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January 14th 2021

Cost Savings Associated With Electronic Specialty Consultations

Melanie D. Whittington, PhD P. Michael Ho, MD, PhD Susan R. Kirsh, MD, MPH Rachael R. Kenney, MA Jeffrey Todd-Stenberg, BA David H. Au, MD, MS Joseph Simonetti, MD, MPH

This retrospective cohort evaluation found that patients receiving electronic, compared with face-to-face, specialty consultation had significantly lower health care costs for at least 3 months.

December 14th 2015

Impact of a National Specialty E-Consultation Implementation Project on Access

Susan Kirsh, MD, MPH Evan Carey, MS David C. Aron, MD, MS Omar Cardenas, BS Glenn Graham, MD, PhD Rajiv Jain, MD David H. Au, MD Chin-Lin Tseng, DrPH Heather Franklin, MPH P. Michael Ho, MD, PhD

E-consult implementation grew from 12 to 122 VHA sites with multiple specialties. The adjusted e-consult rate of 1.93/100 consults saved significant patient travel miles and costs.

July 13th 2011

Systolic Blood Pressure Control After Participation in a Hypertension Intervention Study

Lesley K. Welch, PharmD Kari L. Olson, PharmD Karen E. Snow, Lauren Pointer, MS Anne Lambert-Kerzner, MSPH Edward P. Havranek, MD David J. Magid, MD, MPH P. Michael Ho, MD, PhD

Systolic blood pressure control was not maintained in a large proportion of patients after the end of participation in a hypertension intervention study.

April 13th 2011

A Multimodal Blood Pressure Control Intervention in 3 Healthcare Systems

David J. Magid, MD, MPH P. Michael Ho, MD, PhD Kari L. Olson, BSc (Pharm), PharmD David W. Brand, MSPH Lesley K. Welch, PharmD Karen E. Snow, PharmD Anne C. Lambert-Kerzner, MSPH Mary E. Plomon

A multisite multimodal intervention of patient education, home monitoring, measurement reporting to an IVR system, and pharmacist follow-up achieved greater BP reductions vs usual care.