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Melissa D. Sexton, PhD, MDiv, LMFT

Latest:

Response to “e-Consult Implementation Success: Lessons From 5 County-Based Delivery Systems”

Partnering teams for delivery of continuity of care between primary care and community behavioral health systems can learn from e-consult implementation.


Cynthia L. Leibson, PhD

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Costs of Venous Thromboembolism Associated With Hospitalization for Medical Illness

Venous thromboembolism during or after recent hospitalization for medical illness contributes a substantial economic burden to society across all hospital and ambulatory care delivered.


Marisa Elena Domino, PhD

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Medical Home Effects on Enrollees With Mental and Physical Illness

Medical home enrollment had mixed effects on acute care use and a large effect on outpatient care use. Effects on expenditures varied by mental illness.


John O'Kane, RRT-NPS, MBA

Latest:

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.




Wei Duan-Porter, MD, PhD

Latest:

Risk Stratification for Return Emergency Department Visits Among High-Risk Patients

The authors examined 2 high-risk classification methods to compare and contrast the patient populations, and to identify the preferred method for predicting subsequent emergency department visits.


Kenneth Boockvar, MD, MS

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Scheduled and Unscheduled Hospital Readmissions Among Patients With Diabetes

This population-based study examines socioeconomic and clinical factors associated with scheduled and unscheduled readmissions after discharge among older patients with diabetes.


Douglas A. Conrad, PhD

Latest:

Health Care Leader Perspectives on State Government–Sponsored Accountable Care for Public Employees

Qualitative interviews reveal health care leader perspectives on how state governments influenced payment reform by developing an accountable care program for public employees.



David M. Labiner, MD

Latest:

Cost Sharing for Antiepileptic Drugs: Medication Utilization and Health Plan Costs

Increased out-of-pocket costs for antiepileptic drugs were associated with decreased adherence, higher healthcare utilization, and higher spending among US commercial health plan beneficiaries with epilepsy.


Jacques D. Donzé, MD, MSc

Latest:

Patient Complexity Characteristics in the Hospital Setting

This multicenter study identifies patient complexity in the hospital setting as frequent and helps to better understand what makes a patient complex.


Kiran Gupta, PhD, MPharm

Latest:

Real-World Outcomes Among Patients With Early Rapidly Progressive Rheumatoid Arthritis

This study suggests that lower healthcare resource use and achieving low disease activity are associated with first-line abatacept compared with a first-line tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitor for patients with early rapidly progressive rheumatoid arthritis.


Alisha Monnette, MPH

Latest:

Ensuring Access to Prescription Medications in the Post-ACA Healthcare Access Landscape: The Essential Role of FQHCs in the Safety Net for the Underinsured

The role of federally qualified health centers is evaluated in serving uninsured patients and providing need-based, reduced-cost prescription medications in the post–Affordable Care Act landscape.


Wei Jiang, MS

Latest:

Radical Prostatectomy Innovation and Outcomes at Military and Civilian Institutions

Minimally invasive radical prostatectomy was more commonly performed in civilian hospitals compared with military hospitals among TRICARE beneficiaries, with comparable postoperative outcomes.




Brent R. Plemons, BS

Latest:

Changes in Premiums of Cancelled Nongroup Plans Under the Affordable Care Act

Subscribers migrated to Affordable Care Act—compliant plans with modestly higher costs, but had higher levels of insurance coverage and stronger consumer protections.


Kamyar Nasseh, PhD

Latest:

Access to Primary and Dental Care Among Adults Newly Enrolled in Medicaid

Nearby provider supply did not affect identification of usual sources of primary or dental care among new Medicaid enrollees. Strategies to improve access are needed.


Justin Marsden, BS

Latest:

Statin Prescribing Patterns in Patient-Centered Medical Home Patients With NAFLD

In this study, authors assessed the proportion of patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) receiving prescriptions for statins in primary care.




J. Escarce, MD, PhD

Latest:

Consumer-Directed Health Plans: Do Doctors and Nurses Buy In?

Although clinical knowledge positions physicians and nurses well as consumer-directed health plan enrollees, they appeared less likely to choose these plans than nonmedical faculty and staff.


Jack Ansell, MD

Latest:

STABLE Results: Warfarin Home Monitoring Achieves Excellent INR Control

Real-world retrospective analysis of over 29,000 patients performing INR home monitoring for warfarin therapy shows excellent time in therapeutic range.



Lou Grothaus, MA

Latest:

Characteristics of Older Adult Physical Activity Program Users

Authors compared users and non-users of older adult physical activity programs (EnhanceFitness and Silver Sneakers) within a healthcare system on health conditions, utilization, and costs.





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