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Bette Caan, PhD

Latest:

Correlates of Prostate-Specific Antigen Testing in a Large Multiethnic Cohort

Prostate-specific antigen screening was highest among African American men and those concerned about prostate cancer and lowest when physicians did not discuss the test.


Neil B. Minkoff, MD

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Optimizing Outcomes for Patients With CKD and T2DM

Steps that need to be taken to address unmet needs and optimize outcomes for patients who have chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes.




Betsy J. Lahue, MPH

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Can mHealth Revolutionize Evidence-Based Practice in Diabetes Care?

Data from mHealth can inform, assess, anticipate, and aid in interventions while monitoring and coordinating patient health status and care.


John C. Parker, PhD

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Medication Adherence Changes Following Value-Based Insurance Design

Value-based insurance design copayment reductions sustained medication adherence 2 years into policy implementation and were most effective in patients with poor adherence before policy implementation.


Julie Ann Sakowski, PhD

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The Cost of Implementing Inpatient Bar Code Medication Administration

Bar code medication administration can be an effective and potentially cost-saving solution to prevent harmful medication administration errors in the community hospital setting.


Sammy Saab, MD, MPH

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Real-World Outcomes of Ledipasvir/Sofosbuvir in Treatment-Naïve Patients With Hepatitis C

In the treatment of hepatitis C virus, the gap between efficacy and real-world effectiveness narrows with improved tolerability and ease of use.


Guijing Wang, PhD

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Full Coverage for Hypertension Drugs in Rural Communities in China

Low-income rural residents receiving hypertension drugs at no charge had enhanced medication adherence and reduced medical costs in China.


Lucinda B. Leung, MD, MPH

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Consumer-Directed Health Plans: Do Doctors and Nurses Buy In?

Although clinical knowledge positions physicians and nurses well as consumer-directed health plan enrollees, they appeared less likely to choose these plans than nonmedical faculty and staff.


Jean M. Abraham, PhD

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Real-World Digitally Based Diabetes Management Program Implementation by a Large Employer

This study offers new insights to self-insured employers and health plans related to investment in digitally based disease management programs and enrollee engagement.



Evan S. Fieldston, MD, MBA, MSHP

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Pediatric Integrated Delivery System's Experience With Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1)

Experience of a pediatric integrated delivery system with the surge from the 2009 H1N1 pandemic is described, emphasizing scale, scope, and flexibility at multiple locations.


Dwight Barry, PhD

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Simple Errors in Interpretation and Publication Can Be Costly

A recent AJMC study contained overstatements and small but importantly placed errors that have the potential to cause unwarranted on-the-ground cost problems.



Donna M. Zulman, MD, MS

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Distinct Health Care Use Patterns of Patients With Chronic Gastrointestinal Diseases

Patients 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.



Lisa Marr, MD

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Project ECHO: An Effective Means of Increasing Palliative Care Capacity

This article provides insight on the work of 7 of Project ECHO’s replicating partners from around the world who are implementing the ECHO model to address the knowledge gap that underlies integrated palliative care crisis.






Raymond Kang, MA

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Comparative Effectiveness and Costs of Insulin Pump Therapy for Diabetes

Evaluation of healthcare utilization and costs over 3 years for adults with insulin-requiring diabetes who transition from multiple daily insulin injections to insulin infusion pumps.




Evan Cole, PhD

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Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO Network Comprehensiveness and Patient Panel Stability

Medicare Shared Savings Program accountable care organization (ACO) network comprehensiveness is associated with stable patient assignment year to year. Panel stability was significantly associated with improved diabetes and hypertension control in the short term.


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