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Innovating Toward High-Value Cardiovascular Care
The United States leads the world in health care spending, but lags behind its peers in many quality measures [(1,2)][1]. The transition for reimbursement from volume to value is inevitable, and disciplined innovation can drive it forward [(3,4)][2].
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The power of anecdotes on resident HVCCC curriculum [PDF]
A formal high value, cost-conscious care (HVCCC) curriculum was implemented at a community hospital-based university-affiliated residency program starting January 1, 2014, based on the recommendations of the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM ...
Paragkumar Patel +3 more
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Bundled Payment vs. Fee-for-Service: Impact of Payment Scheme on Performance [PDF]
Healthcare reimbursements in the United States have been traditionally based on a fee-for-service (FFS) scheme, providing incentives for high volume of care, rather than efficient care.
Adida, Elodie +2 more
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Exploring Attributes of High-Value Primary Care [PDF]
Medicare's merit-based incentive payment system and narrowing of physician networks by health insurers will stoke clinicians' and policy makers' interest in care delivery attributes associated with value as defined by payers.To help define these attributes, we analyzed 2009 to 2011 commercial health insurance claims data for more than 40 million ...
Melora, Simon +7 more
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Background The success of initiatives intended to increase the value of health care depends, in part, on the degree to which cost-conscious care is endorsed by current and future physicians. This study aimed to first analyze attitudes of U.S.
Andrea N. Leep Hunderfund +15 more
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First Class in Learning -- First Class in Life: How Washington's Early Childhood Education Career and Wage Ladder Delivers First-Class Care [PDF]
High-quality early learning cannot be achieved or sustained when the bonds between teacher and child are broken because teachers leave their jobs to gain higher paid employment in order to support their own families.
Gary Burris, Hannah Lidman, John Burbank
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Predictors of course and outcome in hypochondriasis after cognitive-behavioral treatment [PDF]
Background. Predictors of treatment outcome were evaluated in a clinical sample suffering from hypochondriasis. Methods: The sample consisted of 96 patients with hypochondriacal disorder according to DSM-IV or high syndrome scores on the Illness Attitude
Fichter, Manfred M. +3 more
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Communication and Language Profiles of Children Treated for Posterior Fossa Brain Tumors
ABSTRACT Background Cognitive and language deficits are frequently reported sequelae of posterior fossa brain tumors (PFBT). Typically, delayed onset impedes prompt assessment and early intervention. This has devastating implications for quality of life.
Zara Sved +4 more
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Background Disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs), since their introduction in 1990, have revolutionized the management of rheumatoid arthritis.
Samuel K. Peasah +7 more
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Die «Choosing Wisely»-Kampagne hat zum Ziel, Arzten und Patienten dabei zu helfen, uber Tests, Behandlungen und Verfahren zu reden, die sich als unnutz und moglicherweise schadlich fur die Patienten herausstellen konnten.
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