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The Gamification of Healthcare: Emergence of the Digital Practitioner?Gamification in healthcare is gaining momentum, with attempts to apply gaming principles to improve patient clinical outcomes. This trend establishes the need for a “digital practitioner” who channels these games, monitors progress, and selects the most appropriate ones for a given patient.
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Smart Health Community: The Hidden Value of Health Information ExchangeSmart Health Communities create new value by leveraging investments in health information exchange to provide an array of services for both consumer and community.
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Clinical and Economic Outcomes After Introduction of Drug-Eluting StentsIntroduction of drug-eluting stents resulted in improved clinical outcomes for patients and reduced overall procedural costs.
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CAH Staff Perceptions of a Clinical Information System ImplementationThis study examines staff perceptions of patient care quality and the processes before and after implementation of a comprehensive clinical information system in 7 critical access hospitals.
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ACOs With Risk-Bearing Experience Are Likely Taking Steps to Reduce Low-Value Medical ServicesExperience with risk-based contracting best predicts active engagement of accountable care organizations in reducing low-value medical services, mainly through physician education and encouraging shared decision making.
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Relevance of Current Guidelines for Organizing an Anticoagulation ClinicAnticoagulation clinics in an integrated healthcare system differed widely in their organization and management, but these differences were not consistently related to their performance.
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Quality of End-of-Life Care for Cancer Patients: Does Home Hospice Care Matter?Palliative principles were applied to the care of more HH patients than non-HH patients, but no differences were found in their utilization of healthcare services.
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Primary Care Appointment Availability and Nonphysician Providers One Year After Medicaid ExpansionAfter Medicaid expansion in Michigan, appointment availability for new Medicaid patients stably increased-this is perhaps attributable to increasing proportions of appointments scheduled with nonphysician providers.
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Patients Discharged From the Emergency Department After Referral for Hospitalist AdmissionHospitalization is costly and associated with the potential for adverse medical events. Hospitalists are uniquely positioned to help avoid unnecessary emergency department admissions through consultation.
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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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Care Coordination for Children With Special Needs in Medicaid: Lessons From MedicareAs increasing numbers of children with special healthcare needs move into Medicaid managed care, health plans can improve care coordination using evidence from Medicare.
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Current Value-Based Care Models Need Greater Emphasis on Specialty CareThis article provides an overview of the impact of specialty care and the opportunity for it to leapfrog primary care as a lead focus for accountable care.
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When Does Nonadherence Indicate a Deviation From Patient-Centered Care?The authors suggest that assessment of patient-centered care may be improved by flagging probable discordance between a patient’s preferences and their treatment care plan.
