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From published literature, we identified four key steps in the management of test results:
1. Tracking all results to make sure they are received and reviewed by an appropriate person in the practice.
2. Notification of all patients of both normal and abnormal test results in a...
IMPORTANCE
Despite recent studies suggesting arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM) is not more effective than physical therapy (PT), the procedure is still frequently performed in patients with meniscal tears.
OBJECTIVE
To assess whether PT is noninferior to APM for...
PURPOSE:
Provide credible estimates of the start-up and ongoing effort and incremental practice expenses for the Advancing Care Together (ACT) behavioral health and primary care integration interventions.
METHODS:
Expenditure data were collected from 10 practice intervention...
PURPOSE:
To examine the interrelationship among behavioral health clinician (BHC) staffing, scheduling, and a primary care practice's approach to delivering integrated care.
METHODS:
Observational cross-case comparative analysis of 17 primary care practices in the United...
INTRODUCTION:
Behavioral health (BH) integration has been proposed as an important strategy to help primary care practices meet the needs of their patient population, but there is little research on the ways in which practices are integrating BH services. This article describes the goals...
BACKGROUND:
The historic, cultural separation of primary care and behavioral health has caused the spread of integrated care to lag behind other practice transformation efforts. The Advancing Care Together study was a 3-year evaluation of how practices implemented integrated care in their...
A host of organizations in Oklahoma are concerned that the health status of Oklahomans ranks near the bottom of all states in the United States. In a significant effort to improve health status, the Oklahoma State Board of Health convened a broadly based group and charged it with developing a...
Health care spending in the United States totaled $3.3 trillion in 2016, more than double the amount spent in 2000. Twenty percent of the cost went toward physician services, with primary care accounting for approximately 7 percent.
These rising costs have real consequences for patients....
Opioids were involved in 42,249 deaths in the United States in 2016, and opioid overdoses have quintupled since 1999.1 Among the causes behind these statistics is increased opiate prescribing by physicians—with primary care providers accounting for about one half of opiate prescriptions.2 As a...
