Authors


James A. Tulsky, MD

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The Utility of Cost Discussions Between Patients With Cancer and Oncologists

Many patients with cancer desire cost discussions with doctors, but those discussions are rare. Nevertheless, cost discussions may lower patient costs-usually without altering treatment.


Jeffrey Farber, MD, MBA, FACP

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Chief Happiness Officer-An Emerging New C-Suite Role

Treating physicians as your most valued customers: embracing the role of chief happiness officer to drive physician engagement and change management.


Ramana Naidu, MD

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Chronic Pain as a Driver of Cost in ACO Arrangements

A discussion of chronic pain prevalence, care obstacles, and potential opportunities for care improvement within the accountable care organization context at University of California, San Francisco Health.


Robert J. Sanchez, MS

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Healthcare Utilization and Cost Effects of Prior Authorization for Pregabalin in Commercial Health Plans

Prior authorization for pregabalin in commercial insurance plans accomplished the objective of lower pregabalin utilization; however, there was no significant decrease in disease-related healthcare costs.


Jeffrey L. Smith, BS

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A Web-Based Clinical Decision Support System for Depression Care Management

This article describes the development and capabilities of a Webbased decision support system for care managers working in the context of the chronic care model.


Janet Wozniak, MD

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Patient and Clinician Experiences With Telehealth for Patient Follow-up Care

Telemedicine visits may be used with established patients for follow-up care without a loss of patient satisfaction with communication with providers and with enhanced convenience and reduced travel time; a majority may be willing to pay standard co-pays or more for this convenience. Clinicians see value in this new mode of care to enhance connections with patients.


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Employer-Led Efforts to Improve the Value of Health Spending

Findings from a systematic review show that employer-led efforts to date have produced few promising strategies for improving the value of health spending.


John M. Hollingsworth, MD, MS

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Bundled Payments Lead to Quality Improvements in Hospitals’ Skilled Nursing Facility Referral Networks

The Bundled Payments for Care Improvement program was associated with improved quality of skilled nursing facilities in hospital referral networks for patients undergoing surgery for joint replacement.



Paulette Niewczyk, PhD, MPH

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Functional Status and Readmissions in Unilateral Hip Fractures

Functional status is an important predictor of an acute care readmission in patients who have had a unilateral hip fracture.









Youssef Ajami, MS

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Effective Care Management by Next Generation Accountable Care Organizations

A complex care management program implemented at 5 Next Generation accountable care organizations reduced all-cause inpatient admissions and total medical expenditures for participating beneficiaries.



Mary Katherine Krause, MS

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Patient Safety Intervention to Reduce Unnecessary Red Blood Cell Utilization

This study evaluated the impact of a patient safety intervention and national guideline to reduce unnecessary red blood cell transfusions in a large, urban academic medical center.


Bree Hemingway, MPH

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LIVESTRONG Fertility Training: Addressing the Needs of AYA Cancer Survivors

A discussion on the challenges of implementing standards for addressing fertility risks associated with cancer and its treatment and describes an interactive training for healthcare providers to help them overcome challenges to implementation.



Kyle Morawski, MD, MPH

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Predicting Hospitalizations From Electronic Health Record Data

The authors aimed to develop a rigorous technique for predicting hospitalizations using data that are already available to most health systems.





Saheli Parekh

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Oncology Practice Transformation Helps Deliver Patient-Centered Cancer Care in a Community Oncology Practice

One possible way to reduce overall cost, improve patient experience, and improve outcomes in cancer care is to shift the focus of healthcare delivery away from volume and toward value. Patient-centered cancer care holds the promise of addressing these issues.


Edmund Lau, MS

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Baseline and Postfusion Opioid Burden for Patients With Low Back Pain

Patients with low back pain have a high opioid burden, which increases following spinal fusion surgery; 27% of fusion patients filled opioid prescriptions at least 12 months post surgery.


Chyongchiou Jeng Lin, PhD

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Cost-Effectiveness of Pneumococcal and Influenza Vaccination Standing Order Programs

Improving influenza and pneumococcal vaccination rates through outpatient standing order programs, which allow vaccination without physician orders, is economically favorable in older Americans.


A. Jay Holmgren, MHI

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Opt-In Consent Policies: Potential Barriers to Hospital Health Information Exchange

Opt-in patient consent requirements for health information exchange correlate with more reported regulatory barriers, especially among less technologically advanced hospitals.

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