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Evolving Dissatisfaction Among Primary Care Physicians

Validating Electronic Cancer Quality Measures at Veterans Health Administration

Even in a fully integrated healthcare system, only 28% of cancer quality measures could be validated by using electronically available data.

The Road to Electronic Health Records Is Paved With Operations

Electronic health records best support process improvements when win-win situations are created to achieve both organizational benefits and team member work flow improvements.

There's More Than One Way to Build a Medical Home

Even among practices reaching the highest level of PCMH achievement, there are variations in the implementation of key medical home capabilities.

Issues in the Measurement of Satisfaction with Treatment

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

The Duration of Office Visits in the United States, 1993 to 2010

Nationally representative data show that outpatient office visits to both primary care physicians and specialists grew longer over the period from 1993 to 2010.

Poster Recap: Comorbidities, Infections, and Treatments of Patients With Psoriasis

Cost Implications of Introducing an Alternative Treatment for Patients with Osteoarthritis of the Knee in a Managed Care Setting

Economic Outcomes of Insurer-Led Care Management for High-Cost Medicaid Patients

This study evaluated economic outcomes of an insurer-led care management program for high-cost Medicaid patients using teams of community health care workers and nurses.

Consequences of Intermittent Treatment for Hypertension: The Case for Medication Compliance and Persistence

Evaluating HCV Screening, Linkage to Care, and Treatment Across Insurers

An optimized hepatitis C virus screening and linkage-to-care process reduces the number of patients lost to follow-up and improves linkage to care for Medicare, Medicaid, and commercially insured patients.

Cost-Effectiveness of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in Type 2 Diabetes Patients

A predictive health economic model indicated that Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is cost-effective in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus compared with medical management.

Variation in the Cost of Medications for the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer

Using data from a nationwide registry, this study revealed significant variation in the use and cost of contemporary regimens for colorectal cancer.

Health Insurance Design and Conservative Therapy for Low Back Pain

This study examined the association between health insurance design features and choice of physical therapy or chiropractic care by patients with new-onset low back pain.

The Role of Health IT and Delivery System Reform in Facilitating Advanced Care Delivery

In 2012, electronic health record use and participation in accountable care organization or patient-centered medical home initiatives were associated with performing care processes expected to improve healthcare outcomes.

Population Targeting and Durability of Multimorbidity Collaborative Care Management

Benefits of a patient-centered multimorbidity care management program occurred early, and were evident only among patients with depression and unfavorable medical control of diabetes and heart disease.

Can an Algorithm for Appropriate Prescribing Predict Adverse Drug Events?

Lessons for Reducing Disparities in Regional Quality Improvement Efforts

Utilization of HER2 Genetic Testing in a Multi-Institutional Observational Study

Evaluation of real-world implementation of HER2 testing showed that uptake was high (>90%) and trastuzumab treatment was targeted to patients with positive HER2 status.

Clinical and Reimbursement Issues on Growth Hormone Use in Adults

Sharing Care in the ACO Era

The authors propose a framework considering patient complexity and certainty of diagnosis to triage encounters to the most appropriate provider in an accountable care organization.

E-Consult Implementation: Lessons Learned Using Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research

This paper identified 4 factors associated with implementation success of e-consults in 8 VA medical centers, with implications for implementing similar health IT initiatives elsewhere.

A Pneumonia Practice Guideline and a Hospitalist-Based Reorganization Lead to Equivalent Efficiency Gains

Productivity Enhancement for Primary Care Providers Using Multicondition Care Management

The Myth of the Stable Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Patient

Health-Related Quality of Life in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: Impact of Disease and Treatment Response

Changes in Premiums of Cancelled Nongroup Plans Under the Affordable Care Act

Subscribers migrated to Affordable Care Act—compliant plans with modestly higher costs, but had higher levels of insurance coverage and stronger consumer protections.