Telehealth use has rapidly increased in primary care since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Chronic care management programs within health systems increased their use of telehealth to provide timely care and prevent exposure to COVID-19. With the expansion of telehealth use and its potential to overcome barriers to care access, health systems and patients… Read more »
Dr. Jessica Cao is a Health Economist and Health Services Researcher. Her research focuses on designing and evaluating the effects of policy and system intervention on care utilization and outcomes. Her on-going projects include: (1) incorporating telehealth in primary care settings for disadvantaged patients with multiple chronic conditions to improve chronic care management and reduce… Read more »
On December 8, 2023 at 12pm, HIP Investigator, Dr. Yao Liu will present at the D&I Launchpad’s Dissemination Research and Implementation Science Seminar (DRISS). Her presentation titled, “Implementation of Teleophthalmology in Rural Health Systems (I-TRUST) Study: A Hybrid Type 2 Effectiveness and Implementation Multicenter Clinical Trial,” will provide an overview of the I-TRUST Study’s methods… Read more »
Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus experience the sixth highest rate of 30-day readmissions among chronic diseases. Timely postdischarge follow-up is a marker of ambulatory care quality that can reduce readmissions in other chronic conditions. Authors including HIP Investigator Dr. Christie Bartels sought to test the hypotheses that 1) beneficiaries from populations experiencing health disparities, including… Read more »
The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically changed the landscape of care systems and service delivery. Due to rapid responses to the pandemic such as allocating labor and physical resources to treat COVID cases as well as health concerns about patient safety and risk of infection, the non-COVID care utilization declined across all service categories, for example, emergency… Read more »
Machine learning-based clinical decision support (ML-CDS) tools hold enormous promise to simultaneously improve clinical care and reduce clinician burden. ML-CDSs can streamline the process of identifying the right care for the right patient and presenting that information to providers at the right time. However, many challenges with ML-CDS still exist, and these tools require monitoring… Read more »
Recent studies suggest young adults with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have high 30-day readmission rates, which may necessitate tailored readmission reduction strategies. To aid in risk stratification for future strategies, this study from HIP Investigator Dr. Christie Bartels measured 30-day rehospitalization and mortality rates among Medicare beneficiaries with SLE and determined rehospitalization predictors by age.… Read more »
Geographic disparities in the distribution and practice patterns of rheumatology providers may negatively impact patients with rheumatic diseases. The objective of this study from HIP Investigator Dr. Christie Bartels was to describe the distribution of rheumatologists with respect to the Area Deprivation Index (ADI) and to identify differences in practice patterns among Medicare Part D… Read more »
Despite landmark clinical studies showing that early detection and treatment can prevent 90% of blindness, receipt of diabetic eye screening remains around 50% among patients in the USA. Screening rates are even lower in underserved communities. In this study, authors including HIP Investigators Dr. Yao Liu and Dr. Meghan Brennan used the WHIO All-Payer Claims… Read more »
Predictive models are increasingly being developed and implemented to improve patient care across a variety of clinical scenarios. While a body of literature exists on the development of models using existing data, less focus has been placed on practical operationalization of these models for deployment in real-time production environments. This case-study by HIP Investigator Dr.… Read more »
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