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Continuously Updated Forecasting of SARS-CoV-2 in a Regional Health SystemThis study presents a methodology for forecasting demand of COVID-19 on health resources in an integrated health system.
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Insurance-Related Differences in Chronic Conditions Data Warehouse Comorbidities of Medicare BeneficiariesChronic Conditions Data Warehouse comorbidity data vary by insurance status. Analyses using these data that fail to account for insurance status are subject to information bias.
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Digital Musculoskeletal Program Is Associated With Decreased Joint Replacement RatesAdults with osteoarthritis who took part in a digital musculoskeletal program had lower rates of knee and hip arthroplasty at 12 months vs those using traditional care.
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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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Sleep Apnea Significantly Impacts Mortality Benefit of GLP-1sData suggest OSA is an "effect modifier" on the mortality benefit of GLP-1 receptor agonists in patients co-diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
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Association of Dermatology Wait Times With Insurance Coverage in MichiganDisparities in dermatologic care for patients with Medicaid exist, and delays in medical dermatologic care among Medicaid patients must be addressed.
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Coverage With Evidence Development: Where Are We Now?Review of CMS’ coverage with evidence development program exposes a need to improve program transparency and clarify requirements and timetables for reporting to improve access to novel therapies.
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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Ubrogepant, Rimegepant, and Zavegepant for Acute Migraine Treatment vs Usual CareBased on this analysis, all 3 gepants are not cost-effective compared with usual care for the treatment of acute migraine.
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Using Natural Language Processing to Classify Social Work InterventionsNatural language processing can be used for automated extraction of social work interventions from electronic health records, thereby supporting social work staffing and resource allocation decisions.
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Economic Burden of Joint Disease in Psoriasis: US Claims AnalysisThis retrospective claims analysis found that concomitant joint disease in psoriasis is associated with greater health care resource utilization and health care costs than psoriasis alone.
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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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Contributor: Despite Updated NCCC Guidelines, More Action Is Needed to Address Diabetes Care EquityExperts weigh in on the recently updated National Clinical Care Commission (NCCC) recommendation to improve diabetes prevention and care in the United States.
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How the Win Ratio Benefits Patients With COPD: Sanjay Ramakrishnan, MDSanjay Ramakrishnan, MD, senior lecturer, University of Western Australia, breaks down how to communicate the value of dupilumab using patient-centered language and sports metaphors to patients.
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Understanding Physicians’ Work via Text Analytics on EHR Inbox MessagesThis study leverages text analytics to identify work themes managed by primary care physicians in their electronic health record (EHR) inbox messages and inform managers on workflow redesign.
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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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Physician-Pharmacy Integration in Cancer Care: Pillars of Medically Integrated PharmacyThe foundation of medically integrated pharmacy includes 7 critical pillars. This commentary focuses on the benefits of 3 of those pillars: abandonment, adherence, and access/affordability.
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Limited English Proficiency, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Disease, and In-Hospital COVID-19 OutcomesThis study evaluated whether limited English proficiency modifies the association between cardiovascular risk factors or cardiovascular disease and outcomes in patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
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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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Discharge Timing and Associations With Outcomes Following Heart Failure HospitalizationA retrospective multicenter study found that patients with heart failure discharged by noon had higher short- and long-term mortality and increased early readmission rates compared with afternoon discharges.
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Calibrating Medicaid Payment to Need for Long-term Services and SupportsIncorporating data from functional status assessments, we developed a Medicaid payment model for long-term services and supports in a community-dwelling population of older adults.
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Treatment Modification After Initiating Second-Line Medication for Type 2 DiabetesAmong adults with type 2 diabetes who started noninsulin second-line therapy, most modified treatment within 1 year. Discontinuation was by far the most common modification.
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Interventional Analytics in Skilled Nursing Facilities Associated With Reduced ReadmissionsA retrospective analysis of 30-day risk-adjusted readmission rates among skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) between 2017 and 2022 compared those that had implemented an interventional analytics platform and other SNFs.
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Hands Down, COVID-19 Will Change Medical PracticeCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has challenged us to incorporate technology into engaging, interacting with, and caring for patients, using televisits and video conferencing in ways that have previously been resisted or derided.
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Cutting-Edge and Basic Treatments Can Work in Tandem to Address NSCLC: Frank Weinberg, MD, PhDCutting-edge therapies can help move the treatment landscape forward, but basic treatment and prevention, such as smoking cessation, are still valuable means of addressing non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
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Subjective and Objective Impacts of Ambulatory AI ScribesAlthough the vast majority of physicians using an artificial intelligence (AI) scribe perceived a reduction in documentation time, those with the most actual time savings had higher relative baseline levels of documentation time.
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Contributor: Congress Must Fix Patient Protection Statute Upended by Supreme CourtThe author, the dean of the College of Ethnic Studies at California State University Los Angeles, says a Supreme Court ruling could upend insurance protections for patients with kidney diseases, disproportionately hurting those who are Black, Hispanic, Asian, and other diverse ethnicities.
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Features of Health Care Interventions Associated With Reduced Services and SpendingThis study identifies several factors shared by locally defined delivery system innovations that have been shown to reduce service use and lower health care spending.
