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Pressure ulcers: risk factors and the power of policy
Medical Care has recently published two papers on the topic of pressure ulcers — costly, painful, largely preventable infections associated with poorer quality care. In the first, from researchers at...
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Multidimensional frailty score as a predictor of postoperative mortality
According to the 2010 U.S. Census, there are 40 million people (13% of the population) older than 65 years of age living in the U.S. This population has increased dramatically during the last two...
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All Falls Are Not Equal
All falls are not equal, nor is the financial impact of how Medicare defines fall-related injuries (FRI). In a new Medical Care article published ahead of print, I worked with colleagues at UCLA’s...
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Tools to improve coordination in primary care
Last month, I left readers with a bit of cliffhanger. I had written about a potential magic bullet in primary care; the one thing that health care systems and providers could focus on together that...
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Health care services use after Medicaid-to-dual transition for adults with...
In 2013, there were 10.7 million people enrolled [PDF] in both Medicare and Medicaid. Dual eligibility depends on age, income, and disability. Dually enrolled beneficiaries are also responsible for a...
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Healthcare Utilization Rates after Oregon’s 2008 Medicaid Expansion: The Long...
Expanding health insurance coverage may improve health care access [PDF] and reduce financial stress [PDF]. Ideally, having health insurance and the resultant access to care should improve health...
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Confusing the Confused: The impact of lacking professional interpretation...
Being hospitalized with a serious medical condition, surrounded by strange equipment, and listening to medical jargon you’ve never heard before is an intimidating situation for anyone. Compounding the...
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Hospital interpretation and payment incentives
Access to interpreters improves health care and is generally required by law. Why then, is interpretation access hard to come by in hospitals? From a hospital staff perspective, appropriate policies...
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Continuity of Care vs. Nurse Shift Length
If you have ever been in a hospital, you are probably familiar with what seems like a continuously revolving door of staff members providing care. With nurses making up the largest occupation in...
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The HOSPITAL Score – A Prediction Tool for Potentially Preventable (and...
In the era of value-based care, caregivers and policymakers alike are intensely interested in strategies to reduce 30-day hospital readmissions. Researchers continue to offer up helpful tools in this...
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Hitching our Wagon to the Stars: Making the Most of Quality Reporting
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has a set of “Compare” websites – Hospital Compare, Nursing Home Compare, Home Health Compare, etc.; consumers and policymakers can compare...
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How do mental health conditions contribute to preventable hospitalizations?
What role does mental health play in preventable hospitalizations? In a new article in the January 2018 issue of Medical Care, Dr. Laura Medford-Davis and colleagues report that in Texas, mental...
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All Falls Are Not Equal
All falls are not equal, nor is the financial impact of how Medicare defines fall-related injuries (FRI). In a new Medical Care article published ahead of print, I worked with colleagues at UCLA’s...
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Tools to improve coordination in primary care
Last month, I left readers with a bit of cliffhanger. I had written about a potential magic bullet in primary care; the one thing that health care systems and providers could focus on together that...
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Health care services use after Medicaid-to-dual transition for adults with...
In 2013, there were 10.7 million people enrolled [PDF] in both Medicare and Medicaid. Dual eligibility depends on age, income, and disability. Dually enrolled beneficiaries are also responsible for a...
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Healthcare Utilization Rates after Oregon’s 2008 Medicaid Expansion: The Long...
Expanding health insurance coverage may improve health care access [PDF] and reduce financial stress [PDF]. Ideally, having health insurance and the resultant access to care should improve health...
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Confusing the Confused: The impact of lacking professional interpretation...
Being hospitalized with a serious medical condition, surrounded by strange equipment, and listening to medical jargon you’ve never heard before is an intimidating situation for anyone. Compounding the...
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Hospital interpretation and payment incentives
Access to interpreters improves health care and is generally required by law. Why then, is interpretation access hard to come by in hospitals? From a hospital staff perspective, appropriate policies...
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Continuity of Care vs. Nurse Shift Length
If you have ever been in a hospital, you are probably familiar with what seems like a continuously revolving door of staff members providing care. With nurses making up the largest occupation in...
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The HOSPITAL Score – A Prediction Tool for Potentially Preventable (and...
In the era of value-based care, caregivers and policymakers alike are intensely interested in strategies to reduce 30-day hospital readmissions. Researchers continue to offer up helpful tools in this...
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