Authors


Stacy Courtnay

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In Evaluating Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatments, Involving Patients Is Key

Stacy Courtnay is the community network chair for the Arthritis Foundation in Atlanta highlights a report that discusses how understanding patient experiences in RA can shift questions researchers ask.


Anna U. Morgan, MD, MSc, MSHP

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Patient Perspectives on Technology-Based Approaches to Social Needs Screening

Patients are essential stakeholders in designing systems to capture social needs. The authors present key findings from patient interviews regarding social needs screening through technology-based modalities.


Laura S. Shields-Zeeman, PhD, MS

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How Medicare Advantage Plans Use Data for Supplemental Benefits Decision-Making

This article presents findings from interviews conducted with executives from 29 Medicare Advantage plans regarding plan decision-making processes related to new social risk factor–related benefits.


John P. Butler

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The Kidney Community Advances Innovative Solutions and Improves Patient Care—Even During a National Pandemic Crisis

Authors from the American Society of Nephrology and Kidney Care Partners discuss the response of the kidney care community to the COVID-19 pandemic.


Jonathan I. Gates, MD

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Social Determinants of Health: Are Colonoscopies Always Fit for Duty?

Social determinants of health are associated with colonoscopy noncompletion in a Medicaid patient population at the Providence Community Health Centers.



Jennifer Williams, MD

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Impact of Payment Models on Medical Specialist Physician Practice Patterns

This article explores the impact of payment models (fee for service vs salary based) on practice patterns, including wait times and care for patients with chronic diseases.


Elizabeth Cohn, PhD, RN

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Community Health Workers’ Critical Role in Trust Building Between the Medical System and Communities of Color

The 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.


Deborah S. Wasilchak, MA

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Increased Likelihood of Psychiatric Readmission With Medicaid Expansion vs Legacy Coverage

Individuals who became eligible for Medicaid through Medicaid expansion have an increased likelihood of psychiatric readmission compared with their legacy-enrolled counterparts.


Patricia Horgas, MSN

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Service Line Care Delivery Model for COVID-19 Patient-Centric Care

The 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.


Karen Kelly-Blake, PhD

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Type 2 Diabetes Patient Activation and mHealth Interventions Decreased Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Mobile 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.


M. Thomas Bateman Jr, PharmD, BCACP

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Pharmacist-Led Review of Empagliflozin and Ertugliflozin Following Formulary Update

Management of empagliflozin and ertugliflozin may be suboptimal following an insurance carrier’s formulary updates. Pharmacists may improve the management.


Sara B. McMenamin, PhD, MPH

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Responsibility for Treating Tobacco Dependence in Health Clinics Serving Medicaid Enrollees

This article describes the implementation of Medicaid smoking cessation guidance in a large, urban federally qualified health center to examine how state-level provisions translated into clinic-level policies.


Luc Overholt, MD

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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.


Julie P. W. Bynum, MD, MPH

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Accountable Care Organizations and Use of Surgery Among Patients With Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias

The decision to pursue surgery in patients with Alzheimer disease and related dementias is challenging. Accountable care organizations may influence decisions to pursue surgery in this population.


Ashley A. Dyer, MPH

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Guideline-Informed Care Among Medicaid-Enrolled Children With Food Allergy

This article describes food allergy–related service utilization and identifies factors associated with guideline-informed care among Medicaid-enrolled US children with food allergy.


Jaja Okigwe

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Contributor: Providers and Employers Need to Collaborate More to Avoid a Greater Crisis

It can be hard to think about the bigger picture while in the middle of a crisis, but providers and employers should use this opportunity to work together on new and alternative models of care delivery and financing that directly affect cost, outcomes, and experience.


Enbal Shacham, PhD

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Integrating Mental Health Care Services Into HIV Comprehensive Care

Distinguishing between need and receipt of integrated services reveals that mental health care improves the likelihood of medication adherence among people living with HIV.


Kelly E. Anderson, PhD, MPP

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Medicare Advantage Coverage Restrictions for the Costliest Physician-Administered Drugs

Four large Medicare Advantage insurers manage access to expensive physician-administered drugs with a combination of prior authorization, step therapy, and Part D formulary design.


Matthew Lucci, MPH

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Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients Initiating Intravenous Paclitaxel/nab-Paclitaxel

We 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.



Shelley Duggan, MD

Latest:

Impact of Payment Models on Medical Specialist Physician Practice Patterns

This article explores the impact of payment models (fee for service vs salary based) on practice patterns, including wait times and care for patients with chronic diseases.



Alanna M. Chamberlain, PhD

Latest:

Patient-Centered Communication and Outcomes in Heart Failure

Among community patients living with heart failure, excellent and good patient-centered communication was associated with a reduced risk of death.


Karin M. Nelson, MD, MSHS

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Changes in Electronic Notification Volume and Primary Care Provider Burnout

Primary care provider burnout was analyzed before and after a national initiative to optimize the electronic health record inbox notification system at the Veterans Health Administration.


Gil Eyal, PhD

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Community Health Workers’ Critical Role in Trust Building Between the Medical System and Communities of Color

The 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.


Anastasia Ermakova, PharmD

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Hypoglycemia Upon Hospital Admission From Long-term Care: Health Care Resource Use

This analysis of a hospital billing database describes inpatient length of stay, intensive care unit length of stay, comorbidities, and costs for patients with diabetes after admission with hypoglycemia from long-term care or home.


Alicia Mizes, BA

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Access to Consultative Dermatologic Care via Physician-to-Physician Asynchronous Outpatient Teledermatology

Direct access of primary care physicians to dermatologists via asynchronous teledermatology improves a health system’s ability to increase patient access to dermatologic care.


Devika Chawla, PhD, MSPH

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Baloxavir vs Oseltamivir: Reduced Utilization and Costs in Influenza

Baloxavir, compared with oseltamivir, was associated with lower health care resource utilization and costs in patients with influenza, particularly those at high risk of secondary complications.


Patrick Ryan, MD

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Patient Experience in a COVID-19 Patient Home Monitoring Program

Patients who participated in a COVID-19 patient home monitoring program were satisfied with their care and stated that their participation made them less likely to seek care in the emergency department.

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