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Docs Spend Too Much Time Behind a Computer

Posted onJune 26, 2017March 28, 2018AuthorRyan Jacobs

For years, the US has worked toward fully integrating electronic health records (EHRs) into healthcare systems in order to improve outcomes, quality of care, and cost-effectiveness, otherwise known as the Triple Aim. However, from physicians’ anecdotal experiences with EHRs, they Continue Reading …

CategoriesHealth IT, Primary Care, Quality, Workforce

Is the PCMH Movement the Solution?

Posted onJune 22, 2017February 22, 2018AuthorKameron Matthews, MD, JD, FAAFP

The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) has been lauded as an innovative approach to improvements in the healthcare system that include reducing cost of care, improving quality of care and the patient experience, and reducing instability in the primary care workforce. Continue Reading …

CategoriesPatient-Centered Medical Home, Workforce

Home Visits Help the Elderly

Posted onMay 15, 2017February 22, 2018AuthorMegan Doede, PhD, RN

A mixed methods study explored the effectiveness of five different home visiting programs on reducing hospitalizations, ED visits, and expenditures among Medicare beneficiaries. These programs use care teams comprised of registered nurses or lay health workers as lead staff on Continue Reading …

CategoriesAffordability & Delivery System, Health care costs, Medicare, Workforce

When Physicians Get a Free Lunch, Who Pays?

Posted onMay 1, 2017November 4, 2017AuthorBaylor MEERM 628

When patients fill a prescription from their physicians, they implicitly trust that the prescribed drug was chosen with their best interests in mind. Patients assume that medical expertise decided which patient would benefit most from which drug. However, a recent Continue Reading …

CategoriesBaylor Journal Club, Journal Club, Workforce

Incentives for ACOs Outweigh Meaningful Use

Posted onMarch 20, 2017February 22, 2018AuthorJennifer N. Kistama ML, MSN, RN

Of the initiatives the federal government has launched in an effort to advance quality, encourage efficiency, and reduce the cost of health care, the (ACO) model continues to succeed. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ authorization to disburse incentive Continue Reading …

CategoriesAccountable Care Organizations, Health IT

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