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Physician-Specific Variation in Medication Adherence Among Diabetes PatientsPhysician-specific, aggregate patient medication adherence data vary significantly and provide an expanded focus for interventions to improve patient adherence to treatment.
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Distinct Health Care Use Patterns of Patients With Chronic Gastrointestinal DiseasesPatients 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.
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Performance of the Adapted Diabetes Complications Severity Index Translated to ICD-10We present an International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) translation of the adapted Diabetes Complications Severity Index and show its performance in predicting hospitalizations, mortality, and healthcare-associated costs.
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Connected Care Is Key to Accountable Care: The Case for Supporting Telehealth in ACOsA growing body of evidence is demonstrating how the benefits of Connected Care, electronic communication between patient and caregiver, are improving healthcare access and quality and reducing costs for payers-without passing through Congress.
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Factors Affecting Medication Adherence Trajectories for Patients With Heart FailureNonwhite race, smoking, and increasing body mass index were associated with the lowest adherence trajectories for patients with heart failure, with adherence dropping off within the first year.
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Cost of Pharmacotherapy for Opioid Use Disorders Following Inpatient DetoxificationThe mean 24-week cost per participant was $5416 for extended-release injectable naltrexone (57% detoxification, 37% medication, 6% provider/patient) and $4148 for buprenorphine-naloxone (64% detoxification, 12% medication, 24% provider/patient).
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Does Telephone Care Management Help Medicaid Beneficiaries With Depression?Telephone care management increased mental health service use for Medicaid beneficiaries with depression but did not reduce depression severity. More intensive services may be needed.
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New Strategies for Aligning Physicians With Health System IncentivesThis article details strategies based on principles from psychology and economics that health systems may use to align with physicians.
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Variation in the Cost of Medications for the Treatment of Colorectal CancerUsing data from a nationwide registry, this study revealed significant variation in the use and cost of contemporary regimens for colorectal cancer.
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Computerized Alert Reduced D-Dimer Testing in the ElderlyA targeted computerized alert at the time of physician order entry reduced the use of D-dimer testing among patients 65 years and older.
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Implementing a Hybrid Approach to Select Patients for Care Management: Variations Across PracticesHybrid approaches allow for clinician input into case finding for care management, but training and monitoring is required to protect against unintentional biases.
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Electronic Reminder's Role in Promoting Human Papillomavirus Vaccine UseThe use of the electronic health record’s clinical reminder functionality is systematically related to higher human papillomavirus vaccine administration rates.
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Progress Toward Meaningful Use: Hospitals' Adoption of Electronic Health RecordsBroad enthusiasm exists among hospitals for participation in Meaningful Use. However, many hospitals have a long road ahead to implement the advanced systems required for the program.
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Early Evaluations of the Medical Home: Building on a Promising StartFindings from a systematic evidence review of the medical home are promising, but indicate the critical need for stronger evaluations to guide policy makers.
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The Economic Impact of an Urban Asthma Management ProgramAn asthma disease management program reduced medical services utilization for urban children and had a potentially positive return on investment for Medicaid managed care plans.
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Choosing Wisely Clinical Decision Support Adherence and Associated Inpatient OutcomesThis analysis examines the associations between adherence to Choosing Wisely recommendations embedded into clinical decision support alerts and 4 measures of resource use and quality.
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Health Plan Use of Immunization Information Systems for Quality MeasurementHealth plans may benefit from using a state immunization information system as the primary data source for HEDIS and physician incentive and quality programs.
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Success of Automated Algorithmic Scheduling in an Outpatient SettingAlgorithmically generated booking recommendations based on customizable physician assumptions and predictive modeling modestly increased productivity without overburdening physicians in a randomized controlled trial.
