Journal Article
Estimated Savings from International Reference Pricing for Prescription Drugs
International reference pricing would have lowered 2020 US spending on select prescription drugs by 52% ($83.5 billion).
Dec 9, 2021
Report
Development of Palliative Care Quality Measures for Outpatients in a Clinic-Based Setting: A Report on Information Gathering Activities
This report summarizes information gathering activities completed as of September 2019. It provides background information on the importance of and need for development of quality measures for palliative care based on patient-reported experience.
Feb 25, 2020
Journal Article
Nursing Home Responses to Performance-based Accountability: Results of a National Survey
We describe quality improvement changes that skilled nursing facilities reported making in response to CMS performance measurements and whether reported QI changes were associated with better performance on CMS performance measures.
2020
Journal Article
Machine Learning Versus Standard Techniques for Updating Searches for Systematic Reviews: A Diagnostic Accuracy Study
Machine-learning methods can help decrease the effort involved in updating searches for systematic reviews.
Aug 1, 2017
Report
Technical Quality and Clinical Acceptability of a Utilization Review Guideline for Occupational Conditions: ODG® Treatment Guidelines by the Work Loss Data Institute
The Official Disability Guidelines (ODG) Medical Treatment Guidelines is a utilization review guideline used in the field of workers' compensation. This report evaluates the ODG's technical quality and clinical acceptability.
Jul 18, 2017
Journal Article
Evaluation of the Work Loss Data Institute's Official Disability Guidelines
The Official Disability Guidelines (ODG) Medical Treatment Guidelines are an important resource for workers' compensation systems because they can be used to contain medical care costs while assuring appropriate care is provided.
2017
Report
Current and Projected Characteristics and Unique Health Care Needs of the Patient Population Served by the Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans who rely on Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care are older and less healthy than other veterans. Analysis of a range of data sources showed how the veteran population and demand for VA health care could change in the next decade.
Dec 31, 2015
Journal Article
Evaluating the Feasibility and Utility of Translating Choosing Wisely Recommendations Into E-Measures
Few of the low-value services identified by the Choosing Wisely campaign can be translated into e-measures.
Feb 10, 2015
Journal Article
Challenges in Assessing the Process-Outcome Link in Practice
Expanded use of clinical process-of-care measures to assess the quality of health care in the context of public reporting and pay-for-performance applications led to a desire to demonstrate its value in terms of improved patient outcomes.
Jan 19, 2015
Journal Article
A Pilot Study Using Machine Learning and Domain Knowledge to Facilitate Comparative Effectiveness Review Updating
Comparative effectiveness and systematic reviews require frequent and time-consuming updating. Results of earlier screening should be useful in reducing the effort needed to screen relevant articles.
2013
Journal Article
Machine Learning Methods in Systematic Reviews: Identifying Quality Improvement Intervention Evaluations
Electronic searches typically yield far more citations than are relevant, and reviewers spend a substantial amount of time screening titles and abstracts to identify potential studies eligible for inclusion in a review.
Sep 1, 2012
Journal Article
A Pilot Study Using Machine Learning and Domain Knowledge to Facilitate Comparative Effectiveness Review Updating
Comparative effectiveness reviews need to be updated frequently to maintain their relevance.
Sep 1, 2012
Journal Article
Using Information Mining of the Medical Literature to Improve Drug Safety
Results from large-scale literature retrieval and analysis (literature mining) compared favorably with and could complement current drug safety methods.
May 5, 2011
Journal Article
Hormone Replacement Therapy and Cardiovascular Health in the United States
The authors examine the relationship between Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) use and cardiovascular outcomes (deaths and nonfatal hospitalizations) in the entire US population, which has not been studied in prior clinical trials or observational studies. Decreased HRT use was not associated with reduced acute stroke rate but was associated with a decreased acute myocardial infarction rate among women.
2009