheduled Hospital Readmissions Among Patients With DiabetesThis population-based study examines socioeconomic and clinical factors associated with scheduled and unscheduled readmissions after discharge among older patients with diabetes.
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Daratumumab Significantly Delays Smoldering Multiple Myeloma ProgressionThe phase 3 AQUILA study showed a 63.1% progression-free rate at 5 years with daratumumab versus 40.8% with active monitoring.
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Analysis of Venous Thromboprophylaxis Duration and Outcomes in Orthopedic PatientsExtended-duration thromboprophylaxis (>14 days) for total hip replacement/total knee replacement was associated with significantly lower risk for thromboembolic and bleeding events than short-duration thromboprophylaxis.
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Lipid Profile Changes Associated With Changing Available Formulary Statins: Removing Higher Potency AgentsWith the exception of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, fasting lipid profiles were not significantly changed after higher potency statins were removed from prescription formularies.
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Statewide Data Infrastructure Supports Population Health Management: Diabetes Case StudyThe use of statewide data infrastructure is effective at identifying criteria for diabetes outreach and management at the whole-population level.
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Insurance Coverage and Diabetes Quality Indicators Among Patients in NHANESIn a National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey secondary analysis, privately and publicly insured patients with diabetes were both more likely to meet quality indicators than the uninsured.
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Can Accountable Care Divert the Sources of Hospitalization?Oregon’s Medicaid accountable care organizations led to reductions in preventable hospital admissions, especially unscheduled admissions, among female beneficiaries aged 15 to 44 years.
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Molecular Testing Patterns in Metastatic Non—Small Cell Lung CancerAssessment of the timing of histologic and molecular testing indicates that testing occurred prior to treatment initiation for most patients with metastatic non—small cell lung cancer.
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Physician Utilization by Insurance Type Among Youth With Type 2 DiabetesPhysician utilization during the year before the first indication of type 2 diabetes did not differ between Medicaid-covered and privately insured youth.
