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Quantifying Opportunities for Hospital Cost Control: Medical Device Purchasing and Patient Discharge PlanningThe authors quantify the potential reduction in hospital costs from adopting best local practices in supply chain management and discharge planning within a major metropolitan market.
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Ease of Ordering High- and Low-Value Services in Various Electronic Health RecordsThis study evaluates the ease of ordering high- and low-value clinical services in a national sample of electronic health records.
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Patients’ Access to 2018 FDA-Approved Drugs 1 Year Post Approval2018 was a landmark year for new drug approvals. However, patients’ access to these novel drugs varied by drug category and enrolled health plan.
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Comparison of Provider and Plan-Based Targeting Strategies for Disease ManagementThe authors compared targeting strategies and characteristics of chronic disease care management programs delivered by primary care practices with one administered by a large health plan.
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Characteristics of Residential Care Communities That Use Electronic Health RecordsSelect organizational characteristics and geographic locations were independently associated with the use of any electronic health record system among residential care communities.
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The Effect of Depression Treatment on Work ProductivityThis study demonstrated that reduction of depression symptoms following routine treatment in primary care is significantly associated with improvements in productivity at work.
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A Meta-analysis Update: Percutaneous Coronary InterventionsMeta-analyses of percutaneous coronary interventions in stable coronary artery disease are updated to include 2 recent large randomized controlled trials.
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Increasing Copayments and Adherence to Diabetes, Hypertension, and Hyperlipidemic MedicationsA copayment increase from $2 to $7 adversely affected veterans' adherence to statins, antihypertensives, and oral hypoglycemic agents.
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Compliance, Persistence, and Switching Patterns for ACE Inhibitors and ARBsThis drug-utilization study in a prescription database of more than 50,000 patients analyzed compliance, persistence, and switching behavior for ACE inhibitors and ARBs.
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Antiquated Tests Within the Clinical Pathology LaboratoryPhysicians and laboratorians must work to reduce use of antiquated clinical laboratory tests.
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Managed Care Enrollment and Chronically Disabled Women With Breast CancerWe examine the effects of managed care enrollment and healthcare utilization level on breast cancer stage at diagnosis and treatment in disabled women.
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Perceptions of the Medical Home by Parents of Children With Chronic IllnessesThis article compares how parents of children seeking specialty care perceive National Committee for Quality Assurance—based patient-centered medical home elements in the primary and specialty care settings.
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Leveraging Remote Behavioral Health Interventions to Improve Medical Outcomes and Reduce CostsSuccessful patient engagement in a nationally available, remotely delivered behavioral health intervention can significantly improve medical outcomes and lower healthcare costs.
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Randomized Trial of an Electronic Asthma Monitoring System Among New York City ChildrenChildren who used an electronic monitoring system had as many emergency department visits and hospitalizations for asthma as children who used a paper diary.
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Depression Self-Management Assistance Using Automated Telephonic Assessments and Social SupportAutomated patient support calls with feedback to informal caregivers and clinicians represent a viable strategy for increasing access to depression monitoring and self-management assistance.
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A Clinical Pathway to Well-Being: Putting Patient Priorities at the Center of CareUsing patient priorities and converting them into treatment goals result in better primary care outcomes for Medicare patients.
