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The Hospital Tech Laboratory: Quality Innovation in a New Era of Value-Conscious Care

Technology innovation drives expenditures. A Michigan Medicine, IBM, and AirStrip partnership demonstrates the hospital’s role in developing transformative technologies that deliver value.

The Economic and Quality of Life Burden Associated With Parkinson's Disease: A Focus on Symptoms

Cost Minimization of Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan Expenditures

Study results indicate that outreach interventions performed by trained student pharmacists assist Medicare beneficiaries to effectively navigate their Part D benefit, thereby reducing out-of-pocket costs.

Comorbidities Associated with Overactive Bladder

Building Partnerships Between a College of Pharmacy and ACOs: Development of the ACORN SEED

To promote future partnerships among colleges of pharmacy and accountable care organizations, this article describes several initial challenges to partnership formation, including those related to agenda setting and resource utilization.

Satisfaction With Care After Reducing Opioids for Chronic Pain

There is no significant association between unfavorable patient satisfaction and opioid reductions for chronic pain, but encounters with unestablished providers may slightly impair satisfaction when reducing opioids.

Efficacy, Safety, and Impact on Quality of Life of Salmeterol in Patients With Moderate Persistent Asthma

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.

The Role of Culturally Competent Communication in Reducing Ethnic and Racial Healthcare Disparities

Diabetes Care Improvement in Pharmacist- Versus Nurse-Supported Patient-Centered Medical Homes

In this longitudinal comparative effectiveness study of different chronic disease self-management support approaches within 1 system, both pharmacist- and nurse-led patient-centered medical home approaches improved diabetes care.

Predictive Factors of Discharge Navigation Lag Time

Examination of factors associated with discharge lag time and how this metric plays an important role in managing hospital throughput.

Ensuring the Integrity and Transparency of Public Reports: How a Possible Oversight Model Could Benefit Healthcare

To address the lack of standards in public reports of provider performance, the authors outline a model to ensure the integrity and transparency of reports.

Understanding the Connections Between Race and Bariatric Surgery

Study Finds African Americans Less Likely to See Obesity as Harmful to Quality of Life

Cervical Cancer Screening Overuse and Underuse: Patient and Physician Factors

Cervical cancer screening underuse and overuse occur commonly in clinical practice and identifiable patient and physician factors can be targeted for quality improvement.

Opportunities and Challenges in Medicaid Managed Care: The Experience in Maryland

Controlling Prescription Drug Expenditures: A Report of Success

A Health Economic Model of Breakthrough Pain

Current Indications for ACE Inhibitors and HOPE for the Future

Plan Designs That Encourage the Use of Generic Drugs Over Brand-Name Drugs: An Analysis of a Free Generic Benefit

Small increases and decreases in pharmacy copayments have little influence on patients’ switching to generic drugs or on improving adherence to medication regimens.

Development of a Complex Intervention for Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease in Primary Care Using the UK Medical Research Council Framework

End-of-life Care: A Public Health Crisis and an Opportunity for Managed Care

Limited Distribution Networks Stifle Competition in the Generic and Biosimilar Drug Industries

A limited distribution network is a pharmaceutical distribution strategy that some drug companies have capitalized upon to obstruct generic and biosimilar competition.

The National Oncology Working Group (NOW) Initiative: Payer and Provider Collaborations in Oncology Benefits Management

This article highlights the work of the National Oncology Working Group (NOW) Initiative.

A Pneumonia Practice Guideline and a Hospitalist-Based Reorganization Lead to Equivalent Efficiency Gains

Pharmacy Expenditures: The Challenges of Balancing Access, Cost, and Value

The Impact of Evolving Treatment Options in Multiple Myeloma, Part 10

Bruce A. Feinberg, DO; Ryan Haumschild, PharmD, MS, MBA; Thomas Ollis, MS, RPh; and Joseph Mikhael, MD, discuss the future treatment landscape for the management of multiple myeloma.

The Oncology Medical Home - Beyond Clinical Pathways

Clinical pathways have been emphasized as a means to deliver efficient, quality care and to ensure better outcomes at lower costs. The Oncology Medical Home takes this to the next, more comprehensive, step of quantifying and improving quality and value in cancer care while lowering overall costs.

Building Partnerships Between a College of Pharmacy and ACOs: Development of the ACORN SEED

To promote future partnerships among colleges of pharmacy and accountable care organizations, this article describes several initial challenges to partnership formation, including those related to agenda setting and resource utilization.

Improving Clinician Acceptance and Use of Computerized Documentation of Coded Diagnosis

Crossing the Digital Divide: Evaluating Online Communication Between Patients and Their Providers