Physician Awareness and Adherence to Clinical Practice Guidelines in the Diagnosis of Vaginitis Patients: A Retrospective Chart Review.

abstract：:Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States and the leading cause of disability. Stroke patients' outcomes are strongly determined by how long they remain untreated ("time is brain"). The Joint Commission's adoption of stroke performance improvement measures combined with the Centers for Medicare a...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Shulkin DJ,Jewell KE,Alexandrov AW,Bernard DB,Brophy GM,Hess DC,Kohlbrenner J,Martin-Schild S,Mayer SA,Peacock WF,Qureshi AI,Sung GY,Lyles A

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), like many health systems, are in transition toward alternative/advanced payment and reimbursement models. Gradually, fee-for-service reimbursements will be replaced by value-based payments with shared accountability for patients' health care outcomes. This article provides a...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Okeke N,Schmidt C,Alborn S,Kumian E

更新日期：2020-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:How depression affects the medication cost burden for elderly cancer survivors has not been well studied. This study aims to investigate whether depression is associated with higher rates of cost-related medication nonadherence, and cost-reduction strategies among the elderly cancer survivors. Self-reports from survey...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Gu D,Shen C

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In January 2015, the US Secretary of Health and Human Services announced targets for the transformation of Medicare reimbursement from a fee-for-service model to payments based on alternative payment models. People now use technology for virtually everything - from paying bills to purchasing almost anything; it is the...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Hollander JE,Davis TM,Doarn C,Goldwater JC,Klasko S,Lowery C,Papanagnou D,Rasmussen P,Sites FD,Stone D,Carr BG

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple chronic conditions (MCC) reduce quality of life and are associated with high per capita health care spending. One potential way to reduce Medicare spending for MCC is to identify counties whose populations have high levels of spending compared to level of disease burden. Using a nationally representative samp...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Matthews KA,Gaglioti AH,Holt JB,McGuire LC,Greenlund KJ

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing literature documents the substantial burden that a small proportion of high-cost, medically complex patients impose on health care systems. However, it is not clear whether high-cost patients remain costly over time. This study looks at the monthly distribution of billed charges for a cohort of high-cost, me...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Horn BP,Crandall CS,Binder DS,Sklar DP

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The disease management (DM) model for the treatment of chronic conditions has been around for many years and has been found to be effective for diseases of high prevalence and high cost (eg, diabetes, asthma, heart disease). With an increasing number of people living with cancer and the continual escalation of treatme...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Kash KM,Sharma S,Goldfarb NI

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite widespread interest in addressing social determinants of health (SDH) as a means to improve health and to reduce health care spending, little information is available about how to develop, sustain, and scale nonmedical interventions in diverse payer environments, including Medicaid Managed Care. This study aim...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Gottlieb L,Ackerman S,Wing H,Manchanda R

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reliance on emergency departments (EDs) by economically disadvantaged people for initial cancer diagnosis in place of primary care and early diagnosis and treatment is 1 obvious plausible explanation for cancer disparities. Claims data from a safety net hospital for the years 2009-2010 were merged with hospital tumor ...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Livingood WC,Smotherman C,Lukens-Bull K,Aldridge P,Kraemer DF,Wood DL,Volpe C

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to use population-based electronic health records for surveillance of intrauterine exposures to substances of abuse, including opioids, and to monitor changes in exposure rates over time. This retrospective, descriptive analysis utilized geocoded neonatal physician billing records representing intrau...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Hall ES,Wexelblatt SL,Greenberg JM

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Population health is one of the pillars of the Triple Aim to improve US health care. The authors developed a framework for population health measurement and a proposed set of measures for further exploration to guide the population health efforts in Maryland. The authors searched peer-reviewed, expert-authored literat...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Hatef E,Lasser EC,Kharrazi HHK,Perman C,Montgomery R,Weiner JP

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects approximately 7% of Americans. COPD impacts productivity and forces 1 in 5 employees ages 45-65 years old to retire prematurely. Our objective was to quantify the direct and indirect costs of COPD in an employed population in the United States. A retrospective analy...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Nair K,Ghushchyan V,Van Den Bos J,Halford ML,Tan G,Frech-Tamas FH,Doyle J

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model is considered a promising approach to improving population health, but how elements of these advanced practice models relate to population health capability is unknown. To measure associations between family physicians' performance of population management with PCMH compo...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Ottmar J,Blackburn B,Phillips RL Jr,Peterson LE,Jaén CR

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of frailty has been evolving dramatically for the past 30 years. Through its evolution, a variety of single and multidimensional models have been used to describe frailty. This article reviews the current literature related to the defining dimensions of frailty and identifies the gaps in the literature req...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Mohandas A,Reifsnyder J,Jacobs M,Fox T

