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Neal S. Shonnard, MD

Latest:

Use of Patient-Reported Outcomes and Satisfaction for Quality Assessments

Understanding the relationships among patient-reported outcomes, satisfaction, and quality is the first step in drawing meaningful conclusions that can then be translated into policy.


Aaron S. Fink, MD

Latest:

How Pooling Fragmented Healthcare Encounter Data Affects Hospital Profiling

Incomplete records of patient history can bias hospital profiling. Completing health records for Medicare-covered patients in VA hospitals resulted in modest changes in hospital performance.


Kathleen Wilber, PhD

Latest:

Physician Factors That Influence Patient Referrals to End-of-Life Care

This study used multivariate models to identify physician specialty and comfort with end-of-life discussions, both of which are associated with end-of-life referrals.


Kathryn A. Stackhouse, MD

Latest:

Health Insurance and Racial Disparities in Pulmonary Hypertension Outcomes

In a multicenter cohort of patients with newly diagnosed pulmonary hypertension, increased risk for mortality among African Americans was no longer observed after adjusting for insurance status.



Eui-Kyung Lee, PhD

Latest:

Prevalence and Predictors of Hypoglycemia in South Korea

The prevalence and predictors of hypoglycemia in South Korean patients with type 2 diabetes were evaluated using a nationwide healthcare database.




Kathy Stiffler, MA

Latest:

Multipayer Primary Care Transformation: Impact for Medicaid Managed Care Beneficiaries

The Michigan Primary Care Transformation project generated cost savings among adults in Medicaid managed care, particularly high-risk adults, while largely maintaining quality of care.





Stephanie L. Van Bebber, MSc

Latest:

Health Technology Assessment and Private Payers's Coverage of Personalized Medicine

A study of major US private payers showed an important role and considerable shortcomings of external health technology assessment in coverage decisions on personalized medicine.



Amy E. Wagie, BA

Latest:

Effect of Multiple Chronic Conditions Among Working-Age Adults

Multiple chronic conditions among working-age adults lead to high costs over many years. Understanding how to effectively manage such patients is an important challenge.


Rebecca J. Williams, DrPh

Latest:

Documentation of the 5 As for Smoking Cessation by PCPs Across Distinct Health Systems

Evaluation of the 5 As of smoking cessation using patient electronic medical records across 6 distinct healthcare systems, stratified by comorbidity, gender, age, race ethnicity.


Sanjay Arora, MD

Latest:

The Price May Not Be Right: The Value of Comparison Shopping for Prescription Drugs

Price shopping for medications within a small geographic area can yield considerable cost savings for uninsured and insured consumers in high-deductible health plans.



Deane Leader, Jr, PhD, MBA

Latest:

Economic Burden of Osteoporotic Fractures in US Managed Care Enrollees

Osteoporotic fractures are associated with a significant economic burden, including costs of rehabilitation services and a high total all-cause cost of care.


Gary L. Whittington, BSBA

Latest:

Physician Practice Variation Under Orthopedic Bundled Payment

This study demonstrates that variation reduction is an important, but not requisite, component of organizational success under orthopedic bundled payment.



Peter F. Cronholm, MD, MSCE, FAAFP

Latest:

Implementing Effective Care Management in the Patient-Centered Medical Home

A positive deviance approach was used to identify best practices in embedding care management in patient-centered medical home team-based care processes.


Markus Battaglia, MD, MPH

Latest:

Frequency of and Harm Associated With Primary Care Safety Incidents

Physicians' and nurses' assessments of the frequency and harm of incidents can be a supplemental method to study patient safety in the primary care office.


Margaret Belshé, BA

Latest:

Evaluating the Efficacy of a Bundled Chronic Condition Management Program

A chronic disease management company presents promising preliminary results from their remote intensive behavioral counseling intervention, aimed at addressing type 2 diabetes.



Shiao-Chi Wu, PhD

Latest:

Continuity of Outpatient Care and Avoidable Hospitalization: A Systematic Review

Higher continuity of care was statistically significant and was associated with fewer ambulatory care–sensitive condition hospitalizations.





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