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The Value of Ambulatory Care Measures: A Review of Clinical and Financial Impact from an Employer/Payer Perspective

This review suggests that only a few primary care quality measures, which usually are not found in claims data, have significant clinical and financial impact.

Major Depressive Disorder: Psychosocial Impairment and Key Considerations in Functional Improvement

Primary Nonadherence to Statin Therapy: Patients' Perceptions

This study explores self-reported reasons for primary nonadherence among patients newly prescribed statin medication in an integrated health delivery system.

Identifying High-risk Asthma With Utilization Data: A Revised HEDIS Definition

A revised HEDIS definition of high-risk asthma more precisely identifies patients with functional impairment and higher healthcare utilization who might benefit from case management.

Evaluating and Improving the Delivery of Heart Care: The University of Michigan Experience

A Pharmacy-Based Approach to Cholesterol Management

Which Patients Are Persistently High-Risk for Hospitalization?

Most patients in a large integrated healthcare system who were high-risk for hospitalization were at substantially lower risk within 2 years.

Home Healthcare Orders: An Assessment of Service Satisfaction by Internists, Surgeons, and Medical Subspecialists

Learning About 30-Day Readmissions From Patients With Repeated Hospitalizations

Most 30-day readmissions are experienced by patients who have multiple hospital stays. Efforts to reduce readmissions must look beyond a single 30-day period.

Early Changes in VA Medical Home Components and Utilization

Significant changes were found in patients' utilization of healthcare related to early implementation of medical home components in VA primary care clinics.

Changing Trends in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Treatment Intensification, 2002-2010

Glycemic control can lower the risk of diabetes-related complications, and delayed treatment intensification can impede optimal diabetes care.This study examines trends in hyperglycemia treatment intensification between 2002 and 2010.

Have Racial Disparities in Home Dialysis Utilization Changed Over Time?

Medicare prospective payment for dialysis modestly increased availability and use of home-based dialysis treatment but did not affect historic racial disparities in home dialysis.

Journey Forward: The New Face of Cancer Survivorship Care

WellPoint, UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) and Genentech collaborated to develop Journey Forward, a first-of-its-kind program for coordinating post-treatment care.

Smoking Status Identification: Two Managed Care Organizations' Experiences With a Pilot Project to Implement Identification Systems in Independent Practice Associations

Cost-Effectiveness of Collaborative Care for Depression and PTSD in Military Personnel

Centrally assisted collaborative telecare is a cost-effective strategy relative to usual care for treating posttraumatic stress disorder and depression in the Military Health System.

Population-Based Hepatitis C Surveillance and Treatment in a National Managed Care Organization

Consumer Attitudes Toward Personal Health Records in a Beacon Community

Even in communities with health information technology initiatives, consumer use of personal health records may be limited by the

An Integrated Approach: Bisphosphonate Management for the Treatment of Osteoporosis

Using Applied Machine Learning to Predict Healthcare Utilization Based on Socioeconomic Determinants of Care

This study demonstrates that it is possible to generate a highly accurate model to predict inpatient and emergency department utilization using data on socioeconomic determinants of care.

Mobile Health Clinics in the Era of Reform

This article reviews the mobile clinic sector's impact on access, quality, and costs, and explores postreform opportunities for leveraging them nationally.

Forward-Thinking Insurers Adopt Genomics, Medicare Makes Perilous, Costly Leap Backward

Authors from My Gene Counsel discuss gaps in CMS reimbursement policy for genetic testing and counseling, in light of advances in guidelines from groups that include the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.

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.

Potential Savings From Increasing Adherence to Inhaled Corticosteroid Therapy in Medicaid-Enrolled Children

Increasing adherence to inhaled corticosteroids for Medicaid-enrolled children with asthma could cost-effectively decrease both Medicaid spending and adverse clinical outcomes.

Can mHealth Revolutionize Evidence-Based Practice in Diabetes Care?

Data from mHealth can inform, assess, anticipate, and aid in interventions while monitoring and coordinating patient health status and care.

Managed Care Organizations' Performance in Delivery of Childhood Immunizations (HEDIS, 1999-2002)

A Team Approach to Systematic Behavioral Screening and Intervention

Expanding primary care teams with trained and supported paraprofessionals enables systematic delivery of widely recommended, evidence-based, cost-saving alcohol, drug, and depression screening and intervention services.

Outpatient Medication Use and Health Outcomes in Post-Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients

Attitudes Toward Managed Care and Cost Containment Among Primary Care Trainees at 3 Training Sites