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Collaborative DTM Reduces Hospitalization and Healthcare Costs in Patients With Diabetes Treated With PolypharmacyDrug therapy management implementation in 2 health plans resulted in significant cost savings and modest to significant reductions in emergency department visits and inpatient admissions among patients with diabetes.
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Patient Experience During a Large Primary Care Practice Transformation InitiativeFour years of practice transformation toward comprehensive primary care had little effect on patient experience.
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Cost Per Response Analysis of Strategies for Chronic Immune ThrombocytopeniaThis decision tree model estimates the cost per response and incremental cost per additional responder for romiplostim, eltrombopag, and “watch and rescue” for immune thrombocytopenia.
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A Novel Nursing-Driven Standardized Diabetes Education Process in Primary CareA new nursing-driven diabetes education process established within a patient-centered primary care model significantly improved diabetes control for veterans at the Albany Stratton VA Medical Center.
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Pilot of Urgent Care Center Evaluation for Acute Coronary SyndromeA formal protocol for urgent care center evaluation of potential acute coronary syndrome safely precluded emergency department visits among 84% of those eligible.
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Prioritized Post-Discharge Telephonic Outreach Reduces Hospital Readmissions for Select High-Risk PatientsA randomized control study that analyzes the impact of a postdischarge prioritization case management strategy on readmissions for select high-risk patients that are commercially insured.
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Identifying Favorable-Value Cardiovascular Health ServicesHealth improvements are usually expensive. If healthcare does not encourage high-value care and discourage low-value care, insurance premiums will continue to outpace inflation.
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Linked Pharmacist-Provider New Patient Visits in Primary CareThis manuscript describes a new interdisciplinary model for scheduling new patients with a clinical pharmacist and a primary care provider to increase productivity.
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Data Breach Locations, Types, and Associated Characteristics Among US HospitalsDespite the high level of hospital adoption of electronic health records and the federal incentives to do so, the most common type of data breach in hospitals occurred with paper records and films.
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Care Coordination Agreements: Barriers, Facilitators, and Lessons LearnedPrimary care providers have developed standing agreements with other healthcare providers and community-based organizations to coordinate care. Early experiences with these agreements are discussed.
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Outcomes of Liver Transplantation by Insurance Type in the United StatesPatients with publicly sponsored insurance who were listed for liver transplantation have worse wait-list and posttransplant outcomes, as shown using the US Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (2001-2017).
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Automated Telephone Calls to Enhance Colorectal Cancer Screening: Economic AnalysisAutomated telephone calls can increase colorectal cancer screening rates at a cost of about $40 per additional screen.
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Patient Preferences for Provider Choice: A Discrete Choice ExperimentThe authors used a discrete choice experiment to analyze patient preferences for attributes of provider choice, including wait time, breadth, travel time, continuity of care, and monthly premium.
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Effect of a Patient Panel-Support Tool on Care DeliveryA panel-support tool in a managed care setting improved the percentage of care recommendations met for patients with diabetes mellitus or cardiovascular disease.
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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Negative Co-Payments: The CHORD TrialThis study extends value-based insurance design concepts in testing the impact on blood pressure control of rewards that provided negative co-payments for blood pressure medication.
