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Automated Patient Assessments After Outpatient Surgery Using an Interactive Voice Response SystemUsing an interactive voice response system to contact patients after outpatient surgery will likely result in improved efficiency without a decrease in assessment quality.
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Economic Benefits of BIS-Aided Assessment of Post-BC Lymphedema in the United StatesUse of bioimpedance spectroscopy to aid in post“breast cancer assessments for lymphedema can be cost saving for healthcare organizations in the United States.
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Worksite Medical Home: Health Services Use and Claim CostsThis study examined the relationship among availability of an on-site, employer-provided primary care medical home, and health services use and health plan costs.
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Health Literacy, Preventive Health Screening, and Medication Adherence Behaviors of Older African Americans at a PCMHA health literacy study of older African Americans aimed to establish whether associations exist between health literacy and preventive health screening behaviors, disease control, and medication adherence. Check out our website’s new table/figure pop-up feature! Click on the name of a table or figure in the text to see it in your browser.
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Adoption and Use of Stand-Alone Electronic Prescribing in a Health Plan-Sponsored InitiativeIn a health plan–sponsored e-prescribing initiative, participating PCPs' mean e-prescribing rate was 1 prescription per 4 pharmacy claims, but some PCPs achieved high use.
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Finding Solutions for Cancer Patients: The American Cancer Society's Health Insurance Assistance ServiceSince 2005, American Cancer Society has sponsored the Health Insurance Assistance Service, a unique initiative to help cancer patients navigate the private coverage system and to educate policy makers about how coverage works for patients with this serious and chronic condition.
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Cost of Delivering Centralized and Decentralized Reminder/Recall for Vaccinations to Children and Adolescents in an ACOCentralized reminder/recall (R/R) is less costly to deliver than decentralized R/R for both children and adolescents when implemented for patients within an accountable care organization.
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Spending Patterns Among Commercially Insured Individuals During the COVID-19 PandemicIn this analysis of more than 97 million commercially insured individuals, investigators found that the COVID-19 pandemic induced a spending shock in 2020 and that health care spending did not recover to baseline until mid-2021.
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Enhancing Patient Experience in an Era of 'Pay for Experience'Sustaining and enhancing patient experience in this era of reform will require a combined macro policy-level and micro practice-level approach.
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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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Use of Postacute Care After Discharge in Urban and Rural HospitalsRural patients receive less postacute care after hospital discharge than urban patients, especially after elective joint replacement-a condition selected for bundled payments.
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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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Reasons for Emergency Department Use: Do Frequent Users Differ?Frequent emergency department (ED) users gave similar reasons for using the ED rather than a clinic compared to other patients, including concerns around convenience, access, and quality.
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More Than “Beating the Benchmark”: 5 Medicare ACOs, 2015-2019This retrospective cohort study compared the results of 5 Medicare Shared Savings Program accountable care organizations (ACOs) vs both ACO benchmarks and regional comparators over 4 years.
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CMS HCC Risk Scores and Home Health Patient Experience MeasuresRisk adjustment for patient experience measures needs to be modified by including the CMS Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCC) risk scores of home health beneficiaries.
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Evaluation of Electronic Medical Record Administrative Data Linked Database (EMRALD)The combination of electronic medical record data and administrative data provides the fullest picture of patient health histories.
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Overdose Risk for Veterans Receiving Opioids From Multiple SourcesAmong veterans in Massachusetts, receipt of opioids from multiple sources, with or without benzodiazepines, was associated with worse opioid-related outcomes.
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Organization of Care and Diagnosed Depression Among Women VeteransThis analysis studies effects of practice structures, primary care and mental health integration, and sex-specific primary care services on diagnosis of depression among women veterans.
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Higher 30-Day and 60-Day Readmissions Among Patients Who Refuse Post Acute Care ServicesAlthough patients who refuse post acute care services are relatively young, well educated, and healthy, they are twice as likely to have 30- and 60-day readmissions compared with acceptors of services.
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Applicability of the Omaha System in Acute Care Nursing for Information Interoperability in the Era of Accountable CareComplex interventions from hospital settings mapped to Omaha System terms commonly used in community care; demonstrating its potential as a tool for interoperability across settings.
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Medication Adherence and Enrollment in a Consumer-Driven Health PlanMedication adherence was lower for some drug classes among CDHP patients who enrolled in consumer-driven health plans compared with patients who continuously enrolled in traditional managed care plans.
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Communication About Diabetes Risk Factors During Between-Visit EncountersIn an integrated delivery system among patients with diabetes, there was significantly less risk factor communication reported during between-visit encounters compared with in-person visits.
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Automated Phone and Mail Population Outreach to Promote Colorectal Cancer ScreeningAutomated phone and mail population outreach resulted in an almost 4-fold increase in the rate of screening for colorectal cancer even without an office visit.
