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AJMC in the Press, July 22, 2016
Highlights of coverage of our peer-reviewed research in the healthcare and mainstream press.
Patient Engagement HIT covered the recent study in The American Journal of Managed Care that presented results on shared medical appointments. Sara Heath reported on research from Virginia Commonwealth University, which found that patients like an appointment design that features a group education session followed by one-on-one sessions where patients can address individual issues. The model is an efficient way to manage groups of patients with chronic conditions. For the original study, click here.
 Jacqueline Belliveau of RevenueCycle Intelligence included an interview with Joshua Cohen, PhD, of Tufts University with The American Journal of Managed Care in a report on the challenges and opportunities of bundled payments, one of the fastest-growing alternate payment models. Cohen discussed situations in which bundled payments might not be appropriate because of factors outside the provider’s control. For a transcript of the interview, click here.
Research Points to Potential MCIDs in Diabetes Distress Scale–17
November 29th 2023Researchers identified a value of at least 0.25 to be a minimal clinically important difference (MCID) in diabetes distress, and MCID values of 0.38 and 0.39 for emotional and interpersonal distress subscales and physician and regimen distress subscales, respectively.
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How Can Employers Leverage the DPP to Improve Diabetes Rates?
February 15th 2022On this episode of Managed Care Cast, Jill Hutt, vice president of member services at the Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health, explains the Coalition’s efforts to reduce diabetes rates through the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP).
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Balancing Care Access and Fragmentation for Better Outcomes in Veterans With Diabetes
April 22nd 2021The authors of a study in the April 2021 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® discuss the possible reasons behind the link between care fragmentation and hospitalizations in veterans with diabetes, as well as potential opportunities to address disjointed care in the context of the widespread telehealth uptake seen during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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