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Meaningful Use of Health Information Technology: Evidence Suggests Benefits and Challenges Lie AheadThe authors discuss the wide-reaching impact of legislation spurring the adoption of health information technology and provide an overview of the content found in this special issue.
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Impact of the Patient-Centered Medical Home on Consistently High-Cost PatientsPatient-centered medical homes in Maryland’s multipayer demonstration disrupted the pattern of recurrently high expenditure among the costliest patients and improved continuity of care.
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Medication Adherence and Medicare Expenditure Among Beneficiaries With Heart FailureModest increases in adherence to medication regimens among Medicare patients with heart failure were associated with lower Medicare spending in 3 major drug classes.
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Novel Predictive Models for Metabolic Syndrome Risk: A "Big Data" Analytic ApproachThe authors evaluated a new "big data" analytic predictive platform that quickly and accurately analyzes large data sets to identify populations at risk of developing conditions such as metabolic syndrome.
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Impact of Certified CME in Atrial Fibrillation on Administrative ClaimsUse of administrative claims data is an innovative way of measuring the effect of continuing medical education on physician practice behavior and patient outcomes.
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Overuse and Insurance Plan Type in a Privately Insured PopulationHealth insurance plan type may be an important lever for reducing low-value healthcare use among patients with commercial insurance.
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Reducing Long-Term Cost by Transforming Primary Care: Evidence From Geisinger's Medical Home ModelProvenHealth Navigator, Geisinger's version of advanced patient-centered medical homes, is associated with significant savings in total cost of care over time.
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Potential Misuse and Inappropriate Prescription Practices Involving Opioid AnalgesicsA quarter of opioid recipients with commercial insurance had at least 1 indicator of potential misuse by patients or inappropriate prescription practices by providers.
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A Systematic Review of Value-Based Insurance Design in Chronic DiseasesValue-based insurance design for prescription drug coverage increases drug adherence in patients with chronic disease, though their effect on clinical outcomes and health spending remain uncertain.
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Impact of Hypertension on Healthcare Costs Among ChildrenThis study demonstrates a major influence of prehypertension and hypertension on healthcare costs in a large cohort of children, independent of body mass index.
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Cost Utility of Hub-and-Spoke Telestroke Networks From Societal PerspectiveA cost-utility analysis of a hub-and-spoke telestroke network showed that it was economically dominant over routine care.
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The Breathmobile Improves the Asthma Medication Ratio and Decreases Emergency Department UtilizationAn examination of the asthma medication ratio (≥0.50) as an informative metric in program evaluation and for healthcare organizations to measure quality of care provided to patients with asthma.
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Does a Personalized Approach Improve Patient Satisfaction in Thoracic Oncology?Evaluation of cancer patients’ quality of life at admission enabled improvement of their satisfaction with received care at discharge.
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Evaluating the Efficacy of a Bundled Chronic Condition Management ProgramA chronic disease management company presents promising preliminary results from their remote intensive behavioral counseling intervention, aimed at addressing type 2 diabetes.
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Project ECHO: An Effective Means of Increasing Palliative Care CapacityThis article provides insight on the work of 7 of Project ECHO’s replicating partners from around the world who are implementing the ECHO model to address the knowledge gap that underlies integrated palliative care crisis.
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From the Editor-in-Chief: Halt the Glucose Test Strip Bidding Program Until It Can Be FixedEven when things go well, managing diabetes is not easy. Keeping tabs on this disease 24/7 takes planning, commitment, support, and the right tools. For years, a chief complaint among those living with diabetes has been that managed care nickel-and-dimes people over basic supplies, which are comparatively cheap—things like test strips and sensors for a continuous glucose monitor—but will shell out thousands for dialysis and amputations. In the years ahead, if Congress wants to understand rising costs for end-stage renal disease or an increase in emergency department visits for hypoglycemia, it should look directly to CMS’ foray into competitive bidding for blood glucose test strips.
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Long-term Cost Effects of Collaborative Care for Late-life DepressionOlder adults with depression and comorbidities who participated in a 12-month collaborative care program had lower total healthcare costs over 4 years than those in care as usual.
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Scheduled and Unscheduled Hospital Readmissions Among Patients With DiabetesThis population-based study examines socioeconomic and clinical factors associated with scheduled and unscheduled readmissions after discharge among older patients with diabetes.
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The Gamification of Healthcare: Emergence of the Digital Practitioner?Gamification in healthcare is gaining momentum, with attempts to apply gaming principles to improve patient clinical outcomes. This trend establishes the need for a “digital practitioner” who channels these games, monitors progress, and selects the most appropriate ones for a given patient.
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Value-Based Payment in Implementing Evidence-Based Care: The Mental Health Integration Program in Washington StateValue-based payment improved fidelity to key elements of the Collaborative Care Model—an evidence-based mental health intervention—and improved patient depression outcomes in Washington state.
