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Mary Caffrey

Latest:

Operationalizing Bispecifics in Multiple Myeloma

Tyler Sandahl, PharmD, of Mayo Clinic, and Michael Byrne, DO, of Tennessee Oncology, discuss practical advice for bringing bispecifics to the community.



Thomas Isaac, MD, MPH, MBA

Latest:

Patients' Views of a Behavioral Intervention Including Financial Incentives

Patients 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.




Liangyi Fan, BA

Latest:

Cost Utility of Hub-and-Spoke Telestroke Networks From Societal Perspective

A cost-utility analysis of a hub-and-spoke telestroke network showed that it was economically dominant over routine care.


Arshag D. Mooradian, MD

Latest:

Collaborative Care Plans Reduce Subspecialty Consults: The Experience From a Safety Net Hospital

Collaborative care plans combined with provider education resulted in significant reductions in referrals to specialists without an apparent increase in the rate of emergency department visits or hospital admissions.






Luisa Colosi, MD

Latest:

Continuous Quality Improvement Program, Based on Lean Concepts, Allows Emptying of Emergency Department Corridors

A continuous quality improvement program, based on Lean concepts and including architectural, managerial, and organizational features, allows the emptying of emergency department corridors and the improvement of time interval measurements/quality indicators.


Cara B. Litvin, MD, MS

Latest:

"Meaningful" Clinical Quality Measures for Primary Care Physicians

Recommendations from primary care Meaningful Use "exemplars" are that clinical quality measures likely to improve outcomes should be evidence-based, high priority, actionable, and minimize burden.


Sophie Terp, MD

Latest:

The Price May Not Be Right: The Value of Comparison Shopping for Prescription Drugs

Price shopping for medications within a small geographic area can yield considerable cost savings for uninsured and insured consumers in high-deductible health plans.




Michael C. Freed, PhD

Latest:

Cost-Effectiveness of Collaborative Care for Depression and PTSD in Military Personnel

Centrally assisted collaborative telecare is a cost-effective strategy relative to usual care for treating posttraumatic stress disorder and depression in the Military Health System.




Raghav Subramaniam, MS, BS

Latest:

Real-Time Video Detection of Falls in Dementia Care Facility and Reduced Emergency Care

An artificial intelligence–enabled video fall detection system using visual science reduced emergency department visits by 80% in 6 communities over 3 months.


Stefanie Joos, MD

Latest:

Is There a Survival Benefit Within a German Primary Care-Based Disease Management Program?

Patients with type 2 diabetes in a German disease management program had a lower mortality rate after 3 years than those not in the program.


Joseph B. McCormick, MD, MS

Latest:

Diabetes and Employment Productivity: Does Diabetes Management Matter?

Diabetes itself affected working and wages more than control of blood sugar levels in a Mexican American population.


John Pyhtila, PhD

Latest:

Changes in Hospital Admissions for Urgent Conditions During COVID-19 Pandemic

Admission rates during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic were lower than in 2019 for acute medical conditions, suggesting that patients may be deferring necessary medical care.




Alissa Segal, PharmD, CDE, CDTC

Latest:

CHAPTER 5. Clinical Guideline for Pharmacological Management of Adults With Type 2 Diabetes

From the Adult Diabetes and Clinical Research Sections, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School. Approved May 10, 2016; updated April 24, 2018. For the Figure and Tables, download the PDF at the end of the chapter.


Laurence Kaminsky, PhD

Latest:

Predicting 30-Day Emergency Department Revisits

“Frequent flyers” significantly contribute to emergency department (ED) crowding. This study developed a predictive model that can be used to identify high-risk patients and reduce ED revisits.


Cheryl Sarfaty

Latest:

The Truth About Electronic Health Records

Why Oncologists Must Tailor Clinical Features to Their Needs



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