December 07, 2018
Article
Complex care is cross-sector and person-centered, and it could bend America’s healthcare cost curve. The Blueprint for Complex Care gives this new field a national framework.
December 06, 2018
Article
Preventive services are severely underutilized and contribute substantially to care gaps and preventable deaths. Three key trends promise improvement: consumerism, big data, and technology.
December 06, 2018
Article
Hepatic encephalopathy, a complication of liver disease, is a serious neuropsychiatric condition that causes severe burden among patients and the healthcare system.
December 05, 2018
Article
The increase in healthcare utilization and expenditures associated with the transition to chronic opioid therapy places increased burden on payers and patients.
December 05, 2018
Article
Only 19% of patients in this sample had good diabetes control based on their tested glycated hemoglobin levels. Patients diagnosed with mental health conditions in this study were more likely to have good diabetes control.
December 04, 2018
Article
Centralized reminder/recall (R/R) is less costly to deliver than decentralized R/R for both children and adolescents when implemented for patients within an accountable care organization.
November 30, 2018
Article
Publicly reported Medicare Shared Savings Program accountable care organization (ACO) data can be analyzed to identify cost and medication-related quality performance improvement opportunities to support pharmacist integration into ACO population health services.
November 29, 2018
Article
Actions by providers, health plans, and healthcare consumers can substantially improve surprisingly low medication adherence rates in the United States and overall population health.