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Inpatient Electronic Health Record Maintenance From 2010 to 2015In the 6 years following inpatient electronic health record (EHR) implementation, an average of 2.5 significant EHR changes per day were made for maintenance and improvement.
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Pilot of Decision Support to Individualize Colorectal Cancer Screening RecommendationsColorectal cancer screening involves balancing immediate harms with longer-term benefits; electronic medical record decision support may facilitate personalized benefit/harm assessment.
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Measuring the Cost Implications of the Collaborative Accountable Care Initiative in TexasA private accountable care organization model with an embedded care coordinator and a list of recommended providers yields cost savings similar to initiatives with risk-based contracts.
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Hospital Admissions and MS: Temporal Trends and Patient CharacteristicsAn examination of hospitalization patterns in patients with multiple sclerosis with a focus on the association with time and patient characteristics.
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Abolishing Coinsurance for Oral Antihyperglycemic Agents: Effects on Social Insurance BudgetsA coinsurance rate decrease can result in increased adherence to oral antihyperglycemic agents and improved clinical outcomes and cost savings for the healthcare system.
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Email-Based Care Transitions to Improve Patient Outcomes and Provider Work Experience in a Safety-Net Health SystemA pilot of email-based care transitions between hospital and primary care teams improved patient attendance at follow-up visits, provider satisfaction, and work efficiency.
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The Relationship Between Preventive Dental Care and Overall Medical ExpendituresUsing an instrumental variable approach, this study is the first to present causal estimates of the effect of preventive dental visits on overall medical expenditures.
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Enhanced Risk Prediction Model for Emergency Department Use and Hospitalizations in Patients in a Primary Care Medical HomeAn enhanced risk model incorporating medication use, prior healthcare utilization, and mental health with comorbid health conditions predicts healthcare utilization better than health conditions alone.
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A Payer–Provider Partnership for Integrated Care of Patients Receiving DialysisA report on the clinical and economic outcomes of a new payer–provider partnership serving patients with end-stage renal disease.
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Recent Study on Site of Care Has Severe LimitationsThe outpatient community oncology setting is consistently less costly for cancer treatment as opposed to the outpatient hospital setting.
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Patients' Views of a Behavioral Intervention Including Financial IncentivesPatients who enrolled in a trial to lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol spoke positively of the multifaceted intervention: pillbox monitoring and financial incentives were socially acceptable.
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Inefficiencies in Osteoarthritis and Chronic Low Back Pain ManagementThis study identified inefficiencies in drug and medical service utilization related to pain management among Medicare members with osteoarthritis and chronic low back pain.
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Racial/Ethnic Variation in Devices Used to Access Patient PortalsThe study examined the variation in devices used (desktop/laptop computer, mobile device, or both device types) by patients of different racial/ethnic backgrounds to access the online patient portal.
