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Quality Measurement of Medication Monitoring in the Meaningful Use EraShifting from claims to integrated electronic health records to calculate quality metrics will improve reported quality attributable to data capture changes, not true quality improvements.
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Assessing Electronic Health Record Implementation Challenges Using Item Response TheoryIt is unclear which barriers cause the greatest threats to the successful implementation of an electronic health record (EHR). This paper prioritizes the potential threats to EHR adoption using a novel analytic strategy: item response theory.
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Innovation in Plain SightInnovations are powering the evolution of patient-centered care, and health plans are at the center of this innovation story.
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Can Outpatient Pharmacy Data Identify Persons With Undiagnosed COPD?Algorithms based on managed care pharmacy data can efficiently identify persons at risk for undiagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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Feasibility of Expanded Emergency Department Screening for Behavioral Health ProblemsThis feasibility study of expanded emergency department screening identified a high prevalence of behavioral health conditions. Screening was successfully integrated into emergency visit idle times.
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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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Pricing of Monoclonal Antibody Therapies: Higher If Used for Cancer?The annual price of monoclonal antibody therapies used in oncology and hematology is about $100,000 higher than those used in other disease states.
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Variability in Resource Use: Diagnosing Colorectal CancerIn a cohort of 449 patients with colorectal cancer in the VA health system, diagnostic resource use varied with facility, patient age, and patient presentation.
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Toyota Production System Quality Improvement Initiative Improves Perioperative Antibiotic TherapyUse of Toyota production system methods as part of a nosocomial MRSA prevention initiative on a surgical unit improved quality of care in other areas.
