April 15, 2019
Article
WEB EXCLUSIVE
Uncoordinated multisystem use is problematic for Veterans Health Administration (VHA) patients with dementia. The Partners in Dementia Care intervention is successful in changing the pattern of VHA versus non-VHA use.
April 11, 2019
Article
MANAGERIAL
Deprescribing could reduce the risk of harm from inappropriate medications. Understanding patient attitudes regarding which clinicians can make deprescribing recommendations can facilitate effective design and implementation of interventions.
April 11, 2019
Article
WEB EXCLUSIVE
Higher continuity of care was statistically significant and was associated with fewer ambulatory care–sensitive condition hospitalizations.
April 10, 2019
Article
TRENDS FROM THE FIELD
Changing patients from an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS)/long-acting β agonist (LABA) inhaler and long-acting muscarinic agonist (LAMA) inhaler to a LAMA/LABA inhaler and a separate ICS inhaler did not appear to affect patient-reported chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) symptom scores.
April 09, 2019
Article
METHODS
Among HealthPartners plan members, musculoskeletal, psychosocial, and neurologic conditions create the greatest burden to current health; diet offers the greatest opportunity to improve future health scores; and 42% report a high level of well-being.
April 09, 2019
Article
CLINICAL
Targeted interventions by patient characteristics to improve fecal immunochemical test completion could reduce disparities in colorectal cancer screening and improve overall compliance with screening recommendations.
April 08, 2019
Article
LETTERS TO THE EDITORS
Previous research overstated the generalizability of the Exenatide Study of Cardiovascular Event Lowering trial results by omitting the restriction on the percentage of patients without a prior cardiovascular event.
April 08, 2019
Article
LETTERS TO THE EDITORS
The authors of the manuscript “Generalizability of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist Cardiovascular Outcome Trials Enrollment Criteria to the US Type 2 Diabetes Population” respond to a letter to the editor.
April 05, 2019
Article
WEB EXCLUSIVE
A business case is made for medical centers to offer high-quality clinical training experiences to recruit graduating health professionals.
April 04, 2019
Article
WEB EXCLUSIVE
The authors determined whether Minnesota health systems responded to competitors’ publicly reported performance. Low performers fell further behind high performers, suggesting that reporting was not associated with quality competition.
April 02, 2019
Article
WEB EXCLUSIVE
Inappropriate prescribing practices of opioids are a major risk factor for mortality among opioid users in the Georgia Medicaid population, although risk is lower in managed Medicaid.