Finkelstein A, Zhou A, Taubman S, Doyle J N. Engl. J. Med. 2020 01;382(2):152-162 PMID: 31914242 Abstract BACKGROUND: There is widespread interest in programs aiming to reduce spending and improve health care quality among “superutilizers,” patients with very high use of health care services. The “hotspotting” program created by the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers
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Tanaka L, Khan OA, Jackson EV, Miller KE, Chiam TC Del Med J 2016 Jan;88(1):14-8 PMID: 26934760 Abstract
Mount-Campbell AF, Rayo MF, OʼBrien JJ, Allen TT, Patterson ES Qual Manag Health Care 2016 Oct/Dec;25(4):225-230 PMID: 27749720 Abstract Handover communication improvement initiatives typically employ a “one size fits all” approach. A human factors perspective has the potential to guide how to tailor interventions to roles, levels of experience, settings, and types of patients. We
Mosby DL, Manierre MJ, Martin SS, Kolm P, Abuzaid AS, Jurkovitz CT, Elliott DJ, Weintraub WS Patient 2018 04;11(2):217-223 PMID: 28875457 Abstract OBJECTIVE: Bridging the Divides (Bridges), a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services-funded program, developed a post-hospitalization care management infrastructure integrating information technology-enabled informatics with patient care for ischemic heart disease patients. The objective
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Vest MT, Kolm P, Bowen J, Trabulsi J, Lennon SL, Shapero M, McGraw P, Halbert J, Jurkovitz C Am. J. Crit. Care 2018 Mar;27(2):136-143 PMID: 29496770 Abstract BACKGROUND: Clinical practice guidelines recommend enteral nutrition for most patients receiving mechanical ventilation. However, recently published evidence on the effect of enteral nutrition on mortality, particularly for patients
Bhattacharya M, Jurkovitz C, Shatkay H J Biomed Inform 2018 Jun;82:31-40 PMID: 29655947 Abstract Patients associated with multiple co-occurring health conditions often face aggravated complications and less favorable outcomes. Co-occurring conditions are especially prevalent among individuals suffering from kidney disease, an increasingly widespread condition affecting 13% of the general population in the US. This study
Chai SC, Davis K, Wright RS, Kuczmarski MF, Zhang Z Food Funct 2018 Jun;9(6):3185-3194 PMID: 29862410 Abstract Hypertension and dyslipidemia are major risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Common treatments for high blood pressure (BP) and dyslipidemia include medications, but there is question as to whether natural sources may be adequate to reduce CVD risk
Soriano EC, Pasipanodya EC, LoSavio ST, Otto AK, Perndorfer C, Siegel SD, Laurenceau JP Health Psychol 2018 Sep;37(9):874-884 PMID: 30138023 Abstract OBJECTIVE: Fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) is a top concern of breast cancer (BC) survivors and their spouses. FCR often occurs within an interpersonal context, yet there has been little research on relationship processes
Otto AK, Soriano EC, Siegel SD, LoSavio ST, Laurenceau JP J Cancer Surviv 2018 Oct; PMID: 30341560 Abstract PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) is associated with greater health care utilization (HCU) in early-stage breast cancer survivors. METHODS: Three hundred early-stage breast cancer survivors diagnosed within
Parks C, Bounds R, Davis B, Caplan R, Laughery T, Zeserson E Am J Emerg Med 2018 Sep; PMID: 30291035 Abstract BACKGROUND: Use of an age-adjusted D-dimer for the evaluation of acute pulmonary embolus (PE) has been prospectively validated in the literature and has become a practice recommendation from major medical societies. Most research on
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