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Patients Who Self-Monitor Blood Glucose and Their Unused Testing ResultsThis article identifies patient-, provider-, and system-level factors associated with the problem of self-monitoring blood glucose without use of the results.
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Beyond Regulatory Requirements: Designing ACO Websites to Enhance Stakeholder EngagementThe authors describe best practices for Web design in the accountable care organization space in order to enhance engagement with patients and providers.
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Understanding the Social Risk Factor Adjustment’s Effect on Star RatingsThis article examines how CMS’ adjustment for social risk factors affects the Medicare Advantage Star Ratings and the type of contracts affected by the adjustment.
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Computed Tomography Scan Use Variation: Patient, Hospital, and Geographic FactorsWe observed small-area variation in computed tomography scan use for inpatients in New York State, even after controlling for relevant patient and hospital characteristics.
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Using Electronic Prescribing Transaction Data to Estimate Electronic Health Record AdoptionTransactional data from the Surescripts electronic prescribing network may be used to track electronic health record adoption efficiently and with regional granularity.
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Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing in Managed Care Subjects With InfluenzaRetrospective analysis of the US Impact National Benchmark Database indicated that 80% of antibiotics prescribed in subjects with influenza were inappropriate.
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Development and Pilot Testing of Guidelines to Monitor High-Risk Medications in the Ambulatory SettingPilot testing of guidelines for the laboratory monitoring of high-risk medications shows that monitoring is highly variable and that there is room for improvement.
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Creating Clarity: Distinguishing Between Community and Population HealthThis paper aims to bring clarity to the conceptual confusion between community and population health, which currently impacts progress in both research and clinical practice.
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Improving Pneumococcal and Herpes Zoster Vaccination Uptake: Expanding Pharmacist PrivilegesStates offering pharmacists full immunization privileges have significantly higher vaccination uptake rates for pneumococcal disease and herpes zoster than states with restricted or no authorization.
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Do Health Systems Respond to the Quality of Their Competitors?The authors determined whether Minnesota health systems responded to competitors’ publicly reported performance. Low performers fell further behind high performers, suggesting that reporting was not associated with quality competition.
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A Value Proposition for Pragmatic Clinical TrialsThe authors examine the origin, benefits, and challenges of pragmatic clinical trials to assess the ultimate value of this research design.
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Effects of a Medicaid Prior Authorization Policy for PregabalinState Medicaid programs’ pregabalin prior authorization accomplished the objective of lower pregabalin utilization; the unintended effects were increased opioid use and increased disease-related healthcare costs.
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Toyota Production System Quality Improvement Initiative Improves Perioperative Antibiotic TherapyUse of Toyota production system methods as part of a nosocomial MRSA prevention initiative on a surgical unit improved quality of care in other areas.
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When Doctors Go to Business School: Career Choices of Physician-MBAsLarge-scale analysis of Harvard Business School’s physician graduates yields new insights into physician-MBA career choices and the utility of these programs.
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The Cost of Not Taking Our Medicine: The Complex Causes and Effects of Low Medication AdherenceActions by providers, health plans, and healthcare consumers can substantially improve surprisingly low medication adherence rates in the United States and overall population health.
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A Web-Based Clinical Decision Support System for Depression Care ManagementThis article describes the development and capabilities of a Webbased decision support system for care managers working in the context of the chronic care model.
