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A Narrow View of Choosing WiselyThis letter argues that an editorial published in the August 2018 issue provides an unduly limited perspective of the impact of Choosing Wisely.
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Assessing the Effect of the VHA PCMH Model on Utilization Patterns Among Veterans With PTSDThis study utilizes a validated instrument to create case and control groups to measure the effect of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)’s patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model on utilization patterns among veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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Advancing Patient Care in Cardio-Oncology: The ACC.15 Cardio-Oncology IntensiveA Cardio-Oncology Working Group formed by the ACC conducted a nationwide survey focused on cardio-oncology services, gathering opinions from cardiovascular division chiefs and fellowship training directors. This helped identify important challenges, including the need for broader educational opportunities and training.
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Implementation of Cancer Clinical Care Pathways: A Successful Model of Collaboration Between Payers and ProvidersA statewide collaboration between payers and providers to create a cancer clinical care pathways program is successful.
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Patient-Centered Teamwork in Care TransitionsPhysician-led patient care teams have the potential to impact care transitions to prevent fragmentation of care, and ensure seamless care delivery.
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How We Did It: How One Physician-Owned ACO Earned Shared SavingsPalm Beach ACO discusses the grassroots approach they took to becoming one of 29 ACOs to earn shared savings in the first performance year.
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Challenges in Diabetes: How to Focus on Individuals, Improve Health of PopulationsDuring the first panel discussion at PCDC 2014, "Addressing Challenges in Diabetes," the panelists talked about individualizing patient care.
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Impact of Clinical Training on Recruiting Graduating Health ProfessionalsA business case is made for medical centers to offer high-quality clinical training experiences to recruit graduating health professionals.
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Analytic Models to Identify Patients at Risk for Prescription Opioid AbuseThis study evaluates the feasibility of using claims data to evaluate risk factors for prescription opioid abuse among patients in a privately insured population.
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Collaborative DTM Reduces Hospitalization and Healthcare Costs in Patients With Diabetes Treated With PolypharmacyDrug therapy management implementation in 2 health plans resulted in significant cost savings and modest to significant reductions in emergency department visits and inpatient admissions among patients with diabetes.
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Care by Cell Phone: Text Messaging for Chronic Disease ManagementCell phone“based text messaging may be used to feasibly support chronic disease management and engagement in diabetes self-care behaviors for some patients.
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Multi-Payer Advanced Primary Care Practice Demonstration on Quality of CareAn evaluation of the Multi-Payer Advanced Primary Care Practice Demonstration found mixed results in terms of quality of care provided to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.
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Can Accountable Care Divert the Sources of Hospitalization?Oregon’s Medicaid accountable care organizations led to reductions in preventable hospital admissions, especially unscheduled admissions, among female beneficiaries aged 15 to 44 years.
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Durvalumab Underutilization Highlights Gaps in NSCLC Treatment StrategiesAccompanying these findings is a call for refined treatment strategies that have potential to better outcomes among patients who have unresectable stage III non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
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Persistent High Utilization in a Privately Insured PopulationThis study describes the small number of individuals responsible for larger shares of healthcare cost persistently over a 3-year period.
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Connected Care: Improving Outcomes for Adults With Serious Mental IllnessCase study of a payer-led intervention to improve coordination of care for adult Medicaid beneficiaries with serious mental illness.
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Simply Delivered Meals: A Tale of CollaborationOffering a meal delivery service to patients in a community-based care transition program was associated with cost savings and a 38% lower 30-day hospital readmission rate.
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Electronic Sharing of Diagnostic Information and Patient OutcomesA study evaluating the association between hospital sharing of electronic health record diagnostic information and hospital quality using Hospital Compare scores.
