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Carol J. Levy, MD, CDE

Latest:

The Role of Advanced Technologies in Improving Diabetes Outcomes

This article reviews underlying barriers to health care access and discusses how a value-based diabetes care model could improve patient outcomes and reduce long-term costs.


Josh DeClercq, MS

Latest:

Rheumatoid Arthritis Medication Adherence in a Health System Specialty Pharmacy

Integrated health system specialty pharmacies provide specialized services to patients, resulting in high rates of adherence to and financial assistance with specialty disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs.


Brett King, MD, PhD

Latest:

Clinical Considerations in the Treatment of Alopecia Areata

Neil Minkoff; Natasha Mesinkovska, MD; and Brett King, MD, PhD discuss the diagnosis and disease assessment in alopecia areata along with clinical considerations.


Greg Maislin, MS, MA

Latest:

Cost-effectiveness of a 3-Year Tele-Messaging Intervention for Positive Airway Pressure Use

Long-term tele-messaging was more effective than no messaging and short-term messaging for positive airway pressure use, and it was highly likely to be cost-effective with an acceptable willingness-to-pay threshold.


Christina E. Ciaccio, MD, MSc

Latest:

Guideline-Informed Care Among Medicaid-Enrolled Children With Food Allergy

This article describes food allergy–related service utilization and identifies factors associated with guideline-informed care among Medicaid-enrolled US children with food allergy.


Michael P. Krajewski, PharmD, MLS

Latest:

Pharmacists and Transitions of Care From Emergency Department to Home

Pharmacists’ roles in transitions of care continue to evolve. Evaluation of pharmacist-led interventions as patients transition from emergency department to home is needed.


Sarah Wiehe, MD

Latest:

Assessment of Structured Data Elements for Social Risk Factors

An expert panel identified and assessed electronic health record and health information exchange structured data elements to support future development of social risk factor computable phenotyping.


Jodyn Platt, PhD, MPH

Latest:

Equity and AI Governance at Academic Medical Centers

This study identifies limited engagement with equity among academic medical centers as they develop governance processes for artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning and predictive technologies.


Nathalie Huguet, PhD

Latest:

Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions and Long-term Opioid Treatment

Little is known about opioid prescribing patterns in patients with chronic overlapping pain conditions. This study suggests target populations for interventions to manage chronic pain.



Boris Vabson, PhD

Latest:

Potential Spillover Effects on Traditional Medicare When Physicians Bear Medicare Advantage Risk

Medicare beneficiaries treated by physicians with high levels of Medicare Advantage risk exposure had higher care quality and efficiency outcomes compared with those treated by other physicians.


Timothy R. Huerta, PhD, MS

Latest:

Assessment of Structured Data Elements for Social Risk Factors

An expert panel identified and assessed electronic health record and health information exchange structured data elements to support future development of social risk factor computable phenotyping.


Robert Dambrino, MD

Latest:

Operating Room Efficiency of Orthopedic Surgery During the COVID-19 Era

The authors analyzed the impacts of COVID-19 on orthopedic operating room efficiency via comparison of 14,856 surgeries performed before, during, and after the pandemic.


G. Rhys Williams, PhD

Latest:

Burden of EPS in Commercial Patients With Schizophrenia Initiating Atypical Antipsychotics

This study investigated the 1-year incidence of extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS), as well as the incremental economic burden, in patients with schizophrenia initiating atypical antipsychotics.


Andrej Kolacevski, PhD

Latest:

Service Line Care Delivery Model for COVID-19 Patient-Centric Care

The authors provide steps hospitals can take to align their care delivery model to effectively meet the demands of a public health crisis such as the current pandemic.


Tich Changamire, MD

Latest:

Post-SNF Outcomes and Cost Comparison: Medicare Advantage vs Traditional Medicare

Patients enrolled in Medicare Advantage had better outcomes and lower cost following skilled nursing facility (SNF) discharge than patients enrolled in traditional fee-for-service Medicare.


Jeffrey Berinstein, MD, MS

Latest:

Distinct Health Care Use Patterns of Patients With Chronic Gastrointestinal Diseases

Patients with complex chronic disease can be grouped by varying propensity for health care continuity patterns, which could be harnessed to personalize health care utilization interventions.


Gretchen A. Piatt, PhD, MPH

Latest:

Barriers and Facilitators to Managing Social Care in the Digital Era Among Michigan Health Centers

There is widespread interest in understanding the role of health care in meeting social needs. This study examines community-wide activities, resources, and information technology used to manage social care.


Xi Cheng, MPH

Latest:

Effect of Care Coordination on Patients With Alzheimer Disease and Their Caregivers

The authors investigated whether patient coordination and caregiver support for Alzheimer disease reduced health care utilization and expenditures among enrollees in the Memory Program in South Carolina.


Marilyn L. Moy, MD, MSc

Latest:

Cost Savings Associated With a Web-Based Physical Activity Intervention for COPD

The authors modeled costs associated with a pedometer-based, web-mediated physical activity intervention compared with a pedometer alone for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) management. The intervention was cost-saving.


Brystana G. Kaufman, PhD, MSPH

Latest:

Prospective or Retrospective ACO Attribution Matters for Seriously Ill Patients

This study compared beneficiary characteristics and Medicare per capita expenditures among seriously ill Medicare accountable care organization (ACO) populations defined using prospective and retrospective claims-based attribution methods.


Oluwasegun P. Akinyelure, MD, MPH

Latest:

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.


Abigail Taye, BS

Latest:

Does Missing Trust Lead to Overuse or Underuse of Health Care Services?

Most trust literature investigates missing trust and health care underuse. The authors show that mistrust also leads to health care overuse, a rapidly growing problem in the United States.


Shaojun Li, MD

Latest:

Determinants of ICS Therapy Adherence in Patients With Asthma

This study describes determinants affecting disease control and inhaled glucocorticosteroid therapy adherence for patients with asthma in western China.


Evelyn Chang, MD, MS

Latest:

Impact of Primary Care Intensive Management on Medication Adherence and Adjustments

The Veterans Health Administration implemented primary care intensive management for high-risk patients. Impacts of this program on patients’ medication adherence and adjustments were modest.


Lidia Schapira, MD, FASCO, is a professor of medicine at Stanford Medicine, a medical oncologist, and director for both the Stanford Cancer Institute and the Stanford Comprehensive Cancer Center
Lidia Schapira, MD, FASCO

Latest:

How to Improve Shared Decision-Making in Breast Cancer Care

Lidia Schapira, MD, FASCO, professor of medicine at Stanford Medicine, medical oncologist, and director for the Stanford Cancer Institute and the Stanford Comprehensive Cancer Center, shares ways in which clinicians can help enhance patient engagement and shared decision-making.


Dolores Dominguez Santamaria, MD

Latest:

Coverage With Evidence Development Study Shows Benefits in Patients With Migraine Treated With Remote Electrical Neuromodulation

A coverage with evidence development (CED) study demonstrated significant and clinically meaningful benefits in patients with migraine treated with remote electrical neuromodulation (REN). Health plans should support clinicians’ REN prescriptions by ensuring adequate coverage.


Chelsee J. Jensen, PharmD, BCPS

Latest:

Price Caps During Accelerated Approval Would Help Address Financial Toxicity for Patients, Jensen Says

Health care institutions with large numbers of Medicare and Medicaid patients may be constrained from offering cancer therapies made available under the accelerated approval pathway.


Dianne Goede, MD

Latest:

Financial Factors That Influenced Telemedicine Delivery During the COVID-19 Pandemic

This study describes financial issues that influenced telemedicine provision and use for patients with chronic conditions and their providers during COVID-19.

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