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Amanda Mixon, PA

Latest:

Understanding Vaccination Rates and Attitudes Among Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis self-report a moderate rate of any previous pneumococcal vaccination (54%) and a very low rate of herpes zoster vaccination (8%).


Emil Coman, PhD

Latest:

Health Insurance Literacy: Disparities by Race, Ethnicity, and Language Preference

Racial/ethnic minorities are disproportionately at risk for adverse health and financial consequences due to lower health insurance literacy compared with white enrollees.


Steve Honeywell Jr, BS

Latest:

Patient and Physician Predictors of Hyperlipidemia Screening and Statin Prescription

Physician and patient predictors of hyperlipidemia screening and statin prescription at a large, multihospital regional health center based on electronic health record data.


Nora E. Gimpel, MD

Latest:

Shared Medical Appointments in a Residency Clinic: An Exploratory Study Among Hispanics With Diabetes

This article evaluates and compares the effectiveness of shared medical appointments versus regular office visits among Hispanic patients with diabetes.




Naoko Ronquest, PhD

Latest:

Heterogeneity of Nonadherent Buprenorphine Patients: Subgroup Characteristics and Outcomes

Patient and treatment heterogeneity were characterized within a sample of nonadherent buprenorphine members; an improved understanding of these factors may optimize patient—treatment matching and intervention efforts.


Penny Gilbert, MBA, BSM, BSN, RN, CPHQ

Latest:

Redesigning the Work of Case Management: Testing a Predictive Model for Readmission

New case management model achieves success in reducing readmissions and is easily duplicated across the Baptist Health System, Inc.



Catherine I. Starner, PharmD

Latest:

Sofosbuvir Initial Therapy Abandonment and Manufacturer Coupons in a Commercially Insured Population

Member cost negatively affects initial medication adherence and manufacturer coupons can decrease member share by up to 98%.


Erin C. Fuse Brown, JD, MPH

Latest:

The Challenge of Paying for Cost-Effective Cures

For cost-effective cures, the drug pricing policy challenge is not simply to lower prices, but also to spread the drug costs among payers.


Harry C. Sax, MD

Latest:

Choosing Wisely Clinical Decision Support Adherence and Associated Inpatient Outcomes

This analysis examines the associations between adherence to Choosing Wisely recommendations embedded into clinical decision support alerts and 4 measures of resource use and quality.






Shui Ling Wong, MS

Latest:

Direct Oral Anticoagulant Prescription Trends, Switching Patterns, and Adherence in Texas Medicaid

Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are associated with increased prescription costs. Actual practice data show a high switch rate and poor adherence among DOAC initiators that need to be addressed.


Carl van Walraven, MD, FRCPC, MSc

Latest:

Interactive Voice Response Systems for Improving Delivery of Ambulatory Care

A systematic review of interactive voice response system studies showed that these interventions significantly benefit adherence to various processes of care.



Diana C. Toe, PharmD

Latest:

Anticonvulsant Use After Formulary Status Change for Brand-Name Second-Generation Anticonvulsants

The utilization pattern of anticonvulsants after a change in preferred-formulary coverage resulted in health plan savings of $0.16 per member per month.




Leon D. Sanchez, MD, MPH

Latest:

Who Should We Treat: Elective Surgical Admissions or Patients With COVID-19?

In the midst of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, health care leaders must work to optimize emergency department and hospital efficiency while maintaining patient access to care.





William E. Golden, MD

Latest:

The Arkansas Payment Improvement Initiative: Early Perceptions of Multi-Payer Reform in a Fragmented Provider Landscape

Arkansas has implemented multi-payer payment reform incorporating both episodic and Patient-Centered Medical Home models. Early perceptions of a sample of stakeholders were largely positive to date.


Candace Gunnarsson, EdD

Latest:

The Unintended Consequences of Medicare’s Wage Index Adjustment on Device-Intensive Hospital Procedures

The authors found an association between Medicare’s wage index adjustment and the differential use of labor-intensive surgical procedures and medical device–intensive minimally invasive clinical procedures across the United States.

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