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Use of Health Information Technology to Improve Medication AdherenceAutomated telephone reminders resulted in a small but significant increase in adherence to inhaled corticosteroids among adult asthma patients in a large managed care organization.
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Adherence With Statins Over 8 Years in a Usual Care SettingAdherence with statins over 8 years among members of Israel's largest HMO was found to be poor, especially among new immigrants.
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A Mid-South Chronic Disease Registry and Practice-Based Research Network to Address DisparitiesThe authors report the experience of one of the first Southern US communities to develop a comprehensive health care data repository for tracking processes and outcomes of care and identifying areas of greatest need.
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Validation of a Claims-Based Algorithm to Characterize Episodes of CareThe Michigan Value Collaborative has created a claims-based algorithm that categorizes claims into episode components. This manuscript describes the validation of this algorithm.
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Tests, Surgical Masks, Hospital Beds, and Ventilators: Add Big Data to the List of Tools to Fight the Coronavirus That Are in Short SupplyBig data could help identify potential clues about the immediate (and future) impact of coronavirus disease 2019, but it is in short supply.
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Physician Variation in Lung Cancer Treatment at the End of LifePatients receiving care for advanced non—small cell lung cancer in small, independent oncology practices are more likely to receive chemotherapy in the last 30 days of life.
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Medicaid Managed Care Penetration and Drug Utilization for Patients With Serious Mental IllnessThis study examines the relationship between Medicaid managed care penetration within a state and spending on pharmaceuticals for patients with serious mental illnesses.
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US Employee Wellness Programs and Access to Obesity Treatment in Employer-Sponsored Health InsuranceEmployer policies for access to maximum benefits do not always match those for access to obesity therapy.
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Can Electronic Health Records Help Improve Patients' Understanding of Medications?Patients' problems in understanding of new and existing medications were evaluated to design a primary care electronic health record quality improvement study.
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Comprehensive Health Management Pharmacist-Delivered Model: Impact on Healthcare Utilization and CostsPharmacist-provided comprehensive medication management led to a significant difference in emergency department visits and a cost savings of $2.10 to $2.60 for every $1.00 spent relative to a comparator group.
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Feasibility of Integrating Standardized Patient-Reported Outcomes in Orthopedic CarePatient-reported outcomes, through the use of new technological advances, can be successfully integrated into routine orthopedic practice and shared across distinct institutions.
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Understanding and Improving Value Frameworks With Real-World Patient OutcomesNew value frameworks should incorporate real-world evidence that reflects patient treatment behavior, adherence to medication, and equity concerns arising from disparities in care.
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ASTRO Calls for Voluntary Start, Scaling Back Excessive Cuts in CMS' Proposed Radiation Oncology ModelIn a commentary adapted from the organization's official response to CMS' proposal, the author highlights potential challenges that proposed alternative payment model presents for members of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).
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Oncology Nurse Navigators: Putting the Value in Value-Based Payment ModelsOncology nurse navigators provide the “constant” in what seem to be undulating waves of changes to workflows, the adoption of new technology, the near-weekly onslaught of new drugs, and the need to ensure every nuance of documentation is entered in discrete fields in electronic health records so the practice meets reporting requirements.
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Distinct Health Care Use Patterns of Patients With Chronic Gastrointestinal DiseasesPatients with complex chronic disease can be grouped by varying propensity for health care continuity patterns, which could be harnessed to personalize health care utilization interventions.
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Increasing Hepatitis C Screening in a Large Integrated Health System: Science and Policy in ConcertThe success of recommendations to improve screening often rests on the availability of efficacious therapies, coverage policies, and other factors that enable and justify screening.
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Optimizing Number and Timing of Appointment Reminders: A Randomized TrialTwo text message or phone reminders were more effective in reducing missed primary care appointments than a single reminder, particularly in patients at high risk of missing appointments.
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Flunking Asthma? When HEDIS Takes the ACTAsthma control, rather than compliance with the HEDIS asthma measure, is the most useful quality indicator of asthma care.
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Telemetry: Appropriateness of Initial Assignment and Duration in Nonintensive SettingThe authors report overutilization of telemetry monitoring in a community setting, increasing the cost of health care and potential harm to patients with unnecessary interventions.
