March 2012

Self-empowering team resource management, when aided by information technology, appears to help reduce adverse drug events in primary care offices.

This paper reports findings from a qualitative analysis of US Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals on factors affecting success in implementing 2 information technology systems.

In this database analysis, greater adherence was observed for once-daily dosing compared with twice-daily dosing with chronic-use prescription medications used by patients with cardiovascular disease.

ProvenHealth Navigator, Geisinger's version of advanced patient-centered medical homes, is associated with significant savings in total cost of care over time.

To set priorities for quality improvement in trauma triage, we compared the cost-effectiveness of current practice with interventions to improve physician adherence to clinical guidelines.

The TELEMACO project successfully used telemedicine to establish a healthcare continuity from hospital to territory in remote areas of the Lombardy region of Italy.

The majority of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications in state Medicaid programs are taking these agents for off-label indications.

Dawn Holcombe's recent article in Journal of Oncology Practice/The American Journal of Managed Care joint issue, entitled Oncology Managed Programs for Payers and Physicians: Evaluating Current Models and Diagnosing Successful Strategies for Payers and Physicians is addressed.

Healthcare forecasting could facilitate personalized insurance benefit design and clinical decision support systems, although increased socioeconomic disparities could result from selective disease management programs.

Online prescription management accounts may help promote medication adherence, as utilizing patients had a higher proportion of days covered than nonusers.