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Rebecca Piegari, MS

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Which Patients Are Persistently High-Risk for Hospitalization?

Most patients in a large integrated healthcare system who were high-risk for hospitalization were at substantially lower risk within 2 years.




Jason M. Broderick

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SynKIR-310 Dosing for B-NHL Begins in CELESTIAL-301 Trial

The CELESTIAL-301 trial evaluating SynKIR-310, a novel chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, has dosed its first patient with relapsed/refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-NHL).






Mazi Rasulnia, PhD, MBA, MPH

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Evaluating the Efficacy of a Bundled Chronic Condition Management Program

A chronic disease management company presents promising preliminary results from their remote intensive behavioral counseling intervention, aimed at addressing type 2 diabetes.


Adam Sharp, MD, MSc

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Delivery of Acute Unscheduled Healthcare: Who Should Judge Whether a Visit Is Appropriate (or Not)?

More consideration should be focused on consumer decision making and the quality and costs of acute care, and less attention should be paid to where care is delivered.


Institute for Healthcare Improvement

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The Blueprint for Complex Care: Laying the Groundwork to Build a Field Across Sectors

Complex care is cross-sector and person-centered, and it could bend America’s healthcare cost curve. The Blueprint for Complex Care gives this new field a national framework.


Elexis McBee, DO

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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.







Thanh G.N. Ton, PhD

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Value of Improved Lipid Control in Patients at High Risk for Adverse Cardiac Events

Reducing lipid levels in high-risk patients can significantly reduce disease burden and, depending on final negotiated prices, PCSK9 inhibitors can make an economic contribution to this goal.





Lynne S. Nemeth, RN, PhD

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"Meaningful" Clinical Quality Measures for Primary Care Physicians

Recommendations from primary care Meaningful Use "exemplars" are that clinical quality measures likely to improve outcomes should be evidence-based, high priority, actionable, and minimize burden.



Lee F. Cromwell, MS

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Provider Type and Management of Common Visits in Primary Care

In primary care, nurse practitioners and physician assistants do not necessarily order more ancillary services, or more costly services among alternatives, than physicians.


Michael Schatz, MD

Latest:

Claims-Based Risk Model for First Severe COPD Exacerbation

A health insurance claims-based risk assessment tool to predict patients’ first severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation has been developed and validated.



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