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A Randomized, Pragmatic, Pharmacist-Led Intervention Reduced Opioids Following Orthopedic SurgeryThis pharmacist-led, patient-directed intervention demonstrated a reduction in opioid dispensings in the 90 days following hip replacement but not knee replacement.
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Treatment Barriers Among Younger and Older Socioeconomically Disadvantaged SmokersA conceptual framework was used to examine the influence of healthcare provider and psychosocial barriers on treatment utilization among younger and older socioeconomically disadvantaged smokers.
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Improving BP Control Through Electronic Communications: An Economic EvaluationHome blood pressure (BP) monitoring and use of secure webbased tools to manage care collaboratively with pharmacists is a cost-effective way to improve BP control.
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Factors Associated With Primary Hip Arthroplasty After Hip FracturePatient, clinical, and hospital factors were associated with receiving primary hip arthroplasty versus no surgery after hip fracture in the United States.
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Shifting the Dialogue From Hospital Readmissions to Unplanned CareThis commentary proposes a bundled measure of unplanned post-hospital care to better assess the true impact of readmissions reductions programs and to avoid unintended consequences.
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Building a Payment Model for Health Coaching in Primary Care: Lessons From TennesseeThis case study describes Tennessee’s process for convening key stakeholders to develop uniform payment guidelines to encourage increased preventive service delivery.
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Tiered Networks: Strategies of Engagement for Patients and PhysiciansTiering of networks cannot be viewed in isolation, but rather as a piece of a larger value agenda.
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Telemonitoring With Case Management for Seniors With Heart FailureAn Internet-based telehealth intervention for elderly heart failure patients found no discernible incremental impact on morbidity or mortality compared with case management alone.
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Provider and Patient Burdens of Obtaining Oral Anticancer MedicationsOral anticancer medications are frequently used to treat patients with cancer. We found significant time and energy burdens for clinic staff and patients in obtaining these drugs.
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Integrating Behavioral Health Under an ACO Global Budget: Barriers and Progress in OregonFinancial barriers to behavioral health integration in Oregon Medicaid accountable care organizations (ACOs) limit opportunities to expand integrated care, but state and organizational opportunities exist.
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Development of a Multidisciplinary, Multicampus Subspecialty Practice in Endocrine CancersThe development of subspecialty tumor groups for uncommon malignancies represents an effective approach to building experience, increasing patient volumes and referrals, and fostering development of increased therapeutic options and clinical trials for patients afflicted with otherwise historically neglected cancers.
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Medicare Part D Claims Rejections for Nursing Home Residents, 2006 to 2010This study presents data on paid and rejected claims submitted by 1 large long-term care pharmacy over the initial 5 years of Medicare Part D.
