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Preventive Drug Lists as Tools for Managing Asthma Medication CostsFindings of this qualitative interview study suggest promise, but also challenges, with regard to using preventive drug lists to help families manage asthma medication costs.
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Value and the Medical Home: Effects of Transformed Primary CareA patient-centered medical home with intensive case management and a payer partner can significantly improve hospital utilization and may decrease total medical costs for a Medicare population.
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Psychological Distress and Trends in Healthcare Expenditures and Outpatient HealthcareThe upward trend in total and outpatient healthcare expenditures in the United States appears to be unrelated to psychological distress.
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Who Should We Treat: Elective Surgical Admissions or Patients With COVID-19?In the midst of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, health care leaders must work to optimize emergency department and hospital efficiency while maintaining patient access to care.
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Electronic Consults for Improving Specialty Care Access for VeteransThe combination of electronic consultations and active triage of specialty care consults effectively reduces wait times for outpatient clinics.
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Changing Physician Behavior: What Works?The authors evaluate methods for implementing clinical research and guidelines, in order to change physician practice patterns, in surgical and general practice.
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Medicare Part D Policy Update and Implications for 2010Although the fundamental structure of Medicare Part D remained the same in 2010, the beneficiary provisions continued to improve.
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Measuring Migraine-Related Quality of Care Across 10 Health PlansStandardized measurement of migraine, an underdiagnosed and perhaps underrecognized condition, is necessary for health plans to understand utilization of costly diagnostic and treatment services.
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Public Attitudes Toward Health Information Exchange: Perceived Benefits and ConcernsGreater consumer participation in determining how HIE occurs could engender greater trust among all demographic groups, regardless of varying levels of privacy and security concerns.
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With Data, Access and Sharing Are Keys to Improving QualityLee N. Newcomer, MD, MHA, joined the response panel, Challenges and Opportunities for Quality Measures in Oncology.
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Medical Home Transformation and Breast Cancer ScreeningBreast cancer screening may not improve in early medical home implementation.
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An Oncologist's Perspective: Preparation for New Payment Models in Cancer CareA dive into the Quality Payment Program and other healthcare reform models introduced in cancer care that healthcare providers are adjusting to as we move toward value-based care.
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A Deep Learning Model for Pediatric Patient Risk StratificationArtificial intelligence based on medical claims data outperforms traditional models in stratifying patient risk.
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Trends in Hospital-Based Childbirth Care: The Role of Health InsuranceWhen controlling for maternal and hospital factors, cesarean delivery rates increased more rapidly for privately versus publicly funded births, with important cost and health implications.
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Do Patient or Provider Characteristics Impact Management of Diabetes?Many more patient than provider characteristics are associated with optimal or poor glycemic control and treatment intensification when glycemic control is initially lost.
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Value-Based Payment in Implementing Evidence-Based Care: The Mental Health Integration Program in Washington StateValue-based payment improved fidelity to key elements of the Collaborative Care Model—an evidence-based mental health intervention—and improved patient depression outcomes in Washington state.
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Differential Impact of Mental Health Multimorbidity on Healthcare Costs in DiabetesAssessment of prevalence and specific costs associated with discrete multimorbid mental health disease clusters in adults with diabetes.
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Determinants of Diagnostic Imaging Utilization in Primary CareWe examine and quantify patient and physician factors that affect the utilization of outpatient imaging by primary care physicians caring for adult patients.
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Patient Satisfaction Surveys: A Continuous NCODA Initiative for Improvement Within the Oncology Dispensing PracticeNCODA presents findings from over 700 patient responses across the country to determine patient satisfaction over 4 categories: time, convenience, staff interaction, and overall satisfaction.
