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How Obesity Affects Cancer Treatment, and How to Talk With Patients About PreventionDebra Patt, MD, MPH, MBA, an oncologist who specializes in breast cancer and who serves as executive vice president at Texas Oncology, discusses the effect of obesity on cancer treatment as well as prevention strategies.
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Racial/Ethnic Variation in Devices Used to Access Patient PortalsThe study examined the variation in devices used (desktop/laptop computer, mobile device, or both device types) by patients of different racial/ethnic backgrounds to access the online patient portal.
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Effects of a Community-Based Care Management Model for Super-UtilizersA community-based care management program for high-risk patients reduced hospital readmissions and also likely reduced admissions and Medicare parts A and B spending.
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Impact of Clinical Pharmacy Services on Outcomes and Costs for Indigent Patients With DiabetesClinical pharmacy specialists impact patient care through improvements in clinical outcomes for diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia via clinical interventions and promotion of medication adherence.
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Economic Value of Transcatheter Valve Replacement for Inoperable Aortic StenosisTranscatheter aortic valve replacement for inoperable severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis will create significant social value in the next decade, mostly accruing to patients versus manufacturers.
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E-Consult Implementation: Lessons Learned Using Consolidated Framework for Implementation ResearchThis paper identified 4 factors associated with implementation success of e-consults in 8 VA medical centers, with implications for implementing similar health IT initiatives elsewhere.
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Engaging Providers in Underserved Areas to Adopt Electronic Health RecordsWe assessed Regional Extension Centers' (RECs') progress in promoting EHR adoption among providers in rural and health professional shortage areas and found that RECs are achieving much success in enrolling these providers.
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Aligning Payment Reform and Delivery Innovation in Emergency CareThe authors apply HHS’s payment taxonomy framework to acute unscheduled care and describe how payment reform supports delivery innovation.
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Healthcare Professionals’ Perceptions of Challenges to Chronic Pain ManagementHealthcare professionals report pain management barriers across system, provider, and patient levels, highlighting the need to consider chronic pain as a chronic condition that warrants coordinated approaches.
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Identifying Frail Older People Using Predictive ModelingThe frailty determination of the Adjusted Clinical Groups“diagnoses based predictive model identified frail elders with moderate success compared with a validated screening questionnaire.
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Real-Time Video Detection of Falls in Dementia Care Facility and Reduced Emergency CareAn artificial intelligence–enabled video fall detection system using visual science reduced emergency department visits by 80% in 6 communities over 3 months.
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Innovative Care Models for High-Cost Medicare Beneficiaries: Delivery System and Payment Reform to Accelerate AdoptionThis paper illustrates how Medicare Advantage plans and accountable care organizations could benefit from adopting innovative care delivery models, and suggests policy changes to accelerate spread.
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Health Economic Analysis of Breast Cancer Index in Patients With ER+, LN- Breast CancerThis study projected that the breast cancer index assay is cost saving when used either at diagnosis or at 5 years post diagnosis.
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Evaluation of Care Management Intensity and Bariatric Surgical Weight LossThis study examines the effect of pre- and postoperative care management intensity on weight loss outcomes after bariatric surgery in 9 US centers.
