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Improving Adherence to Cardiovascular Disease Medications With Information TechnologyImproving adherence to long-term medication therapy remains a challenge. Health information technology interventions that leverage electronic medical records are promising, low-cost approaches for increasing adherence.
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Investigating the Impact of Intervention Refusal on Hospital ReadmissionFindings suggest that some at-risk patients may not be receptive to in-home transition interventions and that opting out may be associated with higher odds of hospital readmission.
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Cost Savings From Avoidance of Early Elective DeliveriesResearchers calculated savings available to healthcare insurers if providers of obstetrical services avoided the performance of early elective deliveries. The calculations illustrate a considerable savings.
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Leveraging EHRs to Improve Hospital Performance: The Role of ManagementThe authors' study identifies a key factor, management quality, which modifies the association between electronic health record adoption and hospital performance.
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FASStR: A Framework for Ensuring High-Quality Operational Metrics in Health CareThrough literature review and collaborative design, we propose the Focus, Activity, Statistic, Scale type, and Reference (FASStR) framework to provide a systematic approach to health care operation metric definition and use.
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Integrating Behavioral Health Under an ACO Global Budget: Barriers and Progress in OregonFinancial barriers to behavioral health integration in Oregon Medicaid accountable care organizations (ACOs) limit opportunities to expand integrated care, but state and organizational opportunities exist.
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The Arkansas Payment Improvement Initiative: Early Perceptions of Multi-Payer Reform in a Fragmented Provider LandscapeArkansas has implemented multi-payer payment reform incorporating both episodic and Patient-Centered Medical Home models. Early perceptions of a sample of stakeholders were largely positive to date.
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Implementation of Paperless Credentialing in a Multi-State Managed Care OrganizationInstitution of paperless credentialing is analyzed on a pre-/post-implementation basis to understand the impact on business and productivity.
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Patient-Centered Medical Home and Quality Measurement in Small PracticesSmall practices with NCQA patient-centered medical home recognition perform better on quality measures, especially those related to chronic conditions.
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Understanding and Improving Value Frameworks With Real-World Patient OutcomesNew value frameworks should incorporate real-world evidence that reflects patient treatment behavior, adherence to medication, and equity concerns arising from disparities in care.
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Leader Perceptions of Multi-Sectoral Healthcare Alliance Response to Health ReformsThe authors investigated multi-sectoral healthcare alliance responses to the ACA and whether these responses differed between states supportive and unsupportive of health reform.
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High-Risk Centers and the Benefits for Lower-Risk TransplantsThere does not appear to be any comparative advantage for low-risk hematopoietic cell transplantation patients to seek care from high-risk centers.
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Cost Per Response Analysis of Strategies for Chronic Immune ThrombocytopeniaThis decision tree model estimates the cost per response and incremental cost per additional responder for romiplostim, eltrombopag, and “watch and rescue” for immune thrombocytopenia.
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Post-treatment Surveillance in a Large Cohort of Patients With Colon CancerAdherence to colon cancer post-treatment surveillance was low, although proportions of patients complying with office visits and colonoscopy were reasonably high.
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Psychological Family Intervention for Poorly Controlled Type 2 DiabetesA family-based intervention targeting negative and/or inaccurate illness perceptions in patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes was effective in improving glycemic control.
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State-Level Projections of Cancer-Related Medical Care Costs: 2010 to 2020State-level estimates of the number of people treated for cancer and the average cost of their treatment by state from 2010 through 2020.
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Are Chronically Ill Patients High Users of Homecare Services in Canada?Assessments of self-care capacity and other measures were the most precise ways to identify individuals who could be classified as chronically ill, in their status as the highest users, both individually and collectively, of homecare services.
