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Ralph E. Seligmann, MD

Latest:

Personalized Preventive Care Leads to Significant Reductions in Hospital Utilization

We assessed the impact of the MDVIP personalized preventive care model on hospital utilization and found the MDVIP members' rates were substantially lower than nonmembers'.


Elke Raum, MD, MPH

Latest:

Gender Differences in Healthcare Utilization of Patients With Diabetes

Gender differences were found in healthcare utilization in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Germany, despite a high rate of enrollment in a disease management program.


Lindsey M. Philpot, PhD, MPH

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Patient-Centered Medical Home Features and Expenditures by Medicare Beneficiaries

Analysis of the impact of individual features of the patient-centered medical home care model on future healthcare expenditures among Medicare beneficiaries.



Leslie E. Kolb, MBA, BSN, RN

Latest:

The AADE DEAP — A Diabetes Self-Management Training Success Story

For several years, the American Association of Diabetes Educators has been collecting evidence that shows that diabetes self-management training programs meeting its accreditation standards warrant coverage by public and private insurers.




Thomas J. Flottemesch, PhD

Latest:

Patient-Centered Medical Home Cost Reductions Limited to Complex Patients

From 2005 to 2009, improved clinical practice systems were associated with cost reductions only for medically complex patients.


Brenda Schmidt, MS, MBA

Latest:

Building Community-Clinical Linkages to Address the Diabetes Epidemic

With the right support, community providers can offer an effective approach to promoting population health and preventing chronic disease.



Victor Y. Chiu, BA

Latest:

Mental Illness and Warfarin Use in Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation patients with mental illness are less likely to receive warfarin anticoagulation; those who do receive warfarin have excess risk of over-anticoagulation.



Miguel A. Padilla, PhD

Latest:

Predictors of Physician Use of Inpatient Electronic Health Records

Hospital and physician-hospital alignment, but not loyalty, are predictors of integrated electronic health record adoption by admitting physicians in an integrated system.


Janet Craig, PhD, RN

Latest:

Frequency and Costs of Hospital Transfers for Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions

This article outlines the frequency of transfers of patients with ambulatory care-sensitive conditions from nursing homes to emergency departments or hospitals, and provides reliable estimates of associated costs.


David Ofman, MD, MA

Latest:

Healthcare Reform With a Safety Net: Lessons From San Francisco

San Francisco is attempting to expand health insurance coverage and access to care while also supporting its healthcare safety net.



Joshua A. Rushakoff, BS

Latest:

Chronic Pain as a Driver of Cost in ACO Arrangements

A discussion of chronic pain prevalence, care obstacles, and potential opportunities for care improvement within the accountable care organization context at University of California, San Francisco Health.


Laura A. Saunders, MSSW

Latest:

A Team Approach to Systematic Behavioral Screening and Intervention

Expanding primary care teams with trained and supported paraprofessionals enables systematic delivery of widely recommended, evidence-based, cost-saving alcohol, drug, and depression screening and intervention services.



Han Eol Jeong, MPH

Latest:

Prescribing Trend of Pioglitazone After Safety Warning Release in Korea

The pioglitazone safety warning issued in South Korea, which recommended prescribing with careful attention among those with high risk of bladder cancer, led to a moderate decrease in pioglitazone users.



Sebastian Schneeweiss, MD

Latest:

GRACE Principles: Recognizing High-Quality Observational Studies of Comparative Effectiveness

The GRACE principles lay out 3 questions to help healthcare providers, patients, and other decision makers evaluate the quality of noninterventional comparative effectiveness studies.


Jian Wang, MS

Latest:

Race/Ethnicity, Personal Health Record Access, and Quality of Care

Quality benefits were equal across racial/ethnic groups with equal personal health record (PHR) use, but nonwhite status and a preference for Spanish language predicted lower PHR registration.




Melissa Tabbarah, PhD, MPH

Latest:

Office Manager and Nurse Perspectives on Facilitators of Adult Immunization

Factors significantly associated with adult vaccination rates in primary care practices were patients’ age, race, scheduled well-visit length, and nurses’ vaccination status.



Alan C. O'Connor, MBA

Latest:

Health Plan Use of Immunization Information Systems for Quality Measurement

Health plans may benefit from using a state immunization information system as the primary data source for HEDIS and physician incentive and quality programs.


Rahul Jain, PhD

Latest:

Racial Variation in the Cost-effectiveness of Chemotherapy for Prostate Cancer

The likelihood of chemotherapy being cost-effective for patients with metastatic prostate cancer differs across racial subgroups. This uncertainty presents challenges for managed-care decision makers.

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