Value-based Care
Research: Association Between Treatment by Substitute Doctors and 30-Day Mortality
27 Dec, 2017 | 20:53h | UTCAssociation Between Treatment by Locum Tenens Internal Medicine Physicians and 30-Day Mortality Among Hospitalized Medicare Beneficiaries – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Substitute Doctors Are Becoming More Common. What Do We Know About Their Quality of Care? – Harvard Business Review (free) AND Doctor out sick? A substitute physician is no worse for patients’ health – STAT (free) AND When the Doctor’s Away – Harvard Medical School, via NewWise (free) AND Mortality rates similar, readmissions lower in hospital patients cared for by locum tenens – ACP Internist (free)
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: Individualized Glycemic Control for Adults With Type 2 Diabetes:
26 Dec, 2017 | 23:26h | UTCIndividualized Glycemic Control for U.S. Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Individualized Glycemic Control Could Safely Cut Costs in Type 2 Diabetes – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Individualized HbA1c Targets for Diabetes Drop Cost, Improve QoL – Medscape (free registration required) AND Personalized Blood Sugar Goals Can Save Diabetes Patients Thousands – University of Chicago Medical Center, via NewsWise (free)
Guideline: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery in Gynecologic Oncology
26 Dec, 2017 | 19:47h | UTC
The other big drug problem: Older people taking too many pills
12 Dec, 2017 | 12:26h | UTCThe other big drug problem: Older people taking too many pills – The Whashington Post (free)
Related Articles and Commentaries: Current and future perspectives on the management of polypharmacy – BMC Family Medicine (free) 11 Drugs You Should Seriously Consider Deprescribing – Medscape Slideshow (free registration required) AND Too Many Meds? America’s Love Affair With Prescription Medication – Consumer Reports (free) AND Common ED Medication Errors: Polypharmacy – emDocs (free)
Related Website and Guidelines: Canadian Deprescribing Network (CaDeN) (free) AND CaDeN Deprescribing Guidelines and Algorithms (free) AND Deprescribing guidelines for the elderly – Ontario Pharmacy Evidence Network (free)
Economic Investment and the Journey to Health Care Value — Part III: Health Care Purchasers
10 Dec, 2017 | 15:32h | UTC
Economic Investment and the Journey to Health Care Value — Part II: Health Care Payers
10 Dec, 2017 | 15:31h | UTC
Economic Investment and the Journey to Health Care Value — Part I: Health Care Providers
10 Dec, 2017 | 15:31h | UTC
Meta-analysis: The effects of care bundles on patient outcomes
10 Dec, 2017 | 13:07h | UTC
Research: Association of Clinician Denial of Patient Requests With Patient Satisfaction
7 Dec, 2017 | 21:54h | UTCCommentaries: Clinician denial of certain patient requests linked with decreased satisfaction – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Denial of some patient requests, but not others, associated with decreased patient satisfaction, study finds – ACP Internist (free) AND Patient satisfaction surveys are worthless – Physician’s Weekly (free)
Rational decision making in medicine: Implications for overuse and underuse
5 Dec, 2017 | 18:30h | UTCRational decision making in medicine: Implications for overuse and underuse – Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice (free) (via @AllenFrancesMD)
Meta-Analysis: Enhanced recovery after surgery programs on laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy for gastric cancer
5 Dec, 2017 | 18:06h | UTC
Book: Cardiovascular, respiratory, and related disorders – Disease Control Priorities, 3rd Edition
3 Dec, 2017 | 20:20h | UTCCardiovascular, respiratory, and related disorders – Disease Control Priorities, 3rd Edition (free)
Press Release: Disease Control Priorities, 3rd Edition Launches Volume on Cardiovascular, Respiratory, and Related Disorders (free)
Summary: Cardiovascular, respiratory, and related disorders: key messages from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd edition – The Lancet (free registration required)
Previous volumes: Essential Surgery / Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health / Cancer / Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders / Injury Prevention and Environmental Health / Major Infectious Diseases (all free)
Unnecessary Tests and Treatment Explain Why Health Care Costs So Much
3 Dec, 2017 | 20:14h | UTCUnnecessary Tests and Treatment Explain Why Health Care Costs So Much – Scientific American (free)
Research: Conventional Polysomnography Is Not Necessary for the Management of Most Patients with Suspected Obstructive Sleep Apnea
