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Shared Medical Appointments in a Residency Clinic: An Exploratory Study Among Hispanics With DiabetesThis article evaluates and compares the effectiveness of shared medical appointments versus regular office visits among Hispanic patients with diabetes.
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Transitioning Community Hospitals to Value-Based Care: Lessons From MassachusettsThis article examines the evolution of the Community Hospital Acceleration, Revitalization and Transformation investment program in Massachusetts and informs other states seeking to transform care delivery in community hospitals toward value-based care.
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Potential Spillover Effects on Traditional Medicare When Physicians Bear Medicare Advantage RiskMedicare beneficiaries treated by physicians with high levels of Medicare Advantage risk exposure had higher care quality and efficiency outcomes compared with those treated by other physicians.
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VA Geriatric Scholars Program’s Impact on Prescribing Potentially Inappropriate MedicationsPrimary care teams reduced their prescribing of potentially inappropriate medications to older veterans after participation in the Veterans Affairs (VA) Geriatric Scholars Program.
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Pediatric Integrated Delivery System's Experience With Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1)Experience of a pediatric integrated delivery system with the surge from the 2009 H1N1 pandemic is described, emphasizing scale, scope, and flexibility at multiple locations.
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Patient-Centered Medical Homes and Preventive Service UsePreventive service use was better in patients with a usual source of care but little improved by patient-centered medical home status.
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Stopping the Flood: Reducing Harmful Cascades of CareReducing cascades while maintaining our commitment to high-quality care requires equipping patients and clinicians with the information, tools, and support to embrace uncertainty.
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Inefficiencies in Osteoarthritis and Chronic Low Back Pain ManagementThis study identified inefficiencies in drug and medical service utilization related to pain management among Medicare members with osteoarthritis and chronic low back pain.
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Impact of Dementia on Costs of Modifiable Comorbid ConditionsAlzheimer disease and other dementias (ADOD) have a substantial impact on the prevalence and costs of certain comorbid conditions compared with matched beneficiaries without ADOD.
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Are Healthcare Quality "Report Cards" Reaching Consumers? Awareness in the Chronically Ill PopulationUsing longitudinal data, this paper examines to what extent comparative quality information in the form of healthcare "report cards" is reaching chronically ill adults.
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Service Line Care Delivery Model for COVID-19 Patient-Centric CareThe authors provide steps hospitals can take to align their care delivery model to effectively meet the demands of a public health crisis such as the current pandemic.
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Population-Based Return on Investment of Deploying Transient ElastographyDeploying vibration-controlled transient elastography/controlled attenuation parameter devices at the population level is a financially advantageous solution to address the epidemic of fatty liver disease.
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Improving Clinician Awareness and Adoption of Molecular TestingA panelist discusses how guidelines from organizations like the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) can improve clinician awareness and adoption of molecular testing in community oncology settings while acknowledging that some effective treatments work across patient populations without requiring biomarker stratification.
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Predicting Hospitalizations for Patients With Chronic Kidney DiseaseThe authors developed an algorithm that uses medical claims to identify patients with chronic kidney disease who are at greatest risk of being hospitalized within 90 days.
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Second-Line Axi-Cel Prolongs Survival Over Standard of Care in Elderly Patients With R/R LBCLThe administration of axicabtagene ciloleucel in the second-line setting improved overall survival and progression-free survival vs standard-of-care treatment in patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma who are at least 65 years of age.
