Fracture Risk Tool Validation in an Integrated Healthcare Delivery System
The FORE Fracture Risk Calculator provided rapid assessment of population hip fracture risk with some underestimation compared with observed hip fracture probabilities.
Quality of Anticoagulation Control Among Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
Patients with atrial fibrillation receiving routine medical care within a large managed care organization were found to have suboptimal anticoagulation control.
Healthcare Spending and Preventive Care in High-Deductible and Consumer-Directed Health Plans
Enrollment in high-deductible health plans is associated with reduced spending on healthcare and with moderate reductions in the use of preventive care.
Regulating the Medical Loss Ratio: Implications for the Individual Market
This study investigates the potential impact of new medical loss ratio regulation on the individual market for health insurance in the United States.
Improving Endoscopy Completion: Effectiveness of an Interactive Voice Response System
An interactive voice response system is as effective as nurse phone calls for ensuring that patients attend appointments and are adequately prepared for endoscopy examinations.
On Telephone-Based Disease Management: Wrong Diagnosis, Right Prescription
Connecting Statewide Health Information Technology Strategy to Payment Reform
When aggregated data regarding health outcomes are shared, a clearer picture emerges of provider performance baselines and improvements with which payment models can be developed.
Telemonitoring With Case Management for Seniors With Heart Failure
An Internet-based telehealth intervention for elderly heart failure patients found no discernible incremental impact on morbidity or mortality compared with case management alone.
Health Information Technology and Physicians' Perceptions of Healthcare Quality
Health information technology can enhance physicians' ability to provide high-quality care, suggesting that physicians should use it more extensively in their practices.
COPD-Related Healthcare Utilization and Costs After Discharge From a Hospitalization or Emergency Department Visit on a Regimen of Fluticasone Propionate-Salmeterol Combination Versus Other Maintenanc
Initiation of fluticasone propionate–salmeterol after a COPD-related hospitalization or ED visit decreased the risk of a recurrent event and reduced COPD-related medical costs.
