This article describes the development and capabilities of a Webbased decision support system for care managers working in the context of the chronic care model.
Expanding primary care teams with trained and supported paraprofessionals enables systematic delivery of widely recommended, evidence-based, cost-saving alcohol, drug, and depression screening and intervention services.
The willingness of employees to pay to prevent influenza demonstrates a strong preference to protect themselves and their household members; however, modifiable barriers to vaccination persist.
Interviews with chief financial officers of rural hospitals revealed that they perceived telehealth to have some financial advantages; however, they did not believe that telehealth improved their hospitals’ financial situations.
The objective of this work is to improve the quality of patient care in the admission office service of the University Hospital Virgen del Rocío (HUVR) by standardizing and systematizing its procedures using Lean methodology. The results have allowed HUVR to achieve continuous improvement in the process, eliminating the elements that do not add value.
Reducing inappropriate use of cardiac telemetry may improve the cost of care while maintaining patient safety.
A qualitative study of patient and provider perspectives regarding the after-visit summary and the patient portal features of the electronic health record.
This article compares cardiovascular disease risk management in community clinics during the COVID-19 pandemic among patients for whom primary care was delivered mostly in person vs mostly virtually.
A revised HEDIS definition of high-risk asthma more precisely identifies patients with functional impairment and higher healthcare utilization who might benefit from case management.
With patients living longer thanks to new therapies, we need more accurate, sensitive, and standardized tools to guide their therapy.
Retail clinic use is associated with lower overall total cost of care based on a matched-pair analysis.
Targeted messaging that encourages heavy ED users in managed care to contact their primary care providers before ED visits shows promise.
This study compared general practitioner–centered healthcare (Hausarztzentrierte Versorgung [HZV]) with non-HZV healthcare in Germany regarding the development of diabetes complications. HZV is associated with reduced risk of diabetes complications.