Value drivers: an approach for estimating health and disease management program savings.

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：:In 2010, Veterans Health Administration (VHA) primary care clinics adopted a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model. This study sought to examine the association between the organizational features related to adoption of PCMH and the level of adherence to oral hypoglycemic agents (OHAs) among patients with diabete...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Meo N,Wong E,Sun H,Curtis I,Batten A,Fihn SD,Nelson K

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Care management is seen as a promising approach to address the complex care needs of patients with multimorbidity. Predictive modeling based on insurance claims data is an emerging concept to identify patients likely to benefit from care management interventions. We aimed to identify and explore patterns of multimorbi...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Freund T,Kunz CU,Ose D,Szecsenyi J,Peters-Klimm F

更新日期：2012-04-01 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：:Having access to adequate and appropriate food is a major population health issue. This study investigated food insecurity in patients with high rates of inpatient hospitalization ("super-utilizers"). Forty adults with ≥3 hospital inpatient admissions within a 12-month period were interviewed in an urban hospital in P...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Phipps EJ,Singletary SB,Cooblall CA,Hares HD,Braitman LE

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaginitis is one of the main causes of primary care and gynecological visits in the United States. The most common infectious causes are bacterial vaginosis (BV), vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC), and trichomoniasis. A physician survey was conducted to measure awareness of vaginitis clinical guidelines and availability ...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Nyirjesy P,Banker WM,Bonus TM

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hospitals are expected to fulfill a role in the communities they serve by improving the health of the population in the community as mandated in the Affordable Care Act. One way hospitals achieve this is to create partnerships with diverse organizations, such as local public health departments, state/federal agencies,...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Park S,Hamadi H,Apatu E,Spaulding AC

更新日期：2020-06-01 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：: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：: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 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 objective was to develop and validate a multilateral index to determine patient ability to pay for medication in low- and middle-income countries. Primary data were collected in 2009 from 117 cancer patients in China, India, Thailand, and Malaysia. The initial tool included income, expenditures, and assets-based i...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Saba J,Audureau E,Bizé M,Koloshuk B,Ladner J

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：:Physical activity provides numerous health benefits, including reducing risk factors that contribute to the leading causes of morbidity and mortality. Many employers offer incentives to employees to motivate engagement in wellness program activities. Two incentive designs to reward employees for achieving step goals w...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Norman GJ,Heltemes KJ,Heck D,Osmick MJ

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to examine the impact of PepsiCo's health and wellness program on medical cost and utilization. The authors analyzed health plan and program data of employees and dependents 19-64 years of age, who had 2 years of baseline data (2002 and 2003) and at least 1 year of data from the interve...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Liu H,Harris KM,Weinberger S,Serxner S,Mattke S,Exum E

更新日期：2013-02-01 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 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：:In this article, we estimate national health care resource use and medical costs in 2007 associated with prediabetes (PD), defined as either fasting plasma glucose between 100 and 125 or oral glucose tolerance test between 140 and 200. We use Poisson regression with medical claims for an adult population continuously ...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Zhang Y,Dall TM,Chen Y,Baldwin A,Yang W,Mann S,Moore V,Le Nestour E,Quick WW

更新日期：2009-06-01 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：: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：:Given the increasing prevalence of obesity and lifestyle-related chronic diseases in the United States and abroad, senior wellness initiatives have emerged as a means to stem the troubling trends that threaten the well-being and the economy of many nations. Seniors are an important demographic for such programs becaus...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Coberley C,Rula EY,Pope JE

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to estimate clinical metric and medication persistency impacts of a care management program. The data sources were Medicaid administrative claims for a sample population of 32,334 noninstitutionalized Medicaid-only aged, blind, or disabled patients with diagnosed conditions of asthma, coronary artery...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Berg GD,Leary F,Medina W,Donnelly S,Warnick K

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whereas some studies show statistically significant linear associations between consumption at full-service restaurants and consumer incomes, studies of fast-food restaurants fail to find statistically significant linear associations. In this study, nationally representative data were drawn from the 1994-1996 Continui...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Kim D,Leigh JP

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Even though pneumococcal vaccination recommendations have been in existence since 1983, vaccination rates are low in the United States. This study analyzed 5-year trends in pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination uptake across racial/ethnic groups of individuals aged ≥65 years and high-risk individuals aged 19-64 year...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Austin S,Ramamonjiarivelo Z,Comer-HaGans D,Pisu M

更新日期：2018-12-01 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

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：:Chronic opioid treatment is a highly effective method to treat chronic pain; however, the prevalence of abuse of opioids can make treating patients with these agents difficult for clinicians. The objective of this study was to describe rates of inappropriate utilization, abuse, and diversion in a population of patient...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Couto JE,Romney MC,Leider HL,Sharma S,Goldfarb NI

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the severe and rapid impact of COVID-19, the pace of information sharing has been accelerated. However, traditional methods of disseminating and digesting medical information can be time-consuming and cumbersome. In a pilot study, the authors used social listening to quickly extract information from social media...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Picone M,Inoue S,DeFelice C,Naujokas MF,Sinrod J,Cruz VA,Stapleton J,Sinrod E,Diebel SE,Wassman ER , Jr

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common chronic illness that affects an estimated 210 million people worldwide, including 12 million people in the United States. National and international guidelines for treatment of COPD recommend use of certain medications, especially bronchodilators and corticoster...

journal_title：Population health management

authors： Diette GB,Orr P,McCormack MC,Gandy W,Hamar B

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00