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Delivery of Preventive Healthcare to Older African-American Patients: A Performance Comparison from Two Practice Models

Update on the Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Consumers

Five years after the implementation of the first provisions of the Affordable Care Act and 5 months after the close of the first open enrollment period for the Health Insurance Marketplaces, we are starting to be able to measure the impact of the law.

Racial and Ethnic Disparity in Palliative Care and Hospice Use

Race/ethnicity was not a predictor of inpatient palliative care consultation or discharge to hospice in 4 hospitals with an inpatient palliative care service.

Boosting Workplace Wellness Programs With Financial Incentives

Financial incentives created under the Affordable Care Act can help promote employer wellness programs and support preventive services utilization.

Patient and Supporter Factors Affecting Engagement With Diabetes Telehealth

Family support with medication management and recent urgent self-management concerns are 2 novel factors, among others, that predict completion of diabetes telehealth calls.

Challenges Faced by Medicaid Managed Care Coordinators Working With Members With Substance Use Disorder

Accessing medical and social resources for patients, heavy administrative burden, and lack of data integration are barriers to Medicaid managed care organization care coordinators’ job performance.

Medication Burden in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes

Patients endure heavy medication complexity following hospital discharge for acute coronary syndrome.

Impact of Chest Radiography Screening on Healthcare Spending

Beyond Satisfaction Scores: Exploring Emotionally Adverse Patient Experiences

This study explores the causes of emotionally adverse patient experiences in cancer care and presents a taxonomy for analyzing free-text patient data.

Low-Value Care for Acute Sinusitis Encounters: Who's Choosing Wisely?

Acute sinusitis is a common acute illness and offers an opportunity to eliminate low-value care. The authors describe current practices, comparing primary care, urgent care, and the emergency department.

The Breathmobile Improves the Asthma Medication Ratio and Decreases Emergency Department Utilization

An examination of the asthma medication ratio (≥0.50) as an informative metric in program evaluation and for healthcare organizations to measure quality of care provided to patients with asthma.

Linked Pharmacist-Provider New Patient Visits in Primary Care

This manuscript describes a new interdisciplinary model for scheduling new patients with a clinical pharmacist and a primary care provider to increase productivity.

Improving Risk Stratification Among Veterans Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer: Impact of the 17-Gene Genomic Prostate Score Assay

The Evolution of Prostacyclins in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: From Classical Treatment to Modern Management

Factors Affecting Patient Compliance With Antihyperlipidemic Medications in an HMO Population

Referring Patients for Telephone Counseling to Promote Colorectal Cancer Screening

In this pilot study, primary care providers refer patients to a telephone counselor who provides education about colorectal cancer screening and performs motivational interviewing as needed to promote screening.

Validity of the HEDIS Criteria to Identify Children With Persistent Asthma and Sustained High Utilization

Patient Outcomes Associated With Tailored Hospital Programs for Intellectual Disabilities

Patients with intellectual disabilities who were cared for in hospitals without programs tailored to intellectual disabilities had 6% higher costs, and those with extreme admission severity had 42% higher costs.

Evaluation of Agreements Between Managed Care Organizations and Providers of Community-Based Mental Illness and Addiction Disorder Treatments

Positive Predictive Values of ICD-9 Codes to Identify Patients With Stroke or TIA

This study determined that ICD-9 codes 433.X1, 434.XX, and V12.54 had positive predictive values >90%, and may be used to focus care on stroke patients.

Tips for Caring for Patients Who Have Been Treated for Childhood Cancer

Suggestions on how to approach a childhood cancer survivor in your practice, several useful resources, and information on what referrals and tests may be indicated.

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Validation of a Claims-Based Algorithm to Characterize Episodes of Care

The Michigan Value Collaborative has created a claims-based algorithm that categorizes claims into episode components. This manuscript describes the validation of this algorithm.

Primary Care Physicians' Experiences With Case Finding for Practice-Based Care Management

Criteria used by primary care physicians to select patients for practice-based care management programs were explored in a qualitative study.

Periodic Health Examinations and Missed Opportunities Among Patients Likely Needing Mental Health Care

Among patients likely needing mental health care, two-thirds had no discussion or perfunctory discussion of mental health during periodic health exams.

Cost of Illness of Chronic Angina

Response to “e-Consult Implementation Success: Lessons From 5 County-Based Delivery Systems”

Partnering teams for delivery of continuity of care between primary care and community behavioral health systems can learn from e-consult implementation.

National Trends in the Provision of Smoking Cessation Aids Within the Veterans Health Administration