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Telemonitoring With Case Management for Seniors With Heart FailureAn Internet-based telehealth intervention for elderly heart failure patients found no discernible incremental impact on morbidity or mortality compared with case management alone.
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Enhancing Healthcare Delivery Research at the National Cancer InstituteThe National Cancer Institute's Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences created the Healthcare Delivery Research Program in January 2015, recognizing the need for empirical evidence to address cancer care challenges.
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Delivering on the Value Proposition of Precision Medicine: The View From Healthcare PayersGenomics-based precision medicine has the potential to transform healthcare delivery. However, effective collaborations among scientists, clinicians, and payers are needed to accelerate the translation of precision medicine to clinical practice and ensure its sustainability.
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Pilot of Decision Support to Individualize Colorectal Cancer Screening RecommendationsColorectal cancer screening involves balancing immediate harms with longer-term benefits; electronic medical record decision support may facilitate personalized benefit/harm assessment.
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Impact of Electronic Information Exchange on Repeat Imaging During 30-Day Readmissions Among Medicare BeneficiariesThis analysis of Medicare data examines the relationships between fragmented readmission, health information exchange, and repeat imaging in older adults with and without Alzheimer disease.
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Medicare Part D and Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in the ElderlyHigh-risk drug use increased slightly among seniors gaining Medicare Part D coverage; however, high-risk drugs account for a small share of total drug use.
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Placement of Selected New FDA-Approved Drugs in Medicare Part D Formularies, 2009-2013There is significant heterogeneity in formulary placement and restrictions on new drug approvals in the Part D marketplace.
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Opioid Safety Initiative Associated With Decreased Emergency Department Opioid PrescribingA scalable health system–wide emergency physician education and feedback initiative was associated with decreased opioid prescribing, in excess of background temporal decline.
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Implementing a Hybrid Approach to Select Patients for Care Management: Variations Across PracticesHybrid approaches allow for clinician input into case finding for care management, but training and monitoring is required to protect against unintentional biases.
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Contributor: When It Comes to Maternal Health, States Can Be Health Plans’ North StarStates are turning to alternative payment models to improve outcomes and reduce health care expenditures, representing a critical step forward specifically for the US maternal health crisis.
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Patient-Centered Medical Home Features and Expenditures by Medicare BeneficiariesAnalysis of the impact of individual features of the patient-centered medical home care model on future healthcare expenditures among Medicare beneficiaries.
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CMS Gets Ready to Release OCM Report CardsOncology care model (OCM) practices are awaiting CMS' release of the first performance period one true-up and performance period two initial reconciliation results.
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Using Guidelines: When Is It Appropriate?This article aims to review guideline development methodology to inform users on key aspects to consider when judging if a practice should be adapted or changed.
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Utilization of HER2 Genetic Testing in a Multi-Institutional Observational StudyEvaluation of real-world implementation of HER2 testing showed that uptake was high (>90%) and trastuzumab treatment was targeted to patients with positive HER2 status.
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The Effect of Medicare Eligibility on Diagnosis of Chronic ConditionsMedicare coverage did not necessarily lead to increased diagnosis of chronic conditions.
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Preventive Drug Lists as Tools for Managing Asthma Medication CostsFindings of this qualitative interview study suggest promise, but also challenges, with regard to using preventive drug lists to help families manage asthma medication costs.
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Effects of Documentation-Based Decision Support on Chronic Disease ManagementA trial of electronic note–based decision support showed small effects on management of patients with heart disease and diabetes, mostly because it was infrequently used.
