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Safety vs Price in the Generic Drug Market: MetforminThe generic drug market focuses on price. However, multiple generic metformin drugs have been recalled due to poor drug quality. The authors examine price and quality after these recalls.
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Population-Based Return on Investment of Deploying Transient ElastographyDeploying vibration-controlled transient elastography/controlled attenuation parameter devices at the population level is a financially advantageous solution to address the epidemic of fatty liver disease.
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Challenges With Implementing the Diabetes Prevention Program for Medicare Beneficiaries in an Integrated Health SystemThis study presents challenges of implementing the CDC-approved Diabetes Prevention Program for Medicare beneficiaries at a large, integrated health care delivery system.
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Approaches for Overcoming Barriers to Cross-Sector Data SharingThe authors identified challenges to cross-sector data sharing and the approaches used to overcome these challenges in the Mid-Ohio Farmacy, a partnership to address food insecurity.
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Characteristics, Utilization, and Concentration of Outpatient Care for Dual-Eligible Medicare BeneficiariesOutpatient care for dual-eligible beneficiaries is concentrated among a small group of physicians, and these beneficiaries receive less subspecialty care despite having more chronic conditions.
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Patient and Supporter Factors Affecting Engagement With Diabetes TelehealthFamily support with medication management and recent urgent self-management concerns are 2 novel factors, among others, that predict completion of diabetes telehealth calls.
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Health Impacts of Health System Implementation of a Food-as-Medicine StrategyThis article describes the reach of a Food-as-Medicine strategy implemented by a regional health care system and its impact on adult participants’ cardiometabolic risk factors.
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Optimizing Care Models for Bispecific Antibodies: Strategies for Cost-Effective DeliveryJeffrey V. Matous, MD, discusses how best practices in transitioning care between academic and community centers can enhance patient outcomes when receiving bispecific antibodies, and the critical role managed care organizations play in facilitating cost-effective integration of these therapies into community settings through optimized partnerships.
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Leveraging Longitudinal Clinical Laboratory Results to Improve Prenatal CareCollaboration between a clinical laboratory and a managed care organization improved prenatal care and outcomes through real-time, actionable, laboratory-derived insights and care coordination.
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Patient Experience in a COVID-19 Patient Home Monitoring ProgramPatients who participated in a COVID-19 patient home monitoring program were satisfied with their care and stated that their participation made them less likely to seek care in the emergency department.
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Reimbursement for Genetic Variant Reinterpretation: Five Questions Payers Should AskPeriodic reinterpretation of genetic sequencing results presents a challenge for developing transparent and systematic coverage and reimbursement policies.
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High-Impact Trials at ACC.25 Signal Shift in Chronic Disease TreatmentExperts highlight groundbreaking research presented at the American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session (ACC.25), which emphasized a shift toward more personalized, evidence-based treatment strategies.
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Primary Care Referrals to Nephrology in Patients With Advanced Kidney DiseasePrimary care physicians did not refer the majority of patients with severe nephropathy to specialists; nonreferred patients had fewer comorbidities and might be better kidney transplant candidates.
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COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Health Literacy in US Southern StatesCOVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is not associated with health literacy. Personal perception of threat was associated with reduced vaccine hesitancy.
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Inadequate Insurance Coverage for Overweight/Obesity ManagementThis article reviews the obesity epidemic in America and discusses inadequate insurance coverage.
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Access to Consultative Dermatologic Care via Physician-to-Physician Asynchronous Outpatient TeledermatologyDirect access of primary care physicians to dermatologists via asynchronous teledermatology improves a health system’s ability to increase patient access to dermatologic care.
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Driving Value-Based Payment Reform Through the Community Oncology LensFrom the Community Oncology Alliance.
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Regional Market Factors and Patient Experience in Primary CarePatient-provider communication quality metrics at safety net hospitals are indirectly affected by changes in regional market factors that influence patients’ demand for care.
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Features of Health Care Interventions Associated With Reduced Services and SpendingThis study identifies several factors shared by locally defined delivery system innovations that have been shown to reduce service use and lower health care spending.
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Accountable Care Organizations and HPV Vaccine Uptake: A Multilevel AnalysisThe authors evaluated whether adolescents receiving care at accountable care organizations (ACOs) vs non-ACOs were more likely to initiate and complete the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination series.
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Better Data Is Needed to Tackle Health EquityThe US federal government is finally updating its standards for reporting data on race and ethnicity – and it’s an urgently needed chance to enable a national overview of crucial data on health inequities
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Determinants of ICS Therapy Adherence in Patients With AsthmaThis study describes determinants affecting disease control and inhaled glucocorticosteroid therapy adherence for patients with asthma in western China.
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Patient Experience After Modifying Visit Delivery During the COVID-19 PandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was associated with immediate weekly visit trend decreases for overall, primary care, and specialty care with long-term recovery trends; transformation to virtual visits; and increasing long-term trends for meeting patient scheduling and visit needs.
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Patient Value Co-creation Behavior Scale Based on the DART ModelThis study aimed to develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of a scale measuring patient value co-creation behavior based on the DART (Dialogue, Access, Risk assessment, Transparency) model.
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Combined Effect of Continuous Glucose Monitoring and Semaglutide: Analysis of Administrative ClaimsClaims data reveal larger hemoglobin A1c decreases in people with type 2 diabetes who use continuous glucose monitoring and semaglutide compared with semaglutide alone.
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Primary Care Case Conferences to Mitigate Social Determinants of Health: A Case Study From One FQHC SystemThis article describes perceived benefits, facilitators, and challenges of conducting interprofessional team case conferences in primary care settings to address patients’ complex social needs.
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Unfulfilled Home Health Referrals Lead to Higher Mortality Among Medicare Advantage MembersMedicare Advantage members referred to home health after acute hospitalization who did not receive home health services had higher mortality at 30, 90, and 180 days.
