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The Role of Advanced Technologies in Improving Diabetes OutcomesThis article reviews underlying barriers to health care access and discusses how a value-based diabetes care model could improve patient outcomes and reduce long-term costs.
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Impact of Electronic Information Exchange on Repeat Imaging During 30-Day Readmissions Among Medicare BeneficiariesThis analysis of Medicare data examines the relationships between fragmented readmission, health information exchange, and repeat imaging in older adults with and without Alzheimer disease.
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Addressing Evolving Patient Concerns Around Telehealth in the COVID-19 EraWith a rapid shift to telehealth during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, clinicians, health care organizations, and policy makers must consider and address patients’ evolving needs, concerns, and expectations.
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Effect of Care Coordination on Patients With Alzheimer Disease and Their CaregiversThe authors investigated whether patient coordination and caregiver support for Alzheimer disease reduced health care utilization and expenditures among enrollees in the Memory Program in South Carolina.
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Ideal Patient-Centered Care Is Seamless, Supportive: Elizabeth Grush, MBAElizabeth Grush, MBA, speaks to the support, benefits, and holistic considerations that patient-centered care can provide for the betterment of patient experiences and outcomes.
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Assertive Community Treatment for Complex and Costly PatientsAssertive community treatment, a strongly evidence-based practice for delivering care to individuals with schizophrenia and low health care engagement, is applicable to disengaged, medically complex patients.
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Identifying Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 3 With Excess Disease BurdenA high-risk cohort of beneficiaries with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage 3 have a profile similar to patients with CKD stages 4 and 5, indicating potential benefit of earlier nephrology intervention.
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Estimating the Economic Burden of Migraine on US EmployersThe Migraine Impact Model is an interactive calculator that estimates migraine prevalence within a workforce and the associated economic burden of migraine on the employer.
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Physician Organizations’ Use of Behavioral Nudges to Influence Physician BehaviorPhysician organizations are applying behavioral nudges to influence physician behavior; however, their use is limited to a narrow range of clinical applications.
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Beyond EHA 2024: Promising Research in Multiple Myeloma to WatchDr. Mikhael discusses EHA 2024 data he found particularly noteworthy to share with colleagues.
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Contemporary Care Patterns in the Management of Small Renal MassesAn investigation of management patterns after initial radiographic diagnosis of small renal masses showed that early urologist referral was associated with guideline-concordant care.
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A Multistakeholder Effort in Pennsylvania to Improve the Accuracy of Reporting Fatal Drug OverdosesThe authors describe a novel training program for death certifiers in Pennsylvania, which has been designed to specifically focus on some of the main challenges in the death certification process and resulted in a useful model that can potentially be adopted by other states or municipalities.
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Impact of COVID-19 on Specialty Televisits in a Large Integrated Health Care SystemSpecialty televisits remain common in the Veterans Health Administration following the COVID-19 pandemic, suggesting they will remain an important ongoing care modality for many patients.
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Reflecting on Global Pulmonary Medicine Insights at ATS 2025Attendees at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2025 International Conference highlight global networking, scientific advancements, and professional development at this year's meeting.
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Study Suggests Genetic Link Between HLA Alleles, MGTwo genes were shown to be significantly associated with higher prevalence of myasthenia gravis (MG), a relatively rare autoimmune disease.
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Cost-effectiveness of a 3-Year Tele-Messaging Intervention for Positive Airway Pressure UseLong-term tele-messaging was more effective than no messaging and short-term messaging for positive airway pressure use, and it was highly likely to be cost-effective with an acceptable willingness-to-pay threshold.
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Predicting Hospitalizations for Patients With Chronic Kidney DiseaseThe authors developed an algorithm that uses medical claims to identify patients with chronic kidney disease who are at greatest risk of being hospitalized within 90 days.
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At-Home Hemoglobin A1c Testing During COVID-19 Improved Glycemic ControlProviding at-home hemoglobin A1c test kits increases testing rates and facilitates hemoglobin A1c reduction over time among members of a large commercial health plan with diabetes.
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Differences in Spending for Diabetes and Multiple Chronic Conditions in Michigan Medicare BeneficiariesDiabetes and multiple chronic conditions increase overall Medicare spending, but spending increases even more in minority beneficiaries compared with White beneficiaries with similar comorbidity combinations.
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Looking Toward the Future: Management of C. Diff InfectionClosing out their discussion on recurrent clostridium difficile infection management, experts share closing thoughts and hopes for the future.
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Collaborative Care Implementation: Lessons LearnedThe authors drafted a “Shared Values of Collaborative Care” document with fundamental principles to make better group decisions in implementing collaborative care.
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Managed Critical Care: Impact of Remote Decision-Making on Patient OutcomesThis work serves as a step toward better understanding the implications of remote critical care intervention by evaluating levels of tele–intensive care unit decision-making authority.
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Contributor: Beyond the Sloganeering—A Data-Driven Analysis of Recent 340B GrowthThis contributor column discusses a recent study that shows the 340B Program’s explosive growth is overwhelmingly due to utilization increases, not price.
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People Experiencing Homelessness in Miami: Insurance Enrollment Rates, Hypertension TrendsPeople experiencing homelessness face significant barriers to health care access, leading to higher rates of hypertension even among those with health insurance.
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Trends in Market Share Among Hospitals Participating in ACOs and NonparticipantsAccountable care organization (ACO) participation was associated with an increase in hospitals’ mean market share and with additional market share gains in more concentrated markets.
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Factors Associated With Lung Cancer Risk Factor DocumentationThis cross-sectional observational study found several factors associated with whether a patient had sufficient lung cancer risk factor documentation in the electronic health record.
