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Electronic Health Record Adoption and Quality Improvement in US HospitalsA national study of electronic health record (EHR) adoption and hospital quality finds that existing measures may be inappropriate for assessing the effect of EHR adoption on quality.
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Characteristics of Residential Care Communities That Use Electronic Health RecordsSelect organizational characteristics and geographic locations were independently associated with the use of any electronic health record system among residential care communities.
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Development of a Tethered Personal Health Record Framework for Early End-of-Life DiscussionsBy using a novel, pre-defined advance care planning (ACP) framework, the personal health record can be used to elicit meaningful ACP documentation that is effective for both patients and providers.
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Management of Procalcitonin Test Overuse in an Emergency Department Through a Computer AlgorithmProcalcitonin test demand from the emergency department is growing, necessitating the implementation of strategies to address overuse. Successful interventions must be based on information technology.
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Adoption of New Agents and Changes in Treatment Patterns for Hepatitis C: 2010-2014New hepatitis C medications have been quickly adopted into practice and increased treatment rate. The median out-of-pocket costs of new medications were relatively low.
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Impact of the Patient-Centered Medical Home on Veterans' Experience of CareThe patient-centered medical home is being adopted to improve patient experiences of care. However, the authors observed no impact of medical home implementation on veterans' care experiences.
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Impact of Medical Homes on Quality, Healthcare Utilization, and CostsPatient-centered medical home practices provided better preventive care and disease management with less resource utilization than practices not pursuing PCMH status.
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Lost in Translation: Healthcare Utilization by Low-Income Workers Receiving Employer-Sponsored Health InsuranceAn opportunity exists to better understand healthcare utilization patterns by low-income workers, which may contribute significantly to employer healthcare cost trend and lost workforce productivity.
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LACE+ Index as a Predictor of 90-Day Plastic Surgery OutcomesPatients with higher LACE+ index scores have significantly greater risk of unplanned readmission, emergency department visits, and reoperation after plastic surgery.
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Tracking Spending Among Commercially Insured Beneficiaries Using a Distributed Data ModelThe authors demonstrate the utility of distributed data models for reporting of local trends and variation in utilization, pricing, and spending for commercially insured beneficiaries.
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Antiquated Tests Within the Clinical Pathology LaboratoryPhysicians and laboratorians must work to reduce use of antiquated clinical laboratory tests.
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Transitions in Cancer Care - Moving From Crisis Intervention to Care Planning and ManagementAs the American healthcare sector transitions towards value-based and patient-centered care models, New York Oncology Hematology has seen success in modernizing palliative care delivery, integrating social services with the overall care experience, and using the family meeting model to ensure families remain involved throughout the patient’s treatment process.
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Does Distance Modify the Effect of Self-Testing in Oral Anticoagulation?Self-testing of anticoagulation improves outcomes, but is expensive. One might assume it is more helpful for patients living farther from care, but the authors disprove this assumption.
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Afrezza: Treating Diabetes in a Physiologic MannerProfessor R. Keith Campbell, MBA, BPharm, CDE, now retired from Washington State University College of Pharmacy, highlights the clinical advantages of Afrezza based on the evidence as well as his personal perspective.
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Patient Participation in Care Management: Are They Aware?Many patients offered, and those already participating in, care management are unaware of what care management is and that they have participated.
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When Doctors Go to Business School: Career Choices of Physician-MBAsLarge-scale analysis of Harvard Business School’s physician graduates yields new insights into physician-MBA career choices and the utility of these programs.
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Electronic Health Record Feedback to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing for Acute Respiratory InfectionsAn electronic health record–based feedback program, the Acute Respiratory Infection Quality Dashboard, did not lead to an overall change in antibiotic prescribing in primary care.
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Utilization of HER2 Genetic Testing in a Multi-Institutional Observational StudyEvaluation of real-world implementation of HER2 testing showed that uptake was high (>90%) and trastuzumab treatment was targeted to patients with positive HER2 status.
