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Michael Kanter, MD

Latest:

Low-Value Care for Acute Sinusitis Encounters: Who's Choosing Wisely?

Acute sinusitis is a common acute illness and offers an opportunity to eliminate low-value care. The authors describe current practices, comparing primary care, urgent care, and the emergency department.


James H. Willig, MD

Latest:

Implications of DRG Classification in a Bundled Payment Initiative for COPD

Diagnosis-related group coding determines eligibility for many Medicare bundled payment initiatives. This approach excluded many patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease likely to benefit while including others without the disease.


Janet M. Coffman, PhD, MPP, MA

Latest:

Electronic Health Record Availability Among Advanced Practice Registered Nurses and Physicians

Availability of electronic health records among advanced practice nurses and physicians in California is concentrated among large practices with fewer Medicaid patients.


Vishal Saundankar, MS

Latest:

Cost Differential of Immuno-Oncology Therapy Delivered at Community Versus Hospital Clinics

Administration of immuno-oncology therapy for cancer diagnoses in the community clinic setting is associated with lower costs compared with administration in a hospital-based clinic setting.




Joan Carles Contel, MPH

Latest:

Predictive Model for Emergency Hospital Admission and 6-Month Readmission

Predictive models for hospital admissions and readmissions in persons aged >65 years have been developed through a combination of comorbidity and previous healthcare use.



Wansu Chen, MS

Latest:

Step-Up Care Improves Impairment in Uncontrolled Asthma: An Administrative Data Study

Significant 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.






Natalie D. Erb, MPH

Latest:

Faster by a Power of 10: A PLAN for Accelerating National Adoption of Evidence-Based Practices

The authors identify a 4-step plan to accelerate the spread of evidence-based practices.





Christina L. Hoffman, MS

Latest:

Areas of Addressable Friction for the Adoption of Greater Healthcare Affordability: Insights from US Physicians

Based on an analysis of Medscape Business of Medicine data, we identify 5 specific areas of friction for the success of payment reform efforts.




Nikki M. Carroll, MS

Latest:

Pharmaceuticals From Development to Practice: Learnings From an Online Curriculum

This article summarizes the outcomes from a pilot online curriculum on off-label prescribing, appraising pharmaceutical information, and talking with patients about advertised medications.



Tom O'Dowd, MD

Latest:

Psychological Family Intervention for Poorly Controlled Type 2 Diabetes

A family-based intervention targeting negative and/or inaccurate illness perceptions in patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes was effective in improving glycemic control.






Kirsten E. Stoner, PhD

Latest:

Baseline and Postfusion Opioid Burden for Patients With Low Back Pain

Patients 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.


Jared Kaltwasser

Latest:

Closed-Loop Glucose Management Improves Outcomes in Youth With T1D

Patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) reported improved glucose outcomes, but they also said their sleep and quality of life benefited.


John C. Butler, MD

Latest:

It Is Time to Ask Patients What Outcomes Are Important to Them

Patients 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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