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Identifying Frail Older People Using Predictive ModelingThe frailty determination of the Adjusted Clinical Groups“diagnoses based predictive model identified frail elders with moderate success compared with a validated screening questionnaire.
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Effect of a Managed Care Disease Management Program on Diabetes CareProcesses and outcomes of diabetes care improved substantially over 6 years in a managed care health plan with a comprehensive diabetes disease management program.
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Early Clinical Experience With Networked System for Promoting Patient Self-ManagementA networked system designed to promote patient self-management appears to be safe and effective in capturing, integrating, and presenting medication adherence and physiologic information.
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Changing Demographics Among Populations Prescribed HCV Treatment, 2013-2017From 2013 to 2017, the population of US patients prescribed treatment for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) changed, becoming predominantly treatment-naïve and having received care in nonacademic centers.
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Is Integration in Large Medical Groups Associated With Quality?Integrated care systems allegedly provide better care. This study of 97 large medical groups nationally provides suggestive evidence that this may be true.
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Understanding and Improving Value Frameworks With Real-World Patient OutcomesNew value frameworks should incorporate real-world evidence that reflects patient treatment behavior, adherence to medication, and equity concerns arising from disparities in care.
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Inappropriate Wrist MRI: Did Guidelines Have an Impact?This article analyzes the use of MRI in a national sample of patients with wrist pain before and after consensus guideline publication.
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Does Distance Modify the Effect of Self-Testing in Oral Anticoagulation?Self-testing of anticoagulation improves outcomes, but is expensive. One might assume it is more helpful for patients living farther from care, but the authors disprove this assumption.
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Estimating the Staffing Infrastructure for a Patient-Centered Medical HomeThis study suggests that implementing a patient-centered medical home requires additional staff with specific expertise based on the needs of the practice and its population.
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Clinical Consequences of Disseminating the Rosiglitazone FDA Safety WarningNotifying patients and providers about the rosiglitazone cardiovascular safety alert led to sweeping changes in drug therapy that were initiated by both physicians and patients.
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Postacute Care Partnerships and Patient ProgressionPostacute care partners are required for successful patient transitions. Collaboration among multidisciplinary teams and community resources is critical for discharge planning and partnership alignment.
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A Deep Learning Model for Pediatric Patient Risk StratificationArtificial intelligence based on medical claims data outperforms traditional models in stratifying patient risk.
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Availability of Data for Measuring Physician Quality PerformanceTypical health plan data provide limited information for benchmarking physician performance using even a less stringent rule for attributing patient measures to physicians.
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease Readmissions Are Associated With Utilization and ComorbidityThirty-day readmissions related to inflammatory bowel disease are common and associated with longer length of stay and a higher likelihood of having an associated comorbid condition compared with index hospitalizations.
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Association Between Use of Clinician Performance Information and Patient ExperienceHigh patient experience scores were associated with the collection and use of any clinician performance information, especially with whether the practice shared this information internally to compare.
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Leveling the Field: Addressing Health Disparities Through Diabetes Disease ManagementA subanalysis of a successful algorithm-driven primary care–based diabetes disease management program examines the relationships among patient characteristics, labor inputs, and improvement in A1C level.
