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Predicting Nursing Home Placement Among Home- and Community-Based Services Program ParticipantsThe authors developed a model to identify participants in a home- and community-based services program who are at highest risk for long-term nursing home placement.
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US Insurance Program's Experience With a Multigene Assay for Early-Stage Breast CancerThis study presents Humana's experience with a multigene breast cancer assay and provides an analysis of the clinical utility and economics of this technology.
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Payer Effects of Personalized Preventive Care for Patients With DiabetesWe examine the effects of MD–Value in Prevention (MDVIP) enrollment on Medicare expenditures and utilization among fee-for-service beneficiaries with diabetes over a 5-year period.
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Testing of a Tethered Personal Health Record Framework for Early End-of-Life DiscussionsPilot testing demonstrates the use of a novel, personal health record—based framework used in primary care settings may improve presence and quality of advance care planning documentation in the electronic health record.
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Nurse Practitioner Comanagement for Patients in an Academic Geriatric PracticeNurse practitioner comanagment improved quality of care for 5 chronic conditions in an academic geriatrics practice.
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Continuity of Outpatient Care and Avoidable Hospitalization: A Systematic ReviewHigher continuity of care was statistically significant and was associated with fewer ambulatory care–sensitive condition hospitalizations.
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Evaluation of Value-Based Insurance Design With a Large Retail EmployerRetrospective analysis of value-based insurance design (VBID) showed the potential for VBID to improve adherence and reduce utilization and costs with active disease management counseling.
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Increasing Preventive Health Services via Tailored Health CommunicationsThe authors describe and apply a methodology for defining tailored health communications in order to increase the number of completed colorectal cancer screenings.
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Characteristics, Utilization, and Concentration of Outpatient Care for Dual-Eligible Medicare BeneficiariesOutpatient care for dual-eligible beneficiaries is concentrated among a small group of physicians, and these beneficiaries receive less subspecialty care despite having more chronic conditions.
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Real-Time Video Detection of Falls in Dementia Care Facility and Reduced Emergency CareAn artificial intelligence–enabled video fall detection system using visual science reduced emergency department visits by 80% in 6 communities over 3 months.
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The Wider Public Health Value of HCV Treatment Accrued by Liver Transplant RecipientsAdvances in treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) have the potential to generate considerable spillover benefits to patients awaiting transplants, especially among those with non—HCV-mediated liver failure.
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A Descriptive Study of Patients Receiving Foundational Financial Assistance Through Local Specialty PharmaciesLocal specialty pharmacies collaborated with a charitable assistance organization to provide a safety net and to facilitate care for patients with chronic illnesses, allowing them to focus on receiving and adhering to medication, rather than on financial toxicity.
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Does a Personalized Approach Improve Patient Satisfaction in Thoracic Oncology?Evaluation of cancer patients’ quality of life at admission enabled improvement of their satisfaction with received care at discharge.
