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Differential Weight Loss Effects on Type 2 Diabetes Remission Among AdultsAn analysis of nationally representative survey-based data finds that 5.2% of adults with type 2 diabetes were in remission, without bariatric surgery, at the end of the second year.
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A Systematic Review of Measurement Properties of Instruments Assessing PresenteeismA systematic review of presenteeism instruments found that most have been validated to some extent, but evidence for criterion validity is virtually absent.
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Medicare Advantage Customer Service Is Used Most by Higher-Need PatientsMedicare Advantage customer service supports a less healthy, higher-need population, indicating that it should be designed and staffed to effectively serve complex, high-need patients.
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IT-Enabled Systems Engineering Approach to Monitoring and Reducing ADEsSelf-empowering team resource management, when aided by information technology, appears to help reduce adverse drug events in primary care offices.
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Continuous Quality Improvement Program, Based on Lean Concepts, Allows Emptying of Emergency Department CorridorsA continuous quality improvement program, based on Lean concepts and including architectural, managerial, and organizational features, allows the emptying of emergency department corridors and the improvement of time interval measurements/quality indicators.
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Validating a Method to Assess Disease Burden From Insurance ClaimsWhen we weighted health insurance claims with a disease burden score, we were able to generate valid estimates of disability-adjusted life-years.
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The Accountable Primary Care Model: Beyond Medical Home 2.0The new Accountable Primary Care Model delivers Triple Aim-like outcomes. This model is empirical, measurable, programmatic, scalable, and transplantable.
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Hospital Discharge Diagnosis Position: Impact on Adult Pneumonia Burden EstimatesDisease burden estimates of pneumonia-associated hospitalizations are more sensitive when including pneumonia coded in any diagnosis field vs in only the first discharge diagnosis field.
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Functional Status and Readmissions in Unilateral Hip FracturesFunctional status is an important predictor of an acute care readmission in patients who have had a unilateral hip fracture.
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Health Information Technology and the Medical School CurriculumThere are opportunities for and obstacles to adding core biomedical informatics competencies to medical school curricula.
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Periodic Health Examinations and Missed Opportunities Among Patients Likely Needing Mental Health CareAmong patients likely needing mental health care, two-thirds had no discussion or perfunctory discussion of mental health during periodic health exams.
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Guideline Concordance of New Statin Prescriptions: Who Got a Statin?New statin prescriptions at the Veterans Health Administration were reviewed using a cross-sectional study design. Statins were frequently prescribed outside of guideline recommendations.
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US Care Pathways: Continued Focus on Oncology and Outstanding ChallengesThe authors examined the latest trends in development, implementation, and evaluation of care pathways and the impact of the movement toward value-based care.
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Effective Implementation of Collaborative Care for Depression: What Is Needed?Factors most important for successful implementation of collaborative care for depression differ for patient activation versus achieving remission; both are critical to program success.
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Obtaining Patient Feedback at Point of Service Using Electronic KiosksElectronic kiosks were used to survey patients on their experience with care at the time of care delivery in an urban primary care practice.
