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Emilie Muelly, MD, PhD
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Primary Care Video and Telephone Telemedicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Treatment and Follow-up Health Care Utilization

Telephone visits may offer a simple and convenient option to address patient primary care needs without raising safety concerns.

Feng Rong, MD
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Patient Satisfaction With Letter-Based Communication of LCS Pulmonary Nodule Results

Patients were satisfied with receiving their lung cancer screening (LCS) pulmonary nodule results via letter and considered the amount of information provided in the letter appropriate.

Daniel Stein, MS
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Demographic Disparities in Video Visit Telemetry: Understanding Telemedicine Utilization

A stratified demographics analysis of video visit telemetry data reveals that age older than 65 years and African American/Black race are associated with higher video visit failure rates, whereas language, sex, and ethnicity are not.

Matthew Johnson, MS, MHSA
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Diagnosis Patterns and Stress Testing Trends After Implementing High-Sensitivity Troponin Assay

This study found that switching from a conventional troponin assay to a high-sensitivity troponin assay resulted in changes to diagnosis patterns and stress testing trends.

Jason Kay, PharmD, MS
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Value-Based Management of Specialty Drugs: Practical Considerations and Implications for Pharmacy

Policy makers and health plans seek value-based management of specialty drugs. This study examines real-world factors that favor some approaches over others and their potential impact.

Jennifer P. Stevens, MD

Direct of the Center for Healthcare Delivery Science, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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Contributor: Addressing Physician Burnout—Work-Life Balance and Traditional Workplace Improvement Interventions

Initiatives to address physician burnout should be prioritized in a post-pandemic world, with physician shortages affecting the country.

Jesús Antonio Álvarez, PhD, MD
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Process Reengineering and Patient-Centered Approach Strengthen Efficiency in Specialized Care

Improving efficiency is complex and requires a multimodal approach. Health information systems, patient feedback, and multidisciplinary teams are components that can improve clinical processes.

Avi Mamidi, PharmD, RPh

Avi Mamidi, PharmD, RPh, is the director of North America Market Access at ResMed.

Jiayun Deng, MS
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Effective Prevention and Management of COVID-19 in Outpatient Hemodialysis Patients

The authors introduce a mobile phone app that may effectively prevent and manage coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in outpatient hemodialysis patients in Sichuan Province, China.

Mark K. Meiselbach, BS
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Large Self-insured Employers Lack Power to Effectively Negotiate Hospital Prices

This study examines the ability of self-insured employers to negotiate hospital prices and the relationship between hospital prices and employer market power in the United States.

Robert W. Voss, MS
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Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions and Long-term Opioid Treatment

Little is known about opioid prescribing patterns in patients with chronic overlapping pain conditions. This study suggests target populations for interventions to manage chronic pain.

Chuck Stemple, DO
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Post-SNF Outcomes and Cost Comparison: Medicare Advantage vs Traditional Medicare

Patients enrolled in Medicare Advantage had better outcomes and lower cost following skilled nursing facility (SNF) discharge than patients enrolled in traditional fee-for-service Medicare.

Lucy A. Bilaver, PhD
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Geographic Variability of Medicaid Acceptance Among Allergists in the US

The proportion of allergists accepting Medicaid in the US varied significantly among and within states.

Arsheeya Mashaw, MD
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Advanced Care at Home at Scale in an Integrated Health Care System

Advanced care at home (otherwise known as hospital at home) can be scaled and provide care for a sizable portion of a hospital’s inpatient census, creating hospital capacity in an integrated delivery system.

Dietrich W. Riepen, MD
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Standardized Total Knee Arthroplasty Pathway Improves Outcomes in Minority Patients

In a minority-predominant patient population, a standardized pathway for total knee arthroplasty was associated with improved outcomes with no change in postoperative complication rates.

Ian Duncan, PhD
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Cost Analysis of Self-Monitoring Blood Glucose in Nonintensively Managed Type 2 Diabetes

Analysis of claims data showed reduced utilization and costs among patients with nonintensively managed type 2 diabetes using self-monitoring of blood glucose compared with continuous glucose monitoring.

