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Option Pricing: A Flexible Tool to Disseminate Shared Savings Contracts

By pricing options that protect providers from downside risk,health plans can more clearly evaluate different shared savings contracts and expand them to smaller providers.

Standardization Improves Postoperative Patient Handoff Experience for Junior Clinicians

Standardization of operating room to intensive care handoff with a “time-out for sign-out” process for health care providers was beneficial for junior clinicians.

Health Systems Tackling Social Determinants of Health: Promises, Pitfalls, and Opportunities of Current Policies

To improve overall health, and not just healthcare, health systems require policies that fund and promote direct interventions targeting social determinants.

Care Coordination in Accountable Care Organizations: Moving Beyond Structure and Incentives

In order to live up to their potential, ACOs should ensure that clinical staff possess the professional skills necessary to effectively coordinate care.

Facility Variation in Utilization of Angiotensin-converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus and Chronic Kidney Disease

Scheduled and Unscheduled Hospital Readmissions Among Patients With Diabetes

This population-based study examines socioeconomic and clinical factors associated with scheduled and unscheduled readmissions after discharge among older patients with diabetes.

Oncology Innovation Outpaces Managed Care’s Ability to Keep Up

Rapid advances in precision oncology are exposing gaps in testing, treatment access, and care delivery, challenging managed care to keep pace.

Continuity of Care and Cardiovascular Risk Factor Management: Does Care by a Single Clinician Add to Informational Continuity Provided by Electronic Medical Records?

Analysis of Venous Thromboprophylaxis Duration and Outcomes in Orthopedic Patients

Extended-duration thromboprophylaxis (>14 days) for total hip replacement/total knee replacement was associated with significantly lower risk for thromboembolic and bleeding events than short-duration thromboprophylaxis.

Lipid Profile Changes Associated With Changing Available Formulary Statins: Removing Higher Potency Agents

With the exception of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, fasting lipid profiles were not significantly changed after higher potency statins were removed from prescription formularies.

Statewide Data Infrastructure Supports Population Health Management: Diabetes Case Study

The use of statewide data infrastructure is effective at identifying criteria for diabetes outreach and management at the whole-population level.

Insurance Coverage and Diabetes Quality Indicators Among Patients in NHANES

In a National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey secondary analysis, privately and publicly insured patients with diabetes were both more likely to meet quality indicators than the uninsured.

Can Accountable Care Divert the Sources of Hospitalization?

Oregon’s Medicaid accountable care organizations led to reductions in preventable hospital admissions, especially unscheduled admissions, among female beneficiaries aged 15 to 44 years.

Molecular Testing Patterns in Metastatic Non—Small Cell Lung Cancer

Assessment of the timing of histologic and molecular testing indicates that testing occurred prior to treatment initiation for most patients with metastatic non—small cell lung cancer.

Physician Utilization by Insurance Type Among Youth With Type 2 Diabetes

Physician utilization during the year before the first indication of type 2 diabetes did not differ between Medicaid-covered and privately insured youth.

Electronic Health Record Functions Differ Between Best and Worst Hospitals

Patterns of electronic health record adoption among highand low-quality hospitals indicated that high-quality institutions had far greater use of most electronic health record functions.

Maximizing Outcome of Extraesophageal Reflux Disease

Health Literacy, Preventive Health Screening, and Medication Adherence Behaviors of Older African Americans at a PCMH

A health literacy study of older African Americans aimed to establish whether associations exist between health literacy and preventive health screening behaviors, disease control, and medication adherence. Check out our website’s new table/figure pop-up feature! Click on the name of a table or figure in the text to see it in your browser.

Potential Role of Comanagement in Rescue of Surgical Patients

Medical comanagement of patients who had perioperative complications was associated with lower mortality, suggesting that comanagement may facilitate effective rescue.

Effect of Copayments on Drug Use in the Presence of Annual Payment Limits

Clinical Provider Perceptions of Proactive Medication Discontinuation

A qualitative study to understand clinical providers' attitudes and beliefs about polypharmacy and their perceived barriers to and facilitators of appropriate medication discontinuation.

Improving HCV Cure Rates in HIV-Coinfected Patients - A Real-World Perspective

The authors examine real-world hepatitis C virus cure rates with direct-acting antivirals among patients coinfected with HIV.

Clinical Choices of Antibiotics: Judging Judicious Use

Effects of Electronic Decision Support on High-Tech Diagnostic Imaging Orders and Patients

Electronic decision support for high-tech diagnostic imaging was associated with reduced volume and increased appropriateness, but had little impact on findings or patients.

Outcomes of Patients Discharged From Pharmacy-Managed Cardiovascular Disease Management

Lipid levels can remain controlled with electronic laboratory reminder letters for most patients with coronary artery disease discharged from a cardiovascular disease management program.