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James A. Gasperino, MD, PhD, MPH

Latest:

AHA Telemetry Guidelines Improve Telemetry Utilization in the Inpatient Setting

Using Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles, the studied intervention reduced hospital inpatient telemetry time by 51.25% while increasing American Heart Association (AHA) guideline–based usage.


Mark E. Schario, MS, RN

Latest:

Eliminating Defects in Value: Turnaround of an MSSP ACO

A health system transformational leadership framework and management system made visible and eliminated defects in value and was associated with reduced annual Medicare expenditures and increased quality between 2017 and 2020.


Daniel L. Brinton, PhD

Latest:

A Comparison of Administrative Claims–Based Risk Predictors for Pediatric Asthma

A comparison of claims-based asthma risk predictors in a national sample of children with Medicaid determines accuracy and informs risk predictor choice.


Nicholas Bartz, MBA

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Decreasing Primary Care Use and Blood Pressure Monitoring During COVID-19

Among a group of primary care accountable care organizations, patients with hypertension were 50% less likely to have a blood pressure recorded in April compared with February.


Hatice Bolek, MD

Latest:

Economic Burden of Osteoporotic Fractures: The Tip of the Iceberg?

The economic burden of osteoporotic fractures may be much higher than estimated: just the tip of the iceberg. In this letter, we suggest that the cost of these fractures might be underestimated by considering only direct medical cost.


Vivek Kavadi, MD

Latest:

Practice Radiation Patterns Among Oncologists in the Oncology Care Model

Despite the potential incentives for medical oncologists to reduce radiation therapy utilization under the Oncology Care Model, we find no evidence that such reduction occurred.


Kathleen C. Lee, MD

Latest:

An Accelerated Hospital Observation Pathway to Reduce Length of Stay for Patients With COVID-19

For select patients hospitalized due to COVID-19, an academic urban hospital implemented an observation pathway that incorporated mobile health technology, reducing hospital length of stay by more than 2 days.


J. Gregory Rosencrance, MD

Latest:

The Relationship Between the Follow-up to Discharge Ratio and Length of Stay

The objective was to evaluate the correlation between the follow-up to discharge ratio and average length of stay.


Noni Bodkin, PhD

Latest:

Actions to Improve Quality: Results From a National Hospital Survey

Hospitals reported widespread adoption of quality improvement (QI) changes to improve on CMS quality measures, and QI adoption was associated with improved performance on quality measures.


Kathryn McDonald, PhD, MM

Latest:

Care Coordination in Primary Care: Mapping the Territory

A 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.


Martha Stefaniak, MPH

Latest:

Discharge Before Noon: Is the Sun Half Up or Half Down?

Discharge before noon was associated with longer length of stay in patients with medical diagnoses and shorter length of stay in surgical patients.


Alice Pressman, PhD, MS

Latest:

Characterizing Obesity in a Large Health Care Delivery System.

The prevalence of obesity in the Sutter Health system between 2015 and 2020 was 35%. Differences by race/ethnicity, health insurance, smoking status, and comorbidities were examined.


Larry Hanover

Latest:

Study Details Prediabetes, MACE Link

Patients with prediabetes are at significantly higher risk of major cardiovascular events than those who have never had high blood sugar.


Camille Lloyd

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Contributor: Solving the US Physician Diversity Problem

The representation of Black physicians is alarmingly low, but the opportunities for change are possible and urgent. Health care leaders and human resource departments need to address these disparities, and increasing diversity among their workforce is an excellent place to begin.


Alexander O. Everhart, PhD

Latest:

Time to Publication of Cost-effectiveness Analyses for Medical Devices

This study examines the availability of cost-effectiveness analyses for medical devices, both in terms of the number of studies and when studies are published.


Michal Grinstein-Weiss, PhD

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Predictors of and Barriers to Receipt of Advance Premium Tax Credits

Few eligible individuals apply for the Advance Premium Tax Credit due to knowledge barriers. Additionally, specific sociodemographic characteristics appear to predict applying status.


Katrin Hambarsoomian, MS

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Development of a Medicare Plan Dashboard to Promote Health Equity

Health plans use data to decide on quality improvement initiatives. Having a dashboard that characterizes how equitably plans are serving their enrollees would promote health equity.


Medha Reddy, BA

Latest:

The Impact of 1-Star Physician Ratings on New Patient Volume

Analysis of a single-specialty practice’s scheduled appointments and reviews of physicians finds that 1-star ratings have a limited but longitudinal influence on new patient volume.



Nicole Cook, PhD

Latest:

Cardiovascular Disease Risk Management During COVID-19: In-Person vs Virtual Visits

This article compares cardiovascular disease risk management in community clinics during the COVID-19 pandemic among patients for whom primary care was delivered mostly in person vs mostly virtually.


Launia J. White, BS

Latest:

Impact of Advance Care Planning Consults on Advance Directives Completion

Implementing advance care planning consults can increase advance directive completion rates. The authors demonstrate the impact of consults on completed advance directives in the medical record.


Jiaxiao M. Shi, PhD

Latest:

Cost-effectiveness of a 3-Year Tele-Messaging Intervention for Positive Airway Pressure Use

Long-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.


Allan I. Pack, MBChB, PhD

Latest:

Cost-effectiveness of a 3-Year Tele-Messaging Intervention for Positive Airway Pressure Use

Long-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.


Ketan Patel
Ketan Patel, MD

Latest:

Contributor: After COVID-19, an AI-Driven Path to Risk-Adjusted Value-Based Care

Artificial intelligence (AI) could help drive accurate and effective risk adjustment in value-based care plans.


George Topalsky, MD

Latest:

Eliminating Defects in Value: Turnaround of an MSSP ACO

A health system transformational leadership framework and management system made visible and eliminated defects in value and was associated with reduced annual Medicare expenditures and increased quality between 2017 and 2020.


Shelley-Ann M. Girwar, MSc

Latest:

Identifying Complex Patients Using Adjusted Clinical Groups Risk Stratification Tool

In this study, the authors developed a method for use in primary care to identify a group of patients with complex care needs using Aggregated Diagnosis Groups.


Matthew W. Reynolds, PhD

Latest:

Combatting COVID-19 With Real-World Evidence

A vaccine isn’t the panacea many assume it will be. Even when it becomes available, the virus won’t go away. Real world evidence will be needed to guide decision making.


Molly Moore Jeffery, PhD, MPP

Latest:

Provider Barriers in Uptake of Biosimilars: Case Study on Filgrastim

Previous studies have found modest uptake of biosimilars in both commercial and Medicare populations. This study finds that the uptake varies between the rural and urban provider settings.



Sarah E. Messiah, PhD

Latest:

Timely Preterm-Birth Prediction Among Pregnant Women in Medicaid Without Preterm-Birth History

A novel prediction model is developed that accurately predicts preterm birth in a timely manner among pregnant women in Medicaid without preterm-birth history.

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