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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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Concentration of High-Cost Patients in Hospitals and MarketsHigh-cost patients are only modestly concentrated in specific hospitals and healthcare markets.
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"Under the Radar": Nurse Practitioner Prescribers and Pharmaceutical Industry PromotionsNurse practitioner prescribers exhibited a high rate of contact with pharmaceutical industry promotional activities.
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State of Emergency Preparedness for US Health Insurance PlansHealth insurance plans serve a critical role in public health emergencies. The authors queried plans about issues related to emergency preparedness: infrastructure, adaptability, connectedness, and best practices.
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Testing of a Tethered Personal Health Record Framework for Early End-of-Life DiscussionsPilot testing demonstrates the use of a novel, personal health record—based framework used in primary care settings may improve presence and quality of advance care planning documentation in the electronic health record.
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Relevance of Current Guidelines for Organizing an Anticoagulation ClinicAnticoagulation clinics in an integrated healthcare system differed widely in their organization and management, but these differences were not consistently related to their performance.
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Systolic Blood Pressure Control After Participation in a Hypertension Intervention StudySystolic blood pressure control was not maintained in a large proportion of patients after the end of participation in a hypertension intervention study.
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Community Navigators Reduce Hospital Utilization in Super-UtilizersSuper-utilizers place a significant clinical and financial burden on the healthcare system. The authors investigated the effectiveness of community navigators in reducing hospital utilization and costs.
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Substitutive Hospital at Home for Older Persons: Effects on CostsSubstitutive Hospital at Home care for 4 common conditions is associated with cost savings.
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Telemetry: Appropriateness of Initial Assignment and Duration in Nonintensive SettingThe authors report overutilization of telemetry monitoring in a community setting, increasing the cost of health care and potential harm to patients with unnecessary interventions.
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Comparative Effectiveness Research: Challenges for Medical JournalsIn order to encourage dissemination, this commentary is freely available in PLoS Medicine, and will also be published in Medical Decision Making, Croatian Medical Journal, The Cochrane Library, Trials, and Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.
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The Impact of Health Information Technologies on Patient SatisfactionHealth information technologies can be implemented without impact on patient satisfaction. The lacking synergistic relationship should be concerning to stakeholders for optimizing costs and quality.
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Comparing Variation in Medicare and Private Insurance Spending in TexasWe found that, in 2008, variations across Texas in total spending and inpatient utilization are similar in Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas and Medicare.
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Satisfaction With Care After Reducing Opioids for Chronic PainThere is no significant association between unfavorable patient satisfaction and opioid reductions for chronic pain, but encounters with unestablished providers may slightly impair satisfaction when reducing opioids.
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Small Practice Participation and Performance in Medicare Accountable Care OrganizationsMedicare beneficiaries attributed to small practices in accountable care organizations (ACOs) achieve greater savings than beneficiaries attributed to large practices in ACOs.
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Importance of Reasons for Stocking Adult VaccinesEconomic factors associated with the purchase and maintenance of vaccine inventory and inadequate reimbursement for vaccination services were the most important to pharmacy and doctors’ office decision makers when considering whether to stock adult vaccines.
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Placement of Selected New FDA-Approved Drugs in Medicare Part D Formularies, 2009-2013There is significant heterogeneity in formulary placement and restrictions on new drug approvals in the Part D marketplace.
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The Ingredients of Success in a Medicare Accountable Care OrganizationFor 2 successive years, the Hackensack Alliance Accountable Care Organization achieved cost savings and maintained quality by using physicians with patient-centered medical homes and nurse care coordinators focused on high-risk patients.
