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Impact of Cardiac Telemetry on Patient Safety and CostReducing inappropriate use of cardiac telemetry may improve the cost of care while maintaining patient safety.
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Worksite Medical Home: Health Services Use and Claim CostsThis study examined the relationship among availability of an on-site, employer-provided primary care medical home, and health services use and health plan costs.
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How Digital Therapeutics Can Help Payers Comply With Upcoming Government Guidance-and Deliver OutcomesThe CDC has found that some digital programs meet standards required to help payers deliver behavioral health programs for persons with obesity, or those who are overweight with at least 1 cardiovascular risk factor.
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A Systematic Review of Value-Based Insurance Design in Chronic DiseasesValue-based insurance design for prescription drug coverage increases drug adherence in patients with chronic disease, though their effect on clinical outcomes and health spending remain uncertain.
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Providers' Perspective on Diabetes Case Management: A Descriptive StudyProviders do not consider nurse case managers as professional identity threats in co-managing patients with diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors.
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Trends in Public Perceptions of Electronic Health Records During Early Years of Meaningful UseDuring the early years of the "meaningful use" program, surveys found decreases in both optimism and concerns about electronic health records.
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Flunking Asthma? When HEDIS Takes the ACTAsthma control, rather than compliance with the HEDIS asthma measure, is the most useful quality indicator of asthma care.
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Variation in the Cost of Medications for the Treatment of Colorectal CancerUsing data from a nationwide registry, this study revealed significant variation in the use and cost of contemporary regimens for colorectal cancer.
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Effectiveness of Enhanced Primary Care on Preventive Health ServicesThis natural experiment compared rates of indicated preventive care for low-income Hispanic patients enrolled in an enhanced primary care program with those of patients receiving usual care.
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Decision Aids for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Prostate CancerImplementing patient decision aids was associated with lower rates of elective surgery for benign prostatic hyperplasia and of active treatment for localized prostate cancer.
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Choosing Wisely Clinical Decision Support Adherence and Associated Inpatient OutcomesThis analysis examines the associations between adherence to Choosing Wisely recommendations embedded into clinical decision support alerts and 4 measures of resource use and quality.
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Payer—Provider Patient Registry Utilized in a Behavioral Health HomeA payer—provider, patient registry to identify individuals with serious mental illness and chronic physical health conditions for utilization in behavioral health homes is described.
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Decreasing Primary Care Use and Blood Pressure Monitoring During COVID-19Among a group of primary care accountable care organizations, patients with hypertension were 50% less likely to have a blood pressure recorded in April compared with February.
