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Hospital Readmission Among Participants in a Transitional Case Management ProgramCostly new breast cancer therapies augment the significant burden this disease places on healthcare resources, but in context they may still provide value to society.
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Impact of Cost-Sharing on Treatment Augmentation in Patients With DepressionHigher patient cost-sharing is associated with a lower likelihood of treatment augmentation in patients with depression who are treated with antidepressants.
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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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Health System Correlates of Receipt of Radiation Therapy After Breast-Conserving Surgery: A Study of Low-Income Medicaid-Enrolled WomenOmission of radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery leads to poor outcomes. Geographic isolation and scarcity of healthcare specialists correlate with low adjuvant radiation therapy use.
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Predictors of Physician Use of Inpatient Electronic Health RecordsHospital and physician-hospital alignment, but not loyalty, are predictors of integrated electronic health record adoption by admitting physicians in an integrated system.
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Poor Self-rated Mental Health and Medicare Beneficiaries’ Routine Care-SeekingEfforts are needed to ensure that Medicare beneficiaries with poor mental health receive regular routine care, which may be facilitated by having a personal doctor.
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Measuring Migraine-Related Quality of Care Across 10 Health PlansStandardized measurement of migraine, an underdiagnosed and perhaps underrecognized condition, is necessary for health plans to understand utilization of costly diagnostic and treatment services.
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Understanding Suboptimal e-Consult Requests: Lessons From the VAUS Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) clinicians’ perspectives on what constitutes a good e-consult and why suboptimal e-consult requests occur contain broadly applicable lessons for other health systems.
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Automated Detection of Retinal DiseaseWith diabetes rates projected to rise sharply, automated retinal screening may represent an attractive low-cost option to meet the growing demand for routine screening services.
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Health Insurance, Blood Cancer Care, and Outcomes: A Literature Reviewdoi: 10.37765/ajmc.2021.88733
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Impact of Workplace Health Services on Adherence to Chronic MedicationsPatients who used workplace primary care and pharmacy services had higher adherence rates to medications for their chronic conditions than community-treated patients.
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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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Identifying Groups of Nonparticipants in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus EducationThis study describes reasons for nonparticipation in type 2 diabetes mellitus education and identifies typical subgroups of nonparticipants in order to improve recruitment strategies.
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Prices and Complications in Hospital-Based and Freestanding Surgery CentersAverage prices are substantially higher but rates of complications are similar in hospital-based vs freestanding surgery centers for colonoscopy, arthroscopy, and cataract removal surgery.
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Variation in Hospital Inpatient Prices Across Small Geographic AreasGreater geographic variation was found among private than public payers in the inpatient price per discharge for most hospital services.
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What Are the Potential Savings From Steering Patients to Lower-Priced Providers? A Static AnalysisSteering patients who visit providers with above-median prices to their market’s median-priced provider would save 42%, 45%, and 15% of laboratory, imaging, and durable medical equipment spending, respectively.
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Persistence With Biologic Therapies in the Medicare Coverage GapFor patients who reached the Medicare Part D coverage gap, discontinuation was more likely for patients taking osteoporosis medication.
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Primary Nonadherence to Statin Therapy: Patients' PerceptionsThis study explores self-reported reasons for primary nonadherence among patients newly prescribed statin medication in an integrated health delivery system.
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Perspective: FDA/CMS Parallel Review Advances Coverage for Cancer Comprehensive Genomic ProfilingAuthors from Foundation Medicine explain the regulatory path that led to approval of FoundationOne CDx.
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Medication Adherence and Readmission After Myocardial Infarction in the Medicare PopulationBetter outpatient medication adherence reduces the likelihood of readmission after a recent myocardial infarction.
