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Are characteristics of the medical home associated with diabetes care costs?Thomas J Flottemesch
HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55440 1524, USA
Med Care 50:676-84. 2012....
Patient-centered medical home cost reductions limited to complex patientsThomas J Flottemesch
HealthPartners Research Foundation, PO Box 1524, MS 21111R, Minneapolis, MN 55440 1524, USA
Am J Manag Care 18:677-86. 2012..To examine the long-term relationships between costs, utilization, and patient-centered medical home (PCMH) clinical practice systems...
Relationship of clinic medical home scores to health care costsThomas J Flottemesch
HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55440 1524, USA
J Ambul Care Manage 34:78-89. 2011..4%) and outpatient ($1282/person, 3.5%) costs among patients with 11 or more prescriptions suggesting higher functioning PCMHs may lead to reduced costs among the most complex and costly patients...
Advanced statistics: developing a formal model of emergency department census and defining operational efficiencyThomas J Flottemesch
HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Acad Emerg Med 14:799-809. 2007..This has limited the scope of research and progress toward the development of consistent and meaningful operational responses...
Relationship of clinic medical home scores to quality and patient experienceLeif I Solberg
HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55440, USA
J Ambul Care Manage 34:57-66. 2011..We conclude that among primary care clinics recognized as high-level medical homes, the instrument used to assess medical home characteristics cannot differentiate their quality...
Trends in quality during medical home transformationLeif I Solberg
HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55440 1524, USA
Ann Fam Med 9:515-21. 2011..Expectations for large and rapid change are probably unrealistic...
Patient medical group continuity and healthcare utilizationLouise H Anderson
HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55425, USA
Am J Manag Care 18:450-7. 2012..To measure continuity among medical groups of insured patients over a 5-year period and to test whether group continuity of care is associated with healthcare utilization and costs...
Is consistent primary care within a patient-centered medical home related to utilization patterns and costs?Patricia Fontaine
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414, USA
J Ambul Care Manage 34:10-9. 2011....
Cardiovascular and metabolic effects of high-dose insulin in a porcine septic shock modelJoel S Holger
Department of Emergency Medicine, Regions Hospital, St Paul, MN, USA
Acad Emerg Med 17:429-35. 2010..In an animal model of severe septic shock, this study compared the effects of HDI treatment to normal saline (NS) resuscitation alone...
Developing models for patient flow and daily surge capacity researchBrent R Asplin
Department of Emergency Medicine, Regions Hospital, 640 Jackson Street, St Paul, MN 55101, USA
Acad Emerg Med 13:1109-13. 2006..Finally, they identify potential research questions that are based on applications of the proposed research models...
Prioritizing clinical preventive services: a review and framework with implications for community preventive servicesMichael V Maciosek
Health Partners Research Foundation, Bloomington, Minnesota 55425, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 30:341-55. 2009..It has not been tested in prioritizing community interventions and other health care services but should provide a useful starting point for designing priority-setting efforts in those areas...
Insulin versus vasopressin and epinephrine to treat beta-blocker toxicityJoel S Holger
Regions Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine, St Paul, Minnesota 55101, USA
Clin Toxicol (Phila) 45:396-401. 2007..We compared insulin and glucose (IN/G) to vasopressin plus epinephrine (V/E) in a pig model of beta-blocker toxicity. Primary outcome was survival over four hours...
Priorities among effective clinical preventive services: methodsMichael V Maciosek
HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Am J Prev Med 31:90-6. 2006..This report should be useful to those who want to understand additional detail about how the ranking was developed or who want to adapt the methods for their own purposes...
Priorities among effective clinical preventive services: results of a systematic review and analysisMichael V Maciosek
HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Am J Prev Med 31:52-61. 2006..CONCLUSION: This study identifies the most valuable clinical preventive services that can be offered in medical practice and should help decision-makers select which services to emphasize...
Cost-effectiveness analysis of screening for KRAS and BRAF mutations in metastatic colorectal cancerAjay S Behl
HealthPartners Research Foundation, 8170 33rd Ave S, Mail Stop 21111R, Bloomington, MN 55425, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 104:1785-95. 2012..Similarly, tumors with BRAF genetic mutations may not respond to anti-EGFR therapy, though this is less clear. Economic analyses of mutation testing have not fully explored the roles of alternative therapies and resection of metastases...
Accuracy of staff-initiated emergency department tracking system timestamps in identifying actual event timesBradley D Gordon
Regions Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine, St Paul, MN, USA
Ann Emerg Med 52:504-11. 2008..Managers use timestamps from computerized tracking systems to evaluate emergency department (ED) processes. This study was designed to determine how accurately these timestamps reflect the actual ED events they purport to represent...
Greater use of preventive services in U.S. health care could save lives at little or no costMichael V Maciosek
HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 29:1656-60. 2010..7 billion, or 0.2 percent of U.S. personal health care spending. These findings suggest that policy makers should pursue options that move the nation toward greater use of proven preventive services...
Modafinil and zolpidem use by emergency medicine residentsBrian D McBeth
Department of Emergency Medicine, Regions Hospital, St Paul, MN, USA
Acad Emerg Med 16:1311-7. 2009..The objective was to assess the prevalence and patterns of modafinil and zolpidem use among emergency medicine (EM) residents and describe side effects resulting from use...
An independent evaluation of four quantitative emergency department crowding scalesSpencer S Jones
Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 5750, USA
Acad Emerg Med 13:1204-11. 2006..These four scales have yet to be independently evaluated and compared...
