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Patient Perceptions of In-home Urgent Care via Mobile Integrated Health

Comparing patients’ experiences with in-home urgent care from community paramedics vs urgent care provided in emergency departments, we found higher satisfaction among patients receiving in-home treatment.

Genetic Counselors Save Costs Across the Genetic Testing Spectrum

Genetic counselors (GCs) increasingly serve a variety of roles across the healthcare spectrum, including test utilization management. Our data show that utilizing the expertise of GCs reduced test order errors, improved patient outcomes, and resulted in significant cost savings to the healthcare system.

Impact of a Pharmacy-Based Transitional Care Program on Hospital Readmissions

Patients receiving postdischarge care from pharmacists had a 28% lower risk of readmission at 30 days and a 31.9% lower risk at 180 days compared with usual care.

Managed Care Penetration and Other Factors Affecting Computerized Physician Order Entry in the Ambulatory Setting

IT-Enabled Systems Engineering Approach to Monitoring and Reducing ADEs

Self-empowering team resource management, when aided by information technology, appears to help reduce adverse drug events in primary care offices.

The Effect of Additional Shots on the Vaccine Administration Process: Results of a Time-Motion Study in 2 Settings

Project ECHO: An Effective Means of Increasing Palliative Care Capacity

This article provides insight on the work of 7 of Project ECHO’s replicating partners from around the world who are implementing the ECHO model to address the knowledge gap that underlies integrated palliative care crisis.

Parkinson's Disease and Parkinson's Disease Psychosis: A Perspective on the Challenges,Treatments, and Economic Burden

Improving Patient Satisfaction with Warfarin Management

CHAPTER 4. Guideline for the Care of the Older Adult With Diabetes

From the Adult Diabetes and Clinical Research sections, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. This guideline was revised and approved May 17, 2017, and updated February 7, 2018.

Costs of Asthma Among US Working Adults

Among a working population, patients with asthma experienced significantly higher direct medical costs and modestly higher work loss than patients without asthma.

Primary Care Practice and Facility Quality Orientation: Influence on Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Rates

Assessing Opportunities to Advance Quality Measures in Adult Obesity

Obesity is a serious chronic disease and risk factor for a broad range of outcomes. This study identifies opportunities for improving quality in obesity care.

Beyond Rescue, Treatment, and Prevention: Understanding the Broader Impact of the Opioid Epidemic at the State Level

Case Study: How Does an ACO Generate Savings Three Years in a Row?

Increasing accountable care organization savings is dependent on maximizing quality scores and increasing the number of beneficiaries while maintaining a low per-capita spend through efficiencies of care.

Evaluation of Care Management Intensity and Bariatric Surgical Weight Loss

This study examines the effect of pre- and postoperative care management intensity on weight loss outcomes after bariatric surgery in 9 US centers.

Colorectal Cancer Screening Use Among Insured Primary Care Patients

Colorectal cancer screening use was similar in 2 divergent primary care populations. Colonoscopy was the most frequently used modality; FOBT was used inconsistently.

Integrating Behavioral Health Under an ACO Global Budget: Barriers and Progress in Oregon

Financial barriers to behavioral health integration in Oregon Medicaid accountable care organizations (ACOs) limit opportunities to expand integrated care, but state and organizational opportunities exist.

Managing Osteoporosis in a Managed Care Population

Report: Impact of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Training Tomorrow's Clinicians Today - Managed Care Essentials: A Process for Curriculum Development

Identifying Subgroups of Complex Patients With Cluster Analysis

Cluster analysis can aid in identifying subgroups of patients with similar patterns of comorbid conditions for targeted care management.

EMR-Based Medication Adherence Metric Markedly Enhances Identification of Nonadherent Patients

Integration of written-prescription data into medication adherence measures doubled the number of patients identified as nonadherent and improved prediction of follow-up LDL cholesterol.

Part D Coverage Gap and Adherence to Diabetes Medications

The coverage gap in the Medicare Part D program has a significant negative impact on adherence to diabetes medications.

Medicare Advantage Plan Representatives’ Perspectives on Pay for Success

This study examined how Medicare Advantage plan representatives perceive the alternative financing model Pay for Success and its potential to address members’ social risk factors.

Asthma-specific Quality of Life and Subsequent Asthma Emergency Hospital Care

Asthma-specific quality of life and a history of acute episodes can be used together to identify risks of subsequent acute exacerbations.

Continuously Updated Forecasting of SARS-CoV-2 in a Regional Health System

This study presents a methodology for forecasting demand of COVID-19 on health resources in an integrated health system.