Authors
Latest:
Preconsultation Exchange in the United States: Use, Awareness, and AttitudesInternists reported frequent use of, and support for, preconsultation exchange to improve access to and efficiency of specialty care.
Latest:
Potential Impact of Hospital at Home on Postoperative ReadmissionsMany postoperative readmissions are amenable to diversion to a hospital at home program for surgical patients, representing an opportunity to generate revenue and improve patient experience.
Latest:
Active Pharmacovigilance and Healthcare UtilizationThis study highlights the potential value of innovative ways of collecting information about adverse drug events directly from patients.
Latest:
Referrals and the PCMH: How Well Do We Know Our Neighborhood?A descriptive analysis of specialty referral patterns in an academic, internal medicine patient-centered medical home (PCMH).
Latest:
Navigating Privacy and Security in Telemedicine for Primary CareThis qualitative study of patients and providers in primary care evaluated privacy and safety considerations in telemedicine following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Latest:
Overcoming Barriers to a Research-Ready National Commercial Claims DatabaseLessons learned about data governance and distribution from a voluntary healthcare claims repository, the Health Care Cost Institute, a nonprofit research organization
Latest:
Measuring Quality in the Early Years of Health Insurance ExchangesThis article recommends quality measures for exchange health plans and strategies to increase the availability of quality results for public reporting.
Latest:
Use of Well-Child Visits in High-Deductible Health PlansWhen preventive care was exempt from the deductible, well-child visits did not change for children switching from traditional plans to high-deductible plans.
Latest:
Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain in a Community-Based Healthcare SystemThis study identified populations with non-cancer chronic pain to determine which patients may be more likely to receive an opioid prescription in an outpatient setting.
Latest:
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.
Latest:
Measuring the Cost Implications of the Collaborative Accountable Care Initiative in TexasA private accountable care organization model with an embedded care coordinator and a list of recommended providers yields cost savings similar to initiatives with risk-based contracts.
Latest:
Effects of Electronic Decision Support on High-Tech Diagnostic Imaging Orders and PatientsElectronic decision support for high-tech diagnostic imaging was associated with reduced volume and increased appropriateness, but had little impact on findings or patients.
Latest:
Preventing Patient Absenteeism: Validation of a Predictive Overbooking ModelElectronic health record data can be used to predict patient absenteeism accurately. Predictive overbooking of missed appointments can significantly increase service utilization.
Latest:
Payer—Provider Patient Registry Utilized in a Behavioral Health HomeA payer—provider, patient registry to identify individuals with serious mental illness and chronic physical health conditions for utilization in behavioral health homes is described.
Latest:
A Health Plan's Investigation of Healthy Days and Chronic ConditionsLinking administrative claims to health-related quality of life measured in Healthy Days provides a new vision into the health of populations.
Latest:
Racial/Ethnic and Age Disparities in Chemotherapy Selection for Colorectal CancerAmong Medicare enrollees with metastatic colorectal cancer, the use of newer chemotherapy agents was lower for African American patients and for older patients.
Latest:
Building Health IT Capacity to Improve HIV Infection Health OutcomesMassachusetts is integrating HIV surveillance and leveraging electronic health record clinical data into their electronic disease case management system to enhance monitoring the HIV continuum of care.
Latest:
ACO Quality Over Time: The MSSP Experience and Opportunities for System-Wide ImprovementFrom 2013 to 2016, Medicare Shared Savings Program accountable care organizations (ACOs) improved quality. Continued infrastructure development funding, better relationships with postacute care facilities, and shared learnings among diverse ACOs would maximize quality improvement.
Latest:
Impact of Predictive Model-Directed End-of-Life Counseling for Medicare BeneficiariesA telephonic counseling program, directed by a predictive model, reduced end-of-life costs by 4.5% within 2 Medicare Health Support pilot programs.
