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John M. Hampton, MS

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Psychological Distress and Trends in Healthcare Expenditures and Outpatient Healthcare

The upward trend in total and outpatient healthcare expenditures in the United States appears to be unrelated to psychological distress.


Kurt Lozier, MBA

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Hospitalized Patients' and Family Members' Preferences for Real-Time, Transparent Access to Their Hospital Records

This mixed-methods study evaluated hospitalized patients’ and family members’ perceived communications mismatches and their calls for transparent real-time information and potential 21st-century solutions.


Paul Muntner, PhD

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Diabetes, Gaps in Care Coordination, and Preventable Adverse Events

The authors examined the association of diabetes with self-reported gaps in care coordination and self-reported preventable adverse events using data from a national sample of older adults.





Jon E. Zibbell, PhD

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Heroin and Healthcare: Patient Characteristics and Healthcare Prior to Overdose

An analysis of administrative claims showed increasing rates of heroin overdose among an insured population and opportunities for interventions during healthcare encounters before overdose.


Matthew P. Clayton

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Pathways, Outcomes, and Costs in Colon Cancer: Retrospective Evaluations in 2 Distinct Databases

Retrospective evaluations of electronic health records and claims databases to assess clinical outcomes and costs associated with evidence-based pathways in colon cancer.


Jeanne I. Semura, PhD, MPH

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Language Disparities and Timely Care for Children in Managed Care Medicaid

Parents with language barriers reported less timely illness care and routine care for children in managed care Medicaid.




Zefeng Zhang, MD, PhD

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Costs of Heart Failure-Related Hospitalizations in Patients Aged 18 to 64 Years

Hospitalization costs associated with heart failure averaged $23,077 and were higher when heart failure was a secondary rather than the primary diagnosis.


Carmen Campos, MPH

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Does Telephone Scheduling Assistance Increase Mammography Screening Adherence?

The authors describe a quality improvement intervention that focuses on directly scheduling mammogram appointments for women who lack adherence despite written outreach letters.



Ruth Aguiar, BA

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Using Aggregated Pharmacy Claims to Identify Primary Nonadherence

We used aggregated pharmacy claims data available within the electronic health record to identify a high rate of primary nonadherence in a nonintegrated primary care network.


Yeohan Song, BS

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Routine Pre-cesarean Staphylococcus aureus Screening and Decolonization: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Routinely screening pregnant women for Staphylococcus aureus colonization and decolonizing carriers before cesarean delivery are unlikely to be cost-effective under current epidemiologic circumstances.



Bee Hoon Heng, MBBS, MSc

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Effects of a Population-Based Diabetes Management Program in Singapore

Patients utilizing Medisave for a diabetes management program in Singapore were more compliant with care processes, but reductions in hospitalization and costs were not sustained.


David Drozek, DO

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Payer Source Influence on Effectiveness of Lifestyle Medicine Programs

The health benefits for participants of the Complete Health Improvement Program ("CHIP"), a lifestyle medicine program, are present regardless of the program tuition payment source.


Daniel C. Armijo, MHSA

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Understanding Meaningful Outcomes

Mechanisms to better codify clinical outcomes and intermediate outcome milestones are necessary to make the fullest use of EHR data for comparative effectiveness research.



Tobias Freund, MD

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Primary Care Physicians' Experiences With Case Finding for Practice-Based Care Management

Criteria used by primary care physicians to select patients for practice-based care management programs were explored in a qualitative study.


Janardan Khandekar, MD

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Implementation of EHR-Based Strategies to Improve Outpatient CAD Care

We examined the impact of electronic reminders followed by performance reports and financial incentives. Physicians responded more to reports and incentives than to reminders alone.


Donna Pillittere Dugan, MS

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Benchmarking Physician Performance: Reliability of Individual and Composite Measures

At least 50 quality events per physician are needed to reach a minimum level of reliability for most quality measures calculated from administrative data.


Joy Sharp, BS

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Community Navigators Reduce Hospital Utilization in Super-Utilizers

Super-utilizers place a significant clinical and financial burden on the healthcare system. The authors investigated the effectiveness of community navigators in reducing hospital utilization and costs.





Bebonchu Atems, PhD

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The Effects of Health Information Technology Adoption and Hospital-Physician Integration on Hospital Efficiency

Determining the impact of health information technology adoption and hospital-physician integration on hospital efficiency.


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