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Positive Predictive Values of ICD-9 Codes to Identify Patients With Stroke or TIAThis study determined that ICD-9 codes 433.X1, 434.XX, and V12.54 had positive predictive values >90%, and may be used to focus care on stroke patients.
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Multi-Payer Advanced Primary Care Practice Demonstration on Quality of CareAn evaluation of the Multi-Payer Advanced Primary Care Practice Demonstration found mixed results in terms of quality of care provided to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.
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Connecting Statewide Health Information Technology Strategy to Payment ReformWhen aggregated data regarding health outcomes are shared, a clearer picture emerges of provider performance baselines and improvements with which payment models can be developed.
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The Oncology Medical Home - Beyond Clinical PathwaysClinical pathways have been emphasized as a means to deliver efficient, quality care and to ensure better outcomes at lower costs. The Oncology Medical Home takes this to the next, more comprehensive, step of quantifying and improving quality and value in cancer care while lowering overall costs.
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Healthcare Utilization and Costs in Persons With Insomnia in a Managed Care PopulationPatients with an insomnia diagnosis have higher healthcare utilization and costs than a matched control group, both before and after the diagnosis.
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Patients' Preferences for Receiving Laboratory Test ResultsThe main reason given for receiving results online was time savings, reported by 77% of participants, followed by lowering the chance of missing the results (31%).
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Medicare Part D After 2 YearsCoverage under Part D is comparable to that under non–Part D plans with respect to key features likely to be important to Medicare beneficiaries.
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Building Trust Can Improve American HealthcareThe promise of high-quality, affordable care aligning with the individual needs of patients remains elusive. Increasingly, the missing ingredient seems obvious: trust.
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Costs of Heart Failure-Related Hospitalizations in Patients Aged 18 to 64 YearsHospitalization costs associated with heart failure averaged $23,077 and were higher when heart failure was a secondary rather than the primary diagnosis.
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Implementing a Hybrid Approach to Select Patients for Care Management: Variations Across PracticesHybrid approaches allow for clinician input into case finding for care management, but training and monitoring is required to protect against unintentional biases.
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Improving Care Transitions: Complex High-Utilizing Patient Experiences Guide ReformThe authors audited a series of complex patients’ records longitudinally across their institution’s existing care management programs to improve the coordinated functioning of these programs.
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Screening Electronic Veterans' Health Records for Medication DiscontinuationMany patients stop taking medications for chronic conditions, thereby reducing the effectiveness of healthcare. An attempt to screen electronic VA healthcare records to identify patients as they discontinued a medication was not an efficient approach to this problem.
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Applying Organizational Behavior Theory to Primary CarePrimary care physician recruitment and retention must rely on not only increased financial remuneration, but also on a redesign of workflow and processes.
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Real-World Outcomes Among Patients With Early Rapidly Progressive Rheumatoid ArthritisThis study suggests that lower healthcare resource use and achieving low disease activity are associated with first-line abatacept compared with a first-line tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitor for patients with early rapidly progressive rheumatoid arthritis.
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Care Coordination in Primary Care: Mapping the TerritoryA survey completed by 100% of leaders of diverse care systems in Minnesota participating in an observational study showed little difference in approach to care coordination.
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Value-Based Payment in Implementing Evidence-Based Care: The Mental Health Integration Program in Washington StateValue-based payment improved fidelity to key elements of the Collaborative Care Model—an evidence-based mental health intervention—and improved patient depression outcomes in Washington state.
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Increasing Consumerism in Healthcare Through Intelligent Information TechnologyCreating a healthcare consumer is more likely than ever before thanks to innovations in information technology, but the benefits are not yet fully realized.
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Enhancing Healthcare Delivery Research at the National Cancer InstituteThe National Cancer Institute's Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences created the Healthcare Delivery Research Program in January 2015, recognizing the need for empirical evidence to address cancer care challenges.
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Measuring Overuse With Electronic Health Records DataElectronic health records data can accurately quantify overuse of clinical services and the risk factors that may trigger low-value testing and screening.
