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Electronic Health Records: Potential to Transform Medical EducationWith the transition to "meaningful use" of electronic health records, medical educators should consider ways to meaningfully improve how physicians are trained for practice.
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Quality of Care at Retail Clinics for 3 Common ConditionsQuality of care for 3 conditions, based on widely accepted objective measures, was superior in MinuteClinics compared with ambulatory care facilities or emergency departments.
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Spending Variation Among ACOs in the Medicare Shared Savings ProgramAnalysis of spending differences among accountable care organizations (ACOs) may help identify cost savings opportunities. We examined the magnitude and sources of spending variation among ACOs over 4 years.
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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.
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Ambulatory Care–Sensitive Emergency Visits Among Patients With Medical Home AccessPatients often self-refer to the emergency department (ED) for management of an ambulatory care–sensitive condition, and the ED may be the most appropriate care location.
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Impact of an Online Prescription Management Account on Medication AdherenceOnline prescription management accounts may help promote medication adherence, as utilizing patients had a higher proportion of days covered than nonusers.
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Diabetes Care Improvement in Pharmacist- Versus Nurse-Supported Patient-Centered Medical HomesIn this longitudinal comparative effectiveness study of different chronic disease self-management support approaches within 1 system, both pharmacist- and nurse-led patient-centered medical home approaches improved diabetes care.
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Clinical and Economic Burden of Uncontrolled Severe Noneosinophilic AsthmaAmong patients with severe asthma with low eosinophils untreated with biologics, there is a high burden of disease among those who have suboptimal disease control.
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Building Partnerships Between a College of Pharmacy and ACOs: Development of the ACORN SEEDTo promote future partnerships among colleges of pharmacy and accountable care organizations, this article describes several initial challenges to partnership formation, including those related to agenda setting and resource utilization.
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Vedolizumab First Shows Clinical and Economic Advantage in Ulcerative ColitisUsing vedolizumab first, before tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitors, improved quality-adjusted life-years in both ulcerative colitis and Crohn disease, and was less costly in ulcerative colitis, according to a real-world economic analysis from the EVOLVE study.
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The Role of Nurse Practitioners in Primary HealthcareThe potential of nurse practitioners is not being fully realized in primary care medical practices. Consequently, cost and quality gains are not being achieved.
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Patient Assistance: Implementing Preventative Steps to Ensure Financial WellnessAn overview of patient assistance programs at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven, including their innovative hospital-based explanation of benefits form, which can eliminate patient responsibilities and help expedite the turnaround times for payment processing with copay assistance.
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Developing a Composite Weighted Quality Metric to Reflect the Total Benefit Conferred by a Health PlanThe authors developed a weighted quality measure to reflect the total health benefit conferred by a health plan annually to its members.
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Late Diagnosis of Hepatitis C Virus Infection, 2014-2016: Continuing Missed Intervention OpportunitiesLate hepatitis C virus infection diagnosis points to a need for earlier screening and treatment before the onset of severe liver disease leading to high cost and diminished outcomes.
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Impact of Type 2 Diabetes Medication Cost Sharing on Patient Outcomes and Health Plan CostsAn analysis of claims from over 90,000 patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) demonstrates that increased medication cost sharing is associated with higher rates of hospitalization and increased plan costs.
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Implementation of Paperless Credentialing in a Multi-State Managed Care OrganizationInstitution of paperless credentialing is analyzed on a pre-/post-implementation basis to understand the impact on business and productivity.
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How Comorbidities and Preoperative Expenditures Correlate With Postoperative Adverse OutcomesAdjusting for patients' covariates, postoperative complications and mortality among geriatric surgical patients exhibited an age-dependent, illness-related, and preoperative medical expense“associated pattern under universal healthcare coverage.
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Using the NQF Measure Incubator to Develop Patient-Reported Outcome Performance Measures in Palliative Cancer CareThe National Quality Forum (NQF) Measure Incubator provides a platform for the development of patient-reported outcome performance measures in palliative cancer care, which is essential to understanding a cancer patient’s functional status and well being.
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Differential Weight Loss Effects on Type 2 Diabetes Remission Among AdultsAn analysis of nationally representative survey-based data finds that 5.2% of adults with type 2 diabetes were in remission, without bariatric surgery, at the end of the second year.
