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Optimal treatment assignment to maximize expected outcome with multiple treatments.
When there is substantial heterogeneity of treatment effectiveness, it is crucial to identify individualized treatment assignment rules for comparative treatment…
Inpatient Portals for Hospitalized Patients and Caregivers: A Systematic Review.
Patient portals, web-based personal health records linked to electronic health records (EHRs), provide patients access to their healthcare information and…
Risk prediction for heterogeneous populations with application to hospital admission prediction
There is an increasing need to model risk for large hospital and health care systems that provide services to diverse…
Frequency and predictors of communication about high blood pressure in RA visits
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a heightened risk of cardiovascular disease. Dr. Christie Bartels et al. conducted a retrospective cohort study…
Hypertension control after an initial cardiac event among Medicare patients with diabetes
In this study co-authored by Drs. Heather Johnson and Maureen Smith, investigators used EHR and Chronic Conditions Warehouse Medicare data…
Does Beneficiary Switching Create Adverse Selection For Hospital-Based ACOs?
Despite the many uncertainties in the current health care delivery environment, payers and providers continue to demonstrate considerable interest in…
Using the Hendrich II inpatient fall risk screen to predict outpatient falls after ED visits
Dr. Brian Patterson et al. used electronic health record data to evaluate whether routinely collected Hendrich II fall scores can predict…
Primary care colorectal cancer screening correlates with breast cancer screening
In a retrospective cohort study, Dr. Jennifer Weiss et al. examined 90 primary care providers (PCPs) and over 33,000 patients…
By Default: The Effect of Prepopulated Prescription Quantities on Opioid Prescribing in the Emergency Department
Opioid prescribing patterns have come under increasing scrutiny with the recent rise in opioid prescriptions, opioid misuse and abuse, and…
Hospitalizations for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions among children with chronic and complex diseases
Ambulatory-care sensitive (ACS) hospitalizations are those in which high quality outpatient care could have potentially prevented the need for hospitalization.…