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The Hospital Tech Laboratory: Quality Innovation in a New Era of Value-Conscious CareTechnology innovation drives expenditures. A Michigan Medicine, IBM, and AirStrip partnership demonstrates the hospital’s role in developing transformative technologies that deliver value.
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Cost Minimization of Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan ExpendituresStudy results indicate that outreach interventions performed by trained student pharmacists assist Medicare beneficiaries to effectively navigate their Part D benefit, thereby reducing out-of-pocket costs.
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Building Partnerships Between a College of Pharmacy and ACOs: Development of the ACORN SEEDTo promote future partnerships among colleges of pharmacy and accountable care organizations, this article describes several initial challenges to partnership formation, including those related to agenda setting and resource utilization.
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Satisfaction With Care After Reducing Opioids for Chronic PainThere is no significant association between unfavorable patient satisfaction and opioid reductions for chronic pain, but encounters with unestablished providers may slightly impair satisfaction when reducing opioids.
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Electronic Health Record Availability Among Advanced Practice Registered Nurses and PhysiciansAvailability of electronic health records among advanced practice nurses and physicians in California is concentrated among large practices with fewer Medicaid patients.
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Diabetes Care Improvement in Pharmacist- Versus Nurse-Supported Patient-Centered Medical HomesIn this longitudinal comparative effectiveness study of different chronic disease self-management support approaches within 1 system, both pharmacist- and nurse-led patient-centered medical home approaches improved diabetes care.
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Predictive Factors of Discharge Navigation Lag TimeExamination of factors associated with discharge lag time and how this metric plays an important role in managing hospital throughput.
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Ensuring the Integrity and Transparency of Public Reports: How a Possible Oversight Model Could Benefit HealthcareTo address the lack of standards in public reports of provider performance, the authors outline a model to ensure the integrity and transparency of reports.
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Understanding the Connections Between Race and Bariatric SurgeryStudy Finds African Americans Less Likely to See Obesity as Harmful to Quality of Life
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Cervical Cancer Screening Overuse and Underuse: Patient and Physician FactorsCervical cancer screening underuse and overuse occur commonly in clinical practice and identifiable patient and physician factors can be targeted for quality improvement.
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Plan Designs That Encourage the Use of Generic Drugs Over Brand-Name Drugs: An Analysis of a Free Generic BenefitSmall increases and decreases in pharmacy copayments have little influence on patients’ switching to generic drugs or on improving adherence to medication regimens.
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Limited Distribution Networks Stifle Competition in the Generic and Biosimilar Drug IndustriesA limited distribution network is a pharmaceutical distribution strategy that some drug companies have capitalized upon to obstruct generic and biosimilar competition.
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The National Oncology Working Group (NOW) Initiative: Payer and Provider Collaborations in Oncology Benefits ManagementThis article highlights the work of the National Oncology Working Group (NOW) Initiative.
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The Impact of Evolving Treatment Options in Multiple Myeloma, Part 10Bruce A. Feinberg, DO; Ryan Haumschild, PharmD, MS, MBA; Thomas Ollis, MS, RPh; and Joseph Mikhael, MD, discuss the future treatment landscape for the management of multiple myeloma.
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The Oncology Medical Home - Beyond Clinical PathwaysClinical pathways have been emphasized as a means to deliver efficient, quality care and to ensure better outcomes at lower costs. The Oncology Medical Home takes this to the next, more comprehensive, step of quantifying and improving quality and value in cancer care while lowering overall costs.
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Building Partnerships Between a College of Pharmacy and ACOs: Development of the ACORN SEEDTo promote future partnerships among colleges of pharmacy and accountable care organizations, this article describes several initial challenges to partnership formation, including those related to agenda setting and resource utilization.
