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Inpatient Opioid Receipt and Care Experiences for Vaginal DeliveryThe objective of this study was to examine the relationship between inpatient opioid receipt and care experiences of women hospitalized for vaginal delivery.
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Promoters of Therapeutic Inertia in Managing Hypertension: A Consensus-Based StudyThe authors identified consensus-based promoters of clinical inertia in managing hypertension. Policy makers should address these promoters to improve health-related outcomes in hypertension.
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Health Insurance, Blood Cancer Care, and Outcomes: A Literature Reviewdoi: 10.37765/ajmc.2021.88733
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Type 2 Diabetes Patient Activation and mHealth Interventions Decreased Cardiovascular Disease RiskMobile health (mHealth) and a patient activation program could serve as a model for improving health outcomes for patients in outpatient clinical settings by decreasing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk score.
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Contributor: Improving Utilization Management Can Better Outcomes, Cut Costs in Cardiovascular CareRussell Rotondo, MD, FACC, medical director of clinical strategy and innovation for cardiology at Cohere Health, discusses the myriad positive ways utilization management programs can have an impact on patient outcomes in cardiovascular care.
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Managed Care Should Implement Cloud-Based CybersecurityAt the heart of a defensive strategy against ransomware and other cybersecurity risks is a cloud-based approach to protecting data.
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Pharmaceutical Care Services for Patients With Diabetes: A Systematic Scoping ReviewMajor databases were systematically searched for articles reporting on pharmaceutical care services for patients with diabetes, and 86 pharmaceutical care services were qualitatively synthesized.
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Biosimilars May Not Be Cheap, but Are "Helping to Make Cancer Therapies More Accessible," Expert SaysBiosimilars may not be perfect, they are, at the very minimum, helping to make cancer therapies a little bit more accessible, Andre D. Harvin, PharmD, MS, executive director of pharmacy, oncology, Cone Health.
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A Multistakeholder Effort in Pennsylvania to Improve the Accuracy of Reporting Fatal Drug OverdosesThe authors describe a novel training program for death certifiers in Pennsylvania, which has been designed to specifically focus on some of the main challenges in the death certification process and resulted in a useful model that can potentially be adopted by other states or municipalities.
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Economic Burden of Joint Disease in Psoriasis: US Claims AnalysisThis retrospective claims analysis found that concomitant joint disease in psoriasis is associated with greater health care resource utilization and health care costs than psoriasis alone.
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Properties of the Overall Hospital Star Ratings and Consumer ChoiceThe CMS Star Ratings may be of limited value for patients choosing hospitals for specific care needs.
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Community Health Workers’ Critical Role in Trust Building Between the Medical System and Communities of ColorThe authors interrogate elements of routine medical practice in New York City to argue for reforms of hospital culture through relational trust-building capabilities of community health workers.
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The Promising Future of Alzheimer Disease TreatmentPanelists conclude the discussion with personal insight into the promising future of Alzheimer disease treatment.
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Prolonged Cessation of Chronic Opioid Analgesic Therapy: A Multidisciplinary InterventionThis article evaluates the immediate and long-term efficacy of a group multidisciplinary program for chronic opioid analgesic therapy cessation in the setting of chronic, noncancer pain.
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Sacubitril/Valsartan in Medicare Alternative Payment ModelsOptimizing utilization of sacubitril/valsartan for treatment of heart failure could improve provider performance in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative and the Medicare Shared Savings Program.
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Service Line Care Delivery Model for COVID-19 Patient-Centric CareThe authors provide steps hospitals can take to align their care delivery model to effectively meet the demands of a public health crisis such as the current pandemic.
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Policy Solutions to Facilitate the New eCQM ACO Reporting and Advancement of InteroperabilityThis article describes the challenges associated with aggregating and reporting quality data via electronic health records and discusses corresponding policy solutions.
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Impact of Co-pay Assistance on Patient, Clinical, and Economic OutcomesLimited evidence from a literature review suggests that co-pay assistance was associated with improved treatment persistence/adherence across various diseases, with indirect evidence suggesting improvements in clinical outcomes.
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Mortality Risk Stratification Can Predict Readmissions but Not Length of StayMortality risk stratification can identify patients at higher risk of mortality and readmissions for prevention strategies. Other patients should be the focus of length-of-stay reduction strategies.
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Association of Opioid Utilization Management With Prescribing and OverdoseOpioid utilization management in Medicare was associated with mixed effects on opioid prescribing, and prior authorization was associated with a decreased likelihood of subsequent overdose.
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How Can Psoriasis, Depression Impact the Brain?An immune-mediated relationship between the brain and skin has been hypothesized in previous studies about psoriasis.
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Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients Initiating Intravenous Paclitaxel/nab-PaclitaxelWe examine the incidence and impact of chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy on clinical and economic outcomes in women with metastatic breast cancer initiating intravenous paclitaxel/nab-paclitaxel.
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Chronic Disease Management: Why Dementia Care Is DifferentBecause of its often slowly progressive nature, dementia is often included among chronic disease management programs. Yet, for many reasons, its management demands different approaches.
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Future of Cardiorenal Metabolic Syndrome ManagementJeffrey Turner, MD; Nihar R. Desai, MD, MPH; and Om P. Ganda, MD, provide closing thoughts on the future of cardiorenal metabolic syndrome management.
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Clinic Price Reductions in a Tiered Total Cost Benefit DesignFindings of this evaluation of primary care clinic responses in a tiered total cost of care benefit design suggest that clinics respond by reducing prices.
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Association of Physician Coordination With Interfacility Transfer Acceptance TimelinessThe authors reviewed physician-to-physician conversations during emergency transfer of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and found that higher-quality physician coordination was associated with faster time to acceptance.
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Relationships Between Patient Portal Activation and Patient Satisfaction Scores Among CG-CAHPS and HCAHPS RespondentsPatients with activated patient portal accounts report higher patient satisfaction in respective dimensions of the Clinician and Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CG-CAHPS) and Hospital CAHPS (HCAHPS) surveys compared with patients without portal accounts.
