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Ethnic Differences in the Development of Albuminuria: The DISTANCE StudyDespite uniform access to medical care, Filipinos, blacks, and Asians with diabetes developed albuminuria at higher rates than whites.
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Predicting Hospitalizations From Electronic Health Record DataThe authors aimed to develop a rigorous technique for predicting hospitalizations using data that are already available to most health systems.
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Moving Risk to PhysiciansThe American healthcare system is finally moving away from fee-for-service toward bundled payments, but this transition will only be successful if we shift risk to the physicians.
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Factors Affecting Medication Adherence Trajectories for Patients With Heart FailureNonwhite race, smoking, and increasing body mass index were associated with the lowest adherence trajectories for patients with heart failure, with adherence dropping off within the first year.
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Pilot-Testing a New Program for Providing Personalized and Patient-Centered Preventive CareProgram that enhances personalized and patient-centered preventive care at a busy inner-city primary care clinic may be associated with improved health outcomes.
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Improving Population Health Through Multistakeholder PartnershipsImproving population health requires developing innovative multistakeholder partnerships to enable mining and cross-leveraging data sets, creating patient touchpoint “ecosystems,” and aligning investments with each stakeholder’s returns.
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Review of Outcomes Associated With Restricted Access to Atypical AntipsychoticsThis literature review evaluates the impact of restricted access to atypical antipsychotic drugs in individuals with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
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Changes in Premiums of Cancelled Nongroup Plans Under the Affordable Care ActSubscribers migrated to Affordable Care Act—compliant plans with modestly higher costs, but had higher levels of insurance coverage and stronger consumer protections.
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Statewide Data Infrastructure Supports Population Health Management: Diabetes Case StudyThe use of statewide data infrastructure is effective at identifying criteria for diabetes outreach and management at the whole-population level.
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Patient and Clinician Experiences With Telehealth for Patient Follow-up CareTelemedicine visits may be used with established patients for follow-up care without a loss of patient satisfaction with communication with providers and with enhanced convenience and reduced travel time; a majority may be willing to pay standard co-pays or more for this convenience. Clinicians see value in this new mode of care to enhance connections with patients.
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Medicaid Managed Care Penetration and Drug Utilization for Patients With Serious Mental IllnessThis study examines the relationship between Medicaid managed care penetration within a state and spending on pharmaceuticals for patients with serious mental illnesses.
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Adherence to Osteoporosis Medications After Patient and Physician Brief Education: Post Hoc Analysis of a Randomized Controlled TrialPost hoc analysis of a randomized controlled trial found that a 1-session educational intervention targeted at patients and primary care physicians did not improve osteoporosis medication adherence.
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Factors Associated With Timeliness in Academic General Surgery Clinics: A Prospective Quality AssessmentThe participation of residents and physician assistants significantly increased patient wait time without reducing the attending surgeon’s consultation length in outpatient surgery clinics.
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Association Between Different Types of Social Support and Medication AdherenceMedication adherence is most closely associated with emotional and practical support.
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Disease Management Programs: Barriers and BenefitsPerceived barriers and benefits to implementing disease management programs among Israeli healthcare leaders could assist other countries faced with increasing numbers of chronically ill patients.
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Patient Safety Intervention to Reduce Unnecessary Red Blood Cell UtilizationThis study evaluated the impact of a patient safety intervention and national guideline to reduce unnecessary red blood cell transfusions in a large, urban academic medical center.
