Authors


John Kontor, MD

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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.


Daniel P. Dunham, MD, MPH

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Can Electronic Health Records Help Improve Patients' Understanding of Medications?

Patients' problems in understanding of new and existing medications were evaluated to design a primary care electronic health record quality improvement study.


Marika J. Suttorp, MS

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Self-monitoring of Blood Glucose Levels in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Not Taking Insulin: A Meta-analysis

A meta-analysis of 9 RCTs found little benefit in self-monitoring of blood glucose levels on A1C outcomes in patients with diabetes mellitus not taking insulin.


Kim Charland, BA, RHIT, CCS

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Quality Metrics for Oncology in a Value-Based Reimbursement World

CMS has developed the Oncology Care Model (OCM) to provide physician practices that furnish chemotherapy treatment the option of payment arrangements that include financial and performance accountability for episodes of care for cancer patients. This article presents an overview of the model and guidelines that can help meet the quality and performance measures for OCM participation.



Howard Beckman, MD

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A 10-Step Program to Successfully Reduce Low-Value Care

The frequency of low-value care can be reduced by a respectful, data-driven process anchored in nonjudgmental communication and explicit core values.


Chip Clay, MDiv, BCC

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Community Navigators Reduce Hospital Utilization in Super-Utilizers

Super-utilizers place a significant clinical and financial burden on the healthcare system. The authors investigated the effectiveness of community navigators in reducing hospital utilization and costs.


Lyne Scott, MD

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Adaptation of an Asthma Management Program to a Small Clinic

The authors adapted a successful large-scale, specialist-run asthma management program to an existing multi-specialty clinic utilizing existing resources and achieving similar outcomes.



Wei He, MS

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Can Primary Care Physicians Accurately Predict the Likelihood of Hospitalization in Their Patients?

This study demonstrates that the predictive accuracy of primary care physicians’ assessment of future hospitalization risk is comparable to commonly used quantitative risk stratification instruments.


Jason T. Shafrin, PhD

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Delivering Vaccines: A Case Study of the Distribution System of Vaccines for Children

During implementation of the Vaccine Management Business Improvement Project, providers experienced longer delivery delays and a higher probability of a Vaccines for Children stockout.


Clarinda Gutierrez Garcia, DNP-FNP-BC, NP-C, RN, CNL, PCCN

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A Literature Review of Heart Failure Transitional Care Interventions

Transitional care interventions are considered evidence-based, designed to ensure coordination and continuity of care when patients are transferred to different levels of care, and to prevent hospital readmissions of heart failure patients.




Katherine L. Kahn, MD

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Examining Differential Performance of 3 Medical Home Recognition Programs

We examine utilization, quality, and expenditures among Medicare beneficiaries receiving care at federally qualified health centers and compare outcomes among those attributed to 1 of 3 recognition programs versus none.



Patrick J. O'Connor, MD, MPH

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Impact of Hypertension on Healthcare Costs Among Children

This study demonstrates a major influence of prehypertension and hypertension on healthcare costs in a large cohort of children, independent of body mass index.


Mary Kay Theis, MA, MS

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Case Study of Linking Dental and Medical Healthcare Records

An n - 1 deterministic linkage strategy was used successfully to merge dental and medical data from a healthcare plan and a dental insurance carrier.


Marianne Udow-Phillips, MHSA

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Primary Care Capacity as Insurance Coverage Expands: Examining the Role of Health Information Technology

Primary care physicians using more health information technology were less likely to accept new patients.





Nate Orr, MA

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Telephone Follow-Up on Medicare Patient Surveys Remains Critical

Including a telephone component in Medicare Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey administration continues to be valuable because telephone responses comprise a substantial portion of responses for several underserved groups.


Ronnie J. DePue, Jr, PharmD

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Medicare Part D Policy Update and Implications for 2010

Although the fundamental structure of Medicare Part D remained the same in 2010, the beneficiary provisions continued to improve.



Patrick Gilligan

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Team-Based Approach to Care Management

Senior Vice President, Health System Alliances, CVS Health


Joseph P. Newhouse, PhD

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Premium Tax Credits in the American Rescue Plan and Off-Marketplace Enrollees

We estimate that the median 2021 premium tax credit for off-marketplace enrollees in California would be $311 if they switched to marketplace plans, with wide variation by age and plan size.


Guy Mansueto, MBA

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Population Health Approach for Diabetic Patients With Poor A1C Control

A population health management approach to identify, track, and intervene with diabetic patients before their blood sugar becomes poorly controlled can improve their overall health.



Jeffrey L. Schnipper, MD, MPH

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Economic Value of Pharmacist-Led Medication Reconciliation for Reducing Medication Errors After Hospital Discharge

The results of this simulation model suggest that implementing a pharmacist-led medication reconciliation intervention at hospital discharge could be cost-saving compared with usual care.

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