May 18th 2024
Prospective data from patients attending a rural practice in West Virginia between 2016 and 2023 show that a quality improvement program that followed guideline recommendations and was tailored to specific patient needs reduced preventable bleeds and lowered costs.
Measuring Migraine-Related Quality of Care Across 10 Health Plans
Standardized measurement of migraine, an underdiagnosed and perhaps underrecognized condition, is necessary for health plans to understand utilization of costly diagnostic and treatment services.
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Patient Safety-Focused Medication Therapy Management: Challenges Affecting Future Implementation
Lessons learned from implementation of a pharmacist-delivered medication therapy management intervention in primary care can inform future studies and be adopted into real-world clinical settings.
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Role of Pharmaceuticals in Value-Based Healthcare: A Framework for Success
A framework for the role of pharmaceuticals in value-based healthcare, practical examples from organizations that have made the transition, and implementation considerations.
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Exploring Health Plan Perspectives in Collecting and Using Data on Race, Ethnicity, and Language
July 12th 2012In-depth interviews were conducted with 15 health plans to explore why plans collect or forgo race, ethnicity, and language (REL) data collection efforts, and the challenges encountered with collecting and using data for quality improvement.
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