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Riding the Wave Through Chemo: Cancer Journey Leads to chemoWave App for Reporting PROs"It is time for patients to have more control over what is prescribed to them and technologies like chemoWave are giving them that power." A cancer diagnosis leads to chemoWave, an app for recording patient-reported outcomes.
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Adherence Patterns 1 Year After Initiation of SGLT2 Inhibitors: Results of a National Cohort StudyThis article describes the trajectory of adherence patterns among users of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors. The authors found that baseline factors were unable to predict the adherence trajectory groups.
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Two-Year Adherence and Costs for Biologic Therapy for Rheumatoid ArthritisAdherence to newly initiated biologic therapy for rheumatoid arthritis is important for long-term adherence.
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Identifying High-risk Asthma With Utilization Data: A Revised HEDIS DefinitionA revised HEDIS definition of high-risk asthma more precisely identifies patients with functional impairment and higher healthcare utilization who might benefit from case management.
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The Association of Health Literacy Domains With Hospitalizations and MortalityDespite previous research evidence, this study did not reveal an overall association of health literacy, numeracy, and graph literacy with all-cause hospitalizations or mortality.
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A System-Based Intervention to Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening UptakeUsing an electronic health record to identify and implement colorectal cancer screening in a population of eligible patients achieved higher uptake than a visit-based approach.
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Can Cancer Patients Seeking a Second Opinion Get Better Care?Colorectal resection patients in Taiwan with heavy hospital shopping behaviors got better surgical care than those who did not shop or hospitals.
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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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Reexamining the Association of Care Continuity and Health Care OutcomesClaims-based and patient-reported continuity measures have distinct effects on subjective and objective outcomes. A claims-based continuity indicator may be a unique dimension of care continuity.
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Testimonials Do Not Convert Patients From Brand to Generic MedicationWe conducted a randomized controlled trial to assess whether adding a peer testimonial to a mailing increases conversion rates from brand name prescription medications to lower-cost equivalents.
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Adherence, Persistence, and Switching Patterns of Dabigatran EtexilateWe present a descriptive analysis utilizing pharmacy claims from a managed care population to quantify adherence, persistence, and switching patterns for patients initiating dabigatran.
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The Health Information Technology Special Issue: Has IT Become a Mandatory Part of Health and Healthcare?The 7th annual Health Information Technology (IT) issue provides a window into how health IT tools are working well, how they may not be working as intended, and what we can do to continue making progress toward optimal use of technology to accomplish our shared goals: better health, better care experience, and lower per capita cost.
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Changing Demographics Among Populations Prescribed HCV Treatment, 2013-2017From 2013 to 2017, the population of US patients prescribed treatment for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) changed, becoming predominantly treatment-naïve and having received care in nonacademic centers.
