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Authors


Akhil Kumar, MD

Latest:

Guideline-Based Peer-to-Peer Consultation Optimizes Pegfilgrastim Use With No Adverse Clinical Consequences

Active expert peer-to-peer consultation with prescribing oncologists can promote adherence to guidelines and lead to cost reductions without risk of neutropenic fever, with or without hospitalization, for patients with cancer.


Margaret D. Chi, MPH

Latest:

Adherence to Statins and LDL-Cholesterol Goal Attainment

This study examined adherence to statins and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol goal attainment in patients with coronary artery disease.


Dawn M. Bravata, MD

Latest:

Guideline Concordance of New Statin Prescriptions: Who Got a Statin?

New statin prescriptions at the Veterans Health Administration were reviewed using a cross-sectional study design. Statins were frequently prescribed outside of guideline recommendations.



Yngve Falck-Ytter, MD

Latest:

Evaluating a Hepatitis C Quality Gap: Missed Opportunities for HCV-Related Care

Management of hepatitis C screening results can be optimized to ensure that patients receive high-quality care, reducing morbidity and costs related to the virus.




Brigid R. McCaw, MD, MPH

Latest:

Mental Health Services Utilization Among Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence

Among women diagnosed as having intimate partner violence, odds of mental health utilization were lower among those diagnosed in emergency departments versus primary care clinics.



James W. Begun, PhD

Latest:

High-Risk Centers and the Benefits for Lower-Risk Transplants

There does not appear to be any comparative advantage for low-risk hematopoietic cell transplantation patients to seek care from high-risk centers.


Tricia Morphew, MSc

Latest:

The Breathmobile Improves the Asthma Medication Ratio and Decreases Emergency Department Utilization

An 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.


Jason F. Shiffermiller, MD, MPH

Latest:

Shared Medical Appointments for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes was improved through a shared medical appointment program focusing on lifestyle education and behavior change.







Jaana E. Martikainen, LicSc(Pharm)

Latest:

Pattern of Statin Use Among 10 Cohorts of New Users From 1995 to 2004: A Register-Based Nationwide Study

One-year persistence among new users of statins in Finland improved from 1995 to 1998, after which no substantial changes were observed up to 2004.


Aparna Higgins, MA

Latest:

Health Plan—Provider Accountable Care Partnerships: How Have They Evolved?

Although health plan accountable care models have evolved provider readiness, data, analytics, and the use of performance measurement are important components of plan-provider partnerships.


G. Jonathan Lewis, DO, MPH

Latest:

Screening Cardiac Surgery Patients for MRSA: An Economic Computer Model

Routine preoperative MRSA screening of cardiac surgery patients could provide substantial economic value to third-party payers and hospitals under a wide range of circumstances.



Arnold Saperstein, MD

Latest:

Randomized Trial of an Electronic Asthma Monitoring System Among New York City Children

Children who used an electronic monitoring system had as many emergency department visits and hospitalizations for asthma as children who used a paper diary.


Ann S. M. Harada, PhD

Latest:

Clinical and Economic Outcomes Associated With Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in the Elderly

Clinical and economic outcomes associated with the use of specific potentially inappropriate medications in the elderly were evaluated.



Raleigh Jones, MD

Latest:

Wait Times, Patient Satisfaction Scores, and the Perception of Care

Clinic wait times do not just affect overall patient satisfaction, but also specifically affect the perception of providers and the quality of care.


Jason C. Simeone, PhD

Latest:

The Incidence and Costs of Hypoglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes

The overall incidence of hypoglycemia was considerable in this large working-age population and was associated with $52 million (2008 dollars) in direct medical costs.




Adam B. Wilcox, PhD

Latest:

Community-Based Health Information Technology Alliances: Potential Predictors of Early Sustainability

Communities led by health information organizations were more likely than those led by healthcare organizations to receive ongoing funding for implementing health information technology.


John W. Peabody, MD, PhD, DTM&H, FACP

Latest:

New Thinking on Clinical Utility: Hard Lessons for Molecular Diagnostics

The authors describe 5 basic requirements for planning, implementing, and proving clinical utility for diagnostic tests, drawing on recent reimbursement decisions.

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