Greater patient-centered medical home implementation was associated with lower attrition from VHA primary care
Publication date: June 2020Source: Healthcare, Volume 8, Issue 2Author(s): Jean Yoon, Lucinda B. Leung, Lisa V. Rubenstein, Karin Nelson, Danielle E. Rose, Adam Chow, Susan E. Stockdale (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - May 12, 2020 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research
Designing a commercial medical bundle for cancer care: Hawaii Medical Service Association's Cancer Episode Model
Publication date: Available online 6 April 2020Source: HealthcareAuthor(s): John W. Urwin, Kristen L. Caldarella, Shireen E. Matloubieh, Emily Lee, Mark Mugiishi, Lauren Kohatsu, Justin Yoshimoto, Jeffery Tom, Sherly Okamura, Erkuan Wang, Jingsan Zhu, Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Kevin G. Volpp, Amol S. Navathe (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - April 7, 2020 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research
Use of social media to assess the impact of equitable state policies on LGBTQ patient experiences: An exploratory study
Publication date: Available online 30 March 2020Source: HealthcareAuthor(s): Yulin Hswen, Amanda Zhang, Kara Sewalk, Gaurav Tuli, John S. Brownstein, Jared B. Hawkins (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - April 1, 2020 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research
An initiative to improve advanced notification of inter-hospital transfers
Publication date: Available online 18 March 2020Source: HealthcareAuthor(s): Stephanie Mueller, Maria Murray, Jeffrey Schnipper, Eric Goralnick (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - March 19, 2020 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research
Training the next generation of value-conscious physicians: A conversation with Dr. Christopher Moriates
Publication date: Available online 11 March 2020Source: HealthcareAuthor(s): John Connolly (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - March 13, 2020 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research
Physician group performance in the first year of Medicare's Merit-based Incentive Payment System
Publication date: Available online 7 March 2020Source: HealthcareAuthor(s): Joshua M. Liao, Lingmei Zhou, Amol S. Navathe (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - March 8, 2020 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research
The role of healthcare system hassles in delaying or forgoing care
Publication date: Available online 29 February 2020Source: HealthcareAuthor(s): Julian Brunner, Danielle E. Rose, Emmeline Chuang, Ismelda Canelo, Elizabeth M. Yano (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - March 1, 2020 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research
The impact of a new curriculum on medical students’ interest in and knowledge of health systems science
Publication date: Available online 25 February 2020Source: HealthcareAuthor(s): Surabhi Reddy, Allie Obremskey, Michael Hochman, Pamela Schaff, Gregory Harlan, Sonali Saluja (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - February 25, 2020 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research
Association between care delivery interventions to enhance access and patients' perceived access in the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative
Publication date: Available online 24 February 2020Source: HealthcareAuthor(s): Michelle P. Lin, Lisa-Qiao MacDonald, Janel Jin, Ashok ReddyAbstractThe Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) initiative was an alternative payment model implemented from 2012 to 2016 to strengthen primary care by enhancing core functions, including access to care. The association between interventions to enhance access and patients' perception of access is unknown. We performed a cross-sectional analysis of CPC practice surveys and CAHPS patient survey responses pertaining to access and timeliness in 2016. There were regional differences in both pa...
Source: Healthcare - February 24, 2020 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research
Putting the puzzle pieces together: Adapting a population health infrastructure to Medicaid risk
Publication date: Available online 12 February 2020Source: HealthcareAuthor(s): Alex Sheff, Amy Flaster, Sreekanth Chaguturu, Eric WeilAbstractAs Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) become more common within state Medicaid programs, health systems are increasingly facing the challenge of developing a population health approach for this population. This case report considers how health systems with a mature population health infrastructure evolve, adapt, and expand programs to take on Medicaid risk and better serve the Medicaid population. Four key implementation lessons were garnered from Partners HealthCare's experience...
Source: Healthcare - February 14, 2020 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research
Creating value for communities: Los Angeles County's investment in Housing for Health
Publication date: Available online 28 January 2020Source: HealthcareAuthor(s): Reshma Gupta, Mark Ghaly, Cheri Todoroff, Soma WaliAbstractWith U.S. healthcare expenditures leading and social service spending trailing other developed nations, patients, caregivers, and employers are insisting on improved value in health and healthcare for communities. Yet, health systems struggle to understand how to best invest existing funding or savings to reach these goals. We share the experience of Los Angeles County's health system that has invested in housing through their Housing for Health Program (HFH) to address the needs of high...
Source: Healthcare - January 29, 2020 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research
The L V Prasad Eye Institute: A comprehensive case study of excellent and equitable eye care
Publication date: Available online 14 January 2020Source: HealthcareAuthor(s): Mehul C. Mehta, Raja Narayanan, H. Thomas Aretz, Rohit Khanna, Gullapalli N. RaoAbstractGlobal healthcare delivery systems are facing ever-increasing challenges on multiple fronts. The need to study and define successful models of care delivery systems has become increasingly important. The L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) has a distinctive eye care delivery system offering rich lessons at many operational levels. The system has been developed on the basis of LVPEI's foundational public eye health study, and follows a complexity-driven (dependen...
Source: Healthcare - January 15, 2020 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research
Developing an actionable patient taxonomy to understand and characterize high-cost Medicare patients
ConclusionsHigh-cost patients are highly heterogeneous. A patient taxonomy incorporating medical, behavioral, and social characteristics may help providers better understand their characteristics and health needs.ImplicationsMapping high-cost patients into clinically meaningful and actionable categories that incorporate medical, behavioral, and social factors could help health systems target interventions. Integrated approaches, including medical care, behavioral health, and social services may be needed to effectively and efficiently care for high-cost patients. (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - January 7, 2020 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research
Managing Abstinence in Newborns (MAiN): Redesigning NAS care for the mother/baby unit
Publication date: Available online 26 December 2019Source: HealthcareAuthor(s): Jennifer Hudson, Elizabeth Charron, Julie Bedi, Lori Dickes, Rachel Mayo, Windsor Westbrook SherrillAbstract•Multiple system components can be engaged to provide improved patient care for infants with NAS and their caregivers.•Prenatal consultation between mothers taking long-acting opioids and newborn care providers improves communication and care plan development for the newborn.•A multidisciplinary team and standardized processes allow NAS care and treatment to be safely provided on Mother/Baby units.•Outpatient weaning under the sup...
Source: Healthcare - December 27, 2019 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research
The role of oral health in an evolving health care delivery system: An interview with Bruce Donoff, D.M.D., M.D.
Publication date: Available online 27 December 2019Source: HealthcareAuthor(s): Sameer S. PanesarAbstractThis interview is focused on the role that dentistry, and oral health more broadly, can play in improving the quality, accessibility, and value of health care delivered in the United States. The interview touches on the importance of oral health, transitioning from interprofessional education to interprofessional practice, and the opportunity for dental professionals to participate in value-based reimbursement models, among other related topics. (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - December 27, 2019 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research
