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Paul Kolm, PhD

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Impact of Care Coordination Based on Insurance and Zip Code

A care transitions program for patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention appeared to reduce 30-day rehospitalizations for patients with Medicaid who lived in wealthier zip codes.



Erin Audrey Taylor, PhD

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Insurers’ Perspectives on MA Value-Based Insurance Design Model

This article describes perspectives of Medicare Advantage (MA) insurers about participating in the CMS value-based insurance design model test launched in 2017.





Christine Eibner, PhD

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Insurers’ Perspectives on MA Value-Based Insurance Design Model

This article describes perspectives of Medicare Advantage (MA) insurers about participating in the CMS value-based insurance design model test launched in 2017.


David P. Miller Jr, MD, MS

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Advancing the Learning Health System by Incorporating Social Determinants

Without integrating data on the social determinants of health, the learning health system could fail to reach its mission of higher-quality, safer, and more efficient care.





Robert F. LeCates, MA

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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Regular Emergency Department Users

Regular users of the emergency department (ED) transiently reduced ED visits when faced with ED access barriers during the COVID-19 pandemic.



Outcomes Research, Stanford University School of Medicine

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A Way Out of the Dismal Arithmetic of Hepatitis C Treatment

This special issue presents important new peer-reviewed research, covering issues ranging from access and the out-of-pocket costs of a treatment course, to the real-world consequences-both economic and clinical-of failing to treat.


Joan E. Romboli, MSN

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Hypertension Treatment and Control Within an Independent Nurse Practitioner Setting

This cross-sectional retrospective study found comparable blood pressure control rates among patients with hypertension receiving primary care from a nurse practitioner versus a physician.



Ryan J. Lennon, MS

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Economic and Clinical Impact of Routine Weekend Catheterization Services

Weekend cardiac catheterization availability for inpatients reduced length of stay and maintained quality of care (no excess hazard for weekend cases), but costs were similar.


Elaine M. Hylek, MD, MPH

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Relevance of Current Guidelines for Organizing an Anticoagulation Clinic

Anticoagulation clinics in an integrated healthcare system differed widely in their organization and management, but these differences were not consistently related to their performance.


Frederick H. Ziel, MD

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Automated Messaging to Improve Compliance With Diabetes Test Monitoring

A randomized controlled trial was conducted to compare the effectiveness of automated telephone and mail outreach to prompt compliance with periodic diabetes laboratory testing.



Dietrich Rothenbacher, MD, MPH

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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.


Liisa Randall, PhD

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Building Health IT Capacity to Improve HIV Infection Health Outcomes

Massachusetts is integrating HIV surveillance and leveraging electronic health record clinical data into their electronic disease case management system to enhance monitoring the HIV continuum of care.






Rashna Soonavala

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Expanding the "Safe Harbor" in High-Deductible Health Plans: Better Coverage and Lower Healthcare Costs

Amending regulations to expand the “safe harbor” by allowing predeductible coverage of high-value services and medications for chronic diseases would provide Americans a plan option that better meets their clinical and financial needs.


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