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Contributor: Addressing Physician Burnout—Work-Life Balance and Traditional Workplace Improvement InterventionsInitiatives to address physician burnout should be prioritized in a post-pandemic world, with physician shortages affecting the country.
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The Potential Impact of CAR T-Cell Treatment Delays on SocietyTreatment delays limit the social value generated by chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy for the treatment of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
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A Restricted Look at CRC Screening: Not Considering Annual Stool Testing as an OptionThis is a letter clarifying some points in an article published in the February 2016 issue of AJMC by Berger et al on colorectal cancer screening guidelines.
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The Influence of Provider Characteristics and Market Forces on Response to Financial IncentivesWe determine a specialist physician phenotype responsive to financial incentives that may be leveraged to identify physicians and markets well-suited for participation in alternative payment models.
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The Effect of a PPO Pay-for-Performance Program on Patients With DiabetesA pay-for-performance program in a preferred provider organization setting may significantly increase the receipt of quality care and decrease hospitalization rates among patients with diabetes.
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Focusing on Clinical and Economic Outcomes-Not GuidelinesInterview With Andrew Pecora, MD, CPE, President, Regional Cancer Care Associates, Chief Innovations Officer and Vice President, Cancer Services, John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center
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Potential of Risk-Based Population Guidelines to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk in a Large Integrated Health SystemThe authors evaluated the clinical applicability, accuracy, and implications of using an automated risk calculator and risk-based decision tool in an integrated health system.
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Large Self-insured Employers Lack Power to Effectively Negotiate Hospital PricesThis study examines the ability of self-insured employers to negotiate hospital prices and the relationship between hospital prices and employer market power in the United States.
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GRACE Principles: Recognizing High-Quality Observational Studies of Comparative EffectivenessThe GRACE principles lay out 3 questions to help healthcare providers, patients, and other decision makers evaluate the quality of noninterventional comparative effectiveness studies.
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Cognitive Impairment and Reduced Early Readmissions in Congestive Heart Failure?Proactive identification of cognitive impairment and compensatory destigmatized patient/familial psychoeducation regarding “forgetfulness” in hospitalized patients with congestive heart failure may reduce readmission rates substantially.
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Increased Healthcare Utilization and Expenditures Associated With Chronic Opioid TherapyThe increase in healthcare utilization and expenditures associated with the transition to chronic opioid therapy places increased burden on payers and patients.
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Mental Health and Diabetes Control Among Vulnerable Primary Care PatientsOnly 19% of patients in this sample had good diabetes control based on their tested glycated hemoglobin levels. Patients diagnosed with mental health conditions in this study were more likely to have good diabetes control.
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Cost Per Response Analysis of Strategies for Chronic Immune ThrombocytopeniaThis decision tree model estimates the cost per response and incremental cost per additional responder for romiplostim, eltrombopag, and “watch and rescue” for immune thrombocytopenia.
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Primary Care Referrals to Nephrology in Patients With Advanced Kidney DiseasePrimary care physicians did not refer the majority of patients with severe nephropathy to specialists; nonreferred patients had fewer comorbidities and might be better kidney transplant candidates.
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The Cost of Treating Skeletal-Related Events in Patients With Prostate CancerThe analysis examines the annual economic effect of medically treating patients with prostate cancer and subsequent bone metastases.
