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Health Equity Is a “Core” of Quality Improvement: Shawn Griffin, MDImproving health equity is part of the core of quality improvement and requires data collection and community engagement strategies for underserved populations, said Shawn Griffin, MD, president and CEO of URAC.
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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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Which Components of Health Information Technology Will Drive Financial Value?This framework suggests new meaningful use measures and guidance for prioritizing implementation of different health information technology functionalities, based on their expected financial effects.
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Medicine Reimbursement Recommendations in Canada, Australia, and ScotlandPharmacoeconomic analyses appear to account for differences in recommendations made regarding public payment when national bodies consider the same drugs for the same indication.
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Patients With Diabetes in Pay-for-Performance Programs Have Better Physician Continuity of Care and SurvivalPatients with diabetes who participate in a pay-for-performance program had higher continuity of care index (COCI) scores, and those with high COCI scores had higher survival rates.
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Health System Correlates of Receipt of Radiation Therapy After Breast-Conserving Surgery: A Study of Low-Income Medicaid-Enrolled WomenOmission of radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery leads to poor outcomes. Geographic isolation and scarcity of healthcare specialists correlate with low adjuvant radiation therapy use.
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Physician Behavior Impact When Revenue Shifted From Drugs to ServicesShifting physician revenue from drug sales to cognitive services for mature pathways providers did not affect practice behavior in this payer-sponsored Oncology Medical Home.
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Pharmacy Cost Sharing, Antiplatelet Therapy Utilization, and Health Outcomes for Patients With Acute Coronary SyndromeThis article studies the association of pharmacy cost sharing with antiplatelet therapy utilization and health outcomes for patients with acute coronary syndrome.
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Electronic Reminder's Role in Promoting Human Papillomavirus Vaccine UseThe use of the electronic health record’s clinical reminder functionality is systematically related to higher human papillomavirus vaccine administration rates.
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More Comprehensive Discussion of CRC Screening Associated With Higher ScreeningMore comprehensive discussion of colorectal screening by primary care physicians was associated with higher screening rates among adults aged 51 to 80 years who were overdue for screening.
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STABLE Results: Warfarin Home Monitoring Achieves Excellent INR ControlReal-world retrospective analysis of over 29,000 patients performing INR home monitoring for warfarin therapy shows excellent time in therapeutic range.
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EMR-Based Medication Adherence Metric Markedly Enhances Identification of Nonadherent PatientsIntegration of written-prescription data into medication adherence measures doubled the number of patients identified as nonadherent and improved prediction of follow-up LDL cholesterol.
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Initial Results of a Lung Cancer Screening Demonstration Project: A Local Program EvaluationResults, lessons, and challenges of a local lung cancer screening program within a national demonstration project.
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Strategies for Identifying and Channeling Patients for Depression Care ManagementThis article examines screening strategies for possible depression in the context of a care management program for chronically ill Medicare recipients.
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Using Clinically Nuanced Cost Sharing to Enhance Consumer Access to Specialty MedicationsIn conjunction with provider-oriented payment reform, tools like VBID that change the focus from how much to how well we spend our healthcare dollars.
