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Is Reclassification of the Oral Contraceptive Pill from Prescription to Pharmacist-Only Cost Effective? Application of an Economic Evaluation Approach to Regulatory Decisions
ConclusionReclassifying OCPs is likely to be considered cost effective by Australian decision makers.
Source: PharmacoEconomics - May 8, 2019 Category: Health Management Source Type: research

Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy Limits Treatment of Stroke
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is a predominantly sporadic degenerative vasculopathy characterized by beta-amyloid deposition in the cerebral microvasculature, which may lead to lobar intracerebral and sulcal hemorrhage in older adults. Although relatively common after the 7th decade of life (>50% of persons), CAA rarely impacts the management of stroke in those living with CAA disease. In cases of severe CAA, reconsideration of traditional thrombolytic and antiplatelet therapies is warranted to reduce risk of CAA-related hemorrhage.
Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - February 27, 2019 Category: Health Management Authors: Monica Gavaller, M. Gavaller, H. Oh Tags: Case Report Source Type: research

Rivaroxaban for non-valvular atrial fibrillation and venous thromboembolism in the Netherlands: a real-world data based cost-effectiveness analysis.
CONCLUSIONS: In patients with NVAF or VTE, rivaroxaban treatment is likely to be cost-effective and potentially cost-saving alternative to VKA in the Netherlands. PMID: 30614320 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Medical Economics - January 8, 2019 Category: Health Management Tags: J Med Econ Source Type: research

Small Rural Hospitals Have a Harder Time Achieving Success in Continuous Quality Improvement: An Example From a Stroke Care Network
Conclusions: Our results demonstrate successful collection of quality data among hospitals bound only by an affiliation agreement. Areas to improve quality identified are door to computed tomographic interpretation, thrombolytic therapy, and dysphagia screening. We suspect that DSC certification is driving quality success in our network hospitals. That Appalachian affiliate hospitals are less likely to succeed could be due to a number of reasons such as the fewer resources available in Appalachian counties and may reflect the financial plight of rural hospitals more generally.
Source: Quality Management in Healthcare - July 1, 2017 Category: Health Management Tags: Data for Quality Management Source Type: research

A decade of health assessments in Appalachia
International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance,Volume 30, Issue 4, Page 312-318, May 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe standardized clinical process of care and quality performance metrics at Roane Medical Center (RMC) and compare data from 2005 to 2015. Design/methodology/approach Information was extracted from a nationwide sample of short-term acute care hospitals using the Hospital Quality Alliance (HQA) database, evaluating multiple parameters measured at RMC. HQA data from RMC were matched against state