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Optimizing the Use of Telephone Nursing Advice for Upper Respiratory Infection SymptomsTelephone nursing advice for home care offers an effective and clinically appropriate way to manage upper respiratory infection symptoms for adult members of a large integrated health plan.
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Outcomes and Lessons Learned From Evaluating TRICARE's Disease Management ProgramsFindings from TRICARE's disease management programs for asthma, congestive heart failure, and diabetes patients suggest that the programs more than pay for themselves.
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Are Obese Patients Assisted in Losing Weight?In obese patients, we assessed the lack of advice to lose weight and its association with cardiovascular risk using the REGICOR chart (adaption of Framingham).
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Validating Electronic Cancer Quality Measures at Veterans Health AdministrationEven in a fully integrated healthcare system, only 28% of cancer quality measures could be validated by using electronically available data.
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The Road to Electronic Health Records Is Paved With OperationsElectronic health records best support process improvements when win-win situations are created to achieve both organizational benefits and team member work flow improvements.
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Optimizing Number and Timing of Appointment Reminders: A Randomized TrialTwo text message or phone reminders were more effective in reducing missed primary care appointments than a single reminder, particularly in patients at high risk of missing appointments.
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Development and Implementation of an Academic Cancer Therapy Stewardship ProgramA cancer therapy stewardship program can be used to improve clinical quality and patient care by emphasizing the importance of value and evidence in oncology.
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There's More Than One Way to Build a Medical HomeEven among practices reaching the highest level of PCMH achievement, there are variations in the implementation of key medical home capabilities.
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Two-Year Adherence and Costs for Biologic Therapy for Rheumatoid ArthritisAdherence to newly initiated biologic therapy for rheumatoid arthritis is important for long-term adherence.
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Impact of a Pharmacy-Based Transitional Care Program on Hospital ReadmissionsPatients receiving postdischarge care from pharmacists had a 28% lower risk of readmission at 30 days and a 31.9% lower risk at 180 days compared with usual care.
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IT-Enabled Systems Engineering Approach to Monitoring and Reducing ADEsSelf-empowering team resource management, when aided by information technology, appears to help reduce adverse drug events in primary care offices.
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Costs Associated With Long-Acting Insulin Analogues in Patients With DiabetesFindings from a literature review indicate that overall costs of long-acting insulin analogues are not significantly different from those of intermediate-acting human insulin and oral antidiabetic agents.
