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Journal Article

Opportunities and Challenges in Supply-Side Simulation: Physician-Based Models

A key challenge for supply-side microsimulation modeling is optimally combining available data to harness their collective power. Several possibilities also exist for novel data collection.

Apr 1, 2013
Journal Article

The Nursing Workforce in an Era of Health Care Reform

As health care reforms emphasize prevention and introduce new models of care delivery, registered nurses will become even more important to addressing Americans' health care needs.

Apr 1, 2013
Journal Article

How Quickly Do Physicians Adopt New Drugs? The Case of Second-Generation Antipsychotics

The authors examined physician adoption of second-generation antipsychotic medications and identified physician-level factors associated with early adoption.

Apr 1, 2013
Journal Article

The Puzzle of Changing Relationships: Does Changing Relationships Between Healthcare Service Users and Providers Improve the Quality of Care?

This report aims to contribute to the understanding of how changing relationships impacts on the quality of care.

Mar 1, 2013
Journal Article

Insomnia: Can't Sleep, Can't Get Diagnosed

Insomnia is very common, but most of its sufferers don't receive a diagnosis or treatment. However, educating primary care providers and other professionals about insomnia can help.

Mar 1, 2013
Journal Article

Measuring Client Perceptions of Motivational Interviewing: Factor Analysis of the Client Evaluation of Motivational Interviewing Scale

Motivational interviewing (MI) is an intervention approach that has solid evidence of efficacy with substance use disorders.

Mar 1, 2013
Journal Article

Could Increasing Nurse-Patient Ratios Improve Patient Safety?

A small percentage of patients die during hospitalization or shortly thereafter. More or better nursing care may be able to prevent some of these deaths. However, stronger conclusions are impossible until research evaluates an intentional change in nurse staffing to improve patient outcomes.

Mar 1, 2013
Testimony

Efforts to Reform Physician Payment by Tying Payment to Performance

Public and private sector purchasers are actively working to design value-based payment programs to achieve the goals of improved quality and more efficient use of health care resources. How these programs are designed is a complex undertaking and one that will determine the likelihood of their success.

Feb 14, 2013
News Release

California Should Collect Physician Identifiers from Hospitals

California health regulators should begin collecting physician identifiers as part of their routine data collection efforts about the services provided at the state's hospitals. Such a move would help providers improve quality by aiding efforts to benchmark performance and reduce variations in the delivery of care.

Feb 7, 2013
Report

California Should Collect Physician Identifiers from Hospitals

California health regulators should begin collecting physician identifiers as part of their routine data collection efforts about the services provided at the state's hospitals. Such a move would help providers improve quality by aiding efforts to benchmark performance and reduce variations in the delivery of care.

Feb 7, 2013
News Release

Shared Decision Making Between Patients and Doctors Will Require Investment by Health Systems

Health care providers are encouraged to implement “shared decision making” in which patients and doctors together choose the treatment that is best for each patient. However, doctors need more instruction on how to engage patients and better information systems to make sure patients know their options and receive individualized care.

Feb 4, 2013
Journal Article

Shared Decision Making Between Patients and Doctors Will Require Investment by Health Systems

Health care providers are encouraged to implement “shared decision making” in which patients and doctors together choose the treatment that is best for each patient. However, doctors need more instruction on how to engage patients and better information systems to make sure patients know their options and receive individualized care.

Feb 1, 2013
Journal Article

Future Supply of Registered Nurses Could Vary Significantly by Region

Considerable differences across U.S. regions in workforce age structure could result in gaps in the supply of registered nurses (RN) over the next fifteen years. Projections indicate substantial growth in RN supply in the Midwest and South and declines in the Northeast and West.

Feb 1, 2013
Blog

Health Care Personnel Could Be Key in Flu Prevention, Not Just Treatment

More than a dozen hospital staffers in four states have been terminated for refusing flu shots in the midst of a fierce flu season. Yet only one-tenth of health care employers require their staff to be vaccinated.

Jan 17, 2013
Commentary

Accounting for Risk of Violent Death

As a Southerner who learned to shoot at an early age, I've never had a problem with guns. But emergency-room doctors like me also know how much damage they can cause if misused or allowed to fall into the wrong hands, writes Arthur Kellermann.

Jan 7, 2013
Journal Article

Intervening with Practitioners to Improve the Quality of Prevention: One-Year Findings from a Randomized Trial of Assets-Getting to Outcomes

This article reports interim findings from a randomized controlled trial evaluating Assets-Getting To Outcomes (AGTO)

Jan 1, 2013
Journal Article

Requiring Vaccinations Among Health Care Personnel

California's influenza immunization requirement for health care personnel was too weak to encourage hospitals with low vaccination rates to improve. Hospitals with high vaccination rates were able to comply by simply maintaining current practices.

Jan 1, 2013
Journal Article

Medicare Payment Reform and Provider Entry and Exit

An investigation of the impacts of Medicare payment reform on post-acute providers found that payment reforms reducing average and marginal payments reduced entries and increased exits from the market, which may affect market structure, access to care, quality and cost of care, and patient outcomes.

Jan 1, 2013
Journal Article

Bridging the Gap: Supporting Translational Research Careers Through an Integrated Research Track Within Residency Training

In the setting of traditional residency training programs, physician-scientists are often limited in their ability to pursue research training goals while meeting clinical training requirements.

Jan 1, 2013
Journal Article

Physician-Patient Communication About Dietary Supplements

More physician-patient discussions about dietary supplements could help inform patient decisions. Physicians should address the risks, effectiveness, and costs of supplements.

Jan 1, 2013

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