3 Dec, 2017 | 20:15h | UTCConventional Polysomnography Is Not Necessary for the Management of Most Patients with Suspected Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Noninferiority, Randomized Controlled Trial – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Conventional Polysomnography vs. Home Testing for Obstructive Sleep Apnea – Journal Watch (free) AND Home Sleep Testing OK for Evaluating Suspected Sleep Apnea – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Meta-analysis: Enhanced recovery programs in lung cancer surgery
3 Dec, 2017 | 19:55h | UTC
Research: Pay-for-performance fails to perform
29 Nov, 2017 | 16:49h | UTCThe Value-Based Payment Modifier: Program Outcomes and Implications for Disparities – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Pay-for-performance fails to perform – Harvard Medical School, via ScienceDaily (free)
Related: The Effects of Pay-for-Performance Programs on Health, Health Care Use, and Processes of Care: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (free) AND Value-Based Purchasing: Time for Reboot or Time to Move On? by Ashish K. Jha, MD – The JAMA Forum (free)
Comprehensive assessment when older people are in hospital improves their chances of getting home and living independently
26 Nov, 2017 | 00:19h | UTCComprehensive assessment when older people are in hospital improves their chances of getting home and living independently – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Comprehensive geriatric assessment for older adults admitted to hospital – Cochrane Library (free summary – $ for full-text) AND News Release: Comprehensive geriatric assessment for older adults admitted to hospital (free)
“Comprehensive assessment when older people are in hospital improves their chances of getting home and living independently” (RT @NIHR_DC see Tweet)
Counting the costs: U.S. hospitals feeling the pain of physician burnout
25 Nov, 2017 | 23:00h | UTCCounting the costs: U.S. hospitals feeling the pain of physician burnout – Reuters (free)
Research: Arthroscopic subacromial decompression for subacromial shoulder pain
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:50h | UTCEditorial: No benefit of arthroscopy in subacromial shoulder pain (free)
Commentaries: Common shoulder surgery may offer little pain relief – OnMedica (free) AND Is a common shoulder surgery useless? – MedicalXpress (free) AND Popular Surgery To Ease Chronic Shoulder Pain Called Into Question – NPR (free)
The High Costs of Unnecessary Care
20 Nov, 2017 | 18:11h | UTCThe High Costs of Unnecessary Care – JAMA (free)
Exploring Attributes of High-Value Primary Care
20 Nov, 2017 | 18:06h | UTCExploring Attributes of High-Value Primary Care – Annals of Family Medicine (free)
Commentaries: Lower cost, higher quality primary care practices are distinguished by six attributes – American Academy of Family Physicians, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Identifying ‘high-value’ practices in primary care; a Stanford study pinpoints key attributes – Stanford Medicine (free)
Critical Lessons From High-Value Oncology Practices
20 Nov, 2017 | 18:06h | UTCCritical Lessons From High-Value Oncology Practices – JAMA Oncology (free)
Editorial: Strategies to Achieve High-Value Oncology Care: A Beginning (free)
Audio interview: Critical Lessons From High-Value Oncology Practices (free)
Commentary: High-Value Cancer Care Keeps Costs Down? Yes, It’s Possible! – Medscape (free registration required) AND High-value oncology practices include “support for the patient journey” – Stanford Medicine (free)
Changing Health Care Compensation by Rewarding Value-Based Outcomes
20 Nov, 2017 | 18:05h | UTCChanging Health Care Compensation by Rewarding Value-Based Outcomes – NEJM Catalyst (free)
Guideline – Periodic preventive health visits: a more appropriate approach to delivering preventive services
20 Nov, 2017 | 17:58h | UTCSummary: Periodic preventive health visits: A more appropriate approach to delivering preventive services (free)
News release: Annual checkups do not result in better health outcomes, national task force reaffirms (free)
Research: Restrictive or Liberal Red-Cell Transfusion for Cardiac Surgery
20 Nov, 2017 | 14:17h | UTCRestrictive or Liberal Red-Cell Transfusion for Cardiac Surgery – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Commentaries: TRICS III: Restrictive Red-Cell Transfusion Noninferior to Liberal Use in Cardiac Surgery – TCTMD (free) AHA: Restrictive Blood Transfusion OK for Select Patients – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Related article: Transfusion Requirements After Cardiac Surgery: The TRACS Randomized Controlled Trial – JAMA (free)