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Max Watson, MBChB

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Project ECHO: An Effective Means of Increasing Palliative Care Capacity

This article provides insight on the work of 7 of Project ECHO’s replicating partners from around the world who are implementing the ECHO model to address the knowledge gap that underlies integrated palliative care crisis.




Elizabeth Blair, MSN, ANP-BC, CDE, CDTC

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CHAPTER 4. Guideline for the Care of the Older Adult With Diabetes

From the Adult Diabetes and Clinical Research sections, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. This guideline was revised and approved May 17, 2017, and updated February 7, 2018.


Xue Song, PhD

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Costs of Asthma Among US Working Adults

Among a working population, patients with asthma experienced significantly higher direct medical costs and modestly higher work loss than patients without asthma.



Sarah Sampsel, MPH

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Assessing Opportunities to Advance Quality Measures in Adult Obesity

Obesity is a serious chronic disease and risk factor for a broad range of outcomes. This study identifies opportunities for improving quality in obesity care.



Mitchel Easton, BS

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Case Study: How Does an ACO Generate Savings Three Years in a Row?

Increasing accountable care organization savings is dependent on maximizing quality scores and increasing the number of beneficiaries while maintaining a low per-capita spend through efficiencies of care.


Thomas E. Elliott, MD

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Evaluation of Care Management Intensity and Bariatric Surgical Weight Loss

This study examines the effect of pre- and postoperative care management intensity on weight loss outcomes after bariatric surgery in 9 US centers.


Judith Lee Smith, PhD

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Colorectal Cancer Screening Use Among Insured Primary Care Patients

Colorectal cancer screening use was similar in 2 divergent primary care populations. Colonoscopy was the most frequently used modality; FOBT was used inconsistently.


Jason Kroening-Roché, MD, MPH

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Integrating Behavioral Health Under an ACO Global Budget: Barriers and Progress in Oregon

Financial barriers to behavioral health integration in Oregon Medicaid accountable care organizations (ACOs) limit opportunities to expand integrated care, but state and organizational opportunities exist.







Sophia R. Newcomer, MPH

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Identifying Subgroups of Complex Patients With Cluster Analysis

Cluster analysis can aid in identifying subgroups of patients with similar patterns of comorbid conditions for targeted care management.


Efrat Shadmi, PhD

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EMR-Based Medication Adherence Metric Markedly Enhances Identification of Nonadherent Patients

Integration of written-prescription data into medication adherence measures doubled the number of patients identified as nonadherent and improved prediction of follow-up LDL cholesterol.


Qian Gu, PhD

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Part D Coverage Gap and Adherence to Diabetes Medications

The coverage gap in the Medicare Part D program has a significant negative impact on adherence to diabetes medications.


Ellen McCreedy, PhD

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Medicare Advantage Plan Representatives’ Perspectives on Pay for Success

This study examined how Medicare Advantage plan representatives perceive the alternative financing model Pay for Success and its potential to address members’ social risk factors.


David Mosen, PhD

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Asthma-specific Quality of Life and Subsequent Asthma Emergency Hospital Care

Asthma-specific quality of life and a history of acute episodes can be used together to identify risks of subsequent acute exacerbations.


Michael Horberg, MD, MAS

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Continuously Updated Forecasting of SARS-CoV-2 in a Regional Health System

This study presents a methodology for forecasting demand of COVID-19 on health resources in an integrated health system.


Diane G. Ditmer, PharmD

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Improving Adherence to Cardiovascular Disease Medications With Information Technology

Improving adherence to long-term medication therapy remains a challenge. Health information technology interventions that leverage electronic medical records are promising, low-cost approaches for increasing adherence.


Mark McClellan, MD, PhD

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Value-Based Arrangements May Be More Prevalent Than Assumed

We surveyed biopharmaceutical manufacturers and payers to understand the prevalence and characteristics of value-based payment arrangements, as well as their implementation obstacles and success factors.


Arja Helin-Salmivaara, MD, PhD

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Pattern of Statin Use Among 10 Cohorts of New Users From 1995 to 2004: A Register-Based Nationwide Study

One-year persistence among new users of statins in Finland improved from 1995 to 1998, after which no substantial changes were observed up to 2004.



Michael Grabner, PhD

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Racial Variation in the Cost-effectiveness of Chemotherapy for Prostate Cancer

The likelihood of chemotherapy being cost-effective for patients with metastatic prostate cancer differs across racial subgroups. This uncertainty presents challenges for managed-care decision makers.


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