Impact of Emergency Physician–Provided Patient Education About Alternative Care Venues
May 8th 2018Postvisit phone education from an emergency physician and/or mailed information about alternative venues of care reduced subsequent emergency department (ED) utilization for low-acuity treat-and-release adult ED patients.
Increasing Hepatitis C Screening in a Large Integrated Health System: Science and Policy in Concert
May 3rd 2018The success of recommendations to improve screening often rests on the availability of efficacious therapies, coverage policies, and other factors that enable and justify screening.
Changes in Specialty Care Use and Leakage in Medicare Accountable Care Organizations
May 3rd 2018Reducing specialty leakage is promoted as crucial for accountable care organizations (ACOs). This study finds that Medicare ACOs had modest reductions in specialty use and minimal changes in leakage.