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to assess the effect of online use of a patient portal on improvement of glycohemoglobin (HbA1c) in patients with type 2 diabetes presenting to primary care clinics. This retrospective cohort design used data from a primary care patient data registry that captured all ambulatory visits to the academi...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Devkota B,Salas J,Sayavong S,Scherrer JF

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study tested the effectiveness of a 6-month university-based community outreach weight management program for overweight/obese adults that utilized standard guidelines from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). This article also provides practical observations for clinicians desirous to employ a ...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： LeCheminant JD,Covington NK,Smith J,Lox CL,Kirk EP,Heden TD

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The change in prevalence and total Veterans Affairs (VA) spending were estimated for 16 chronic condition categories between 2000 and 2008. The drivers of changes in spending also were examined. Chronic conditions were identified through diagnoses in encounter records, and treatment costs per patient were estimated us...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Yoon J,Scott JY,Phibbs CS,Wagner TH

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes self-management education is an essential component of diabetes clinical management, and community-based programs are an effective intervention for improving glycemic control among adults living with diabetes. The National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support are designed to define qua...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： White N,Manning ML,Brawer R,Plumb J

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Each year, ineffective medical management of patients with mental illness compromises the health and well-being of individuals, and also impacts communities and our society. A variety of interrelated factors have impeded the health system's ability to treat patients with behavior health conditions adequately. A key co...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Carpenter G,Harbin HT,Smith RL,Hornberger J,Nash DB

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In times of epidemics and humanitarian crises, it is essential to translate scientific findings into digestible information for government policy makers who have a short time to make critical decisions. To predict how far and fast the disease would spread across Hungary and to support the epidemiological decision-maki...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Gombos K,Herczeg R,Erőss B,Kovács SZ,Uzzoli A,Nagy T,Kiss S,Szakács Z,Imrei M,Szentesi A,Nagy A,Fábián A,Hegyi P,Gyenesei A

更新日期：2020-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Mobile Integrated Healthcare (MIH) is a patient-centered, innovative delivery model offering on-demand, needs-based care and preventive services, delivered in the patient's home or mobile environment. An interprofessional MIH clinical team delivered a care coordination program for a Medicare Advantage Preferred Provid...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Roeper B,Mocko J,O'Connor LM,Zhou J,Castillo D,Beck EH

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main objective of this study is to assess the cost benefit associated with comprehensive eye exams as a tool for the early detection of diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol. A retrospective, claims-based analysis was performed using U.S.-based employees and spouses from a large, national database. Individu...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Schaneman J,Kagey A,Soltesz S,Stone J

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of a hypertension awareness and educational program, BP DownShift, was evaluated among school bus drivers in a southern US state. At baseline (August 2007), blood pressure (BP) measurements, self-reported demographics, and hypertension awareness and management practices were collected from drivers who conse...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Doyle J,Severance-Fonte T,Morandi-Matricaria E,Wogen J,Frech-Tamas F

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The United States has 86 million adults with prediabetes. Individuals with prediabetes can prevent or delay the development of type 2 diabetes through lifestyle modifications such as participation in the National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), thereby mitigating the medical and economic burdens associated with dia...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Khan T,Tsipas S,Wozniak G

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluates whether improvements in health behaviors related to a worksite wellness program persist through 2 years. The program was designed to build behavioral capability and self-efficacy by yielding immediately applicable skills and tools and segmenting the behavior change process into weekly, manageable ...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： LeCheminant JD,Merrill RM

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to understand how Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and local health departments (LHDs) address their shared mission of improving population health by determining the scope of primary care and public health activities each provides in their community. A brief mail survey was designed and fie...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Wright B,Ugwi P,Nice AJ

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evaluation of multiyear programs in medical management becomes increasingly difficult as the program continues. As programs continue to run over a number of years, calculation of results becomes problematic as the comparison "baseline" recedes into the past and program impact reaches a steady state. Purchasers of ...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Fetterolf D

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of health risk factors by sexual orientation over a 4-year period within a sample of employees from a large firm. Propensity score-weighted generalized linear regression models were used to estimate the proportion of employees at high risk for health problems ...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Mitchell RJ,Ozminkowski RJ

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to evaluate the effect of separate interventions on antimicrobial prescribing for uncomplicated upper respiratory tract infections. The authors conducted a quasi-experimental pre-post study with concurrent control groups for each intervention. Academic detailing led to a significant reduction in unne...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Vinnard C,Linkin DR,Localio AR,Leonard CE,Teal VL,Fishman NO,Hennessy S

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Derived from various health care policies and initiatives, the concept of population health has been newly adopted by health care and medicine. In particular, it has been suggested that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provision that requires nonprofit hospitals to conduct a community health needs assess...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Pennel CL,McLeroy KR,Burdine JN,Matarrita-Cascante D,Wang J

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00