Noele P. Nelson, MD, PhD
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The Hepatitis B Care Cascade Using Administrative Claims Data, 2016

Analysis of a large, nationally representative claims database to longitudinally monitor enrollees with hepatitis B showed that 36% received recommended care and 18% were prescribed treatment.

Mark A. Sanders, MD
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Patient and Physician Perceptions of a Hypercholesterolemia Safety-Net Program

Patients’ misperceptions of statins and physicians’ limited knowledge of a hypercholesterolemia safety-net program warrant additional interventions to reduce barriers and improve care.

Stefan Kowalski, BPharm, MAppSc
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Evaluating Smoking Cessation Service at an Emergency Department Clinical Observation Unit

This study aimed to evaluate the impact of a smoking cessation service in a group of patients admitted to a short-stay unit in the emergency department.

Elise S. Tremblay, MD, MPH
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Targeted Policies, Further Research Needed to Tackle Insulin Costs, Use Disparities: Elise S. Tremblay, MD, MPH

Elise S. Tremblay, MD, MPH, explores potential policy solutions and research directions to address ongoing challenges in insulin affordability and access.

K. Rajesh, MBBS
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Covishield India: Demystifying Myths Through an Early Multicenter Safety Study

This was a multicenter study carried out in India to study the adverse and systemic effects of the indigenously developed Covishield vaccine.

Steven D. Smith, PhD, CMA
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Price Transparency and Patient Engagement: Social Messaging Matters

This study examined the impact of price transparency and prosocial messaging on patient engagement of price-protected consumers in seeking value-based care.

Jaime Álvarez Grau, PhD
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Process Reengineering and Patient-Centered Approach Strengthen Efficiency in Specialized Care

Improving efficiency is complex and requires a multimodal approach. Health information systems, patient feedback, and multidisciplinary teams are components that can improve clinical processes.

Joseph Coyne, DrPH
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Successes and Failures With Bundled Payments in the Commercial Market

The relatively few examples of commercially funded condition-specific bundled payments provide insights into how to spread this alternative payment model further in the private insurance market.

Parul Dayal, PhD
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Outcomes of Antiviral Treatment for Influenza in Type 2 Diabetes

Antiviral treatment was associated with lower health care resource utilization and costs in patients with type 2 diabetes and a diagnosis of influenza.

Kristian Black, BS
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Association of Dermatology Wait Times With Insurance Coverage in Michigan

Disparities in dermatologic care for patients with Medicaid exist, and delays in medical dermatologic care among Medicaid patients must be addressed.

Denise D. Payán, PhD, MPP
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Health Equity in the Era of Large Language Models

This article presents challenges and solutions regarding health care–focused large language models (LLMs) and summarizes key recommendations from major regulatory and governance bodies for LLM development, implementation, and maintenance.

Amy Colson, MD, MPH | Image Credit: © Community Resource Initiative
Amy Colson, MD, MPH

https://crihealth.org/people/amy-colson-md-mph/

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Advancing HIV Care With Doravirine and Islatravir: Q&A With Amy Colson, MD, MPH

New data from the MK-8591A-051 and MK-8591A-052 trials, both investigating the efficacy and safety of 100-mg doravirine and 0.25-mg islatravir as a once-daily 2-drug regimen for virologically suppressed people living with HIV-1, were presented today by Amy Colson, MD, MPH.

Norah Crossnohere, PhD
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Integrating Primary Care and Public Health for Advance Care Planning

This article proposes a new model, Public-Primary ACP, that leverages coordination between primary care and public health workforces to improve delivery of advance care planning.

Lisa M. Hess, PhD
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Treatment Patterns for Patients With Advanced/Metastatic Cancers by Site of Care

Treatment patterns and overall survival were similar regardless of site of care between patients receiving anticancer therapy in the hospital outpatient vs physician office setting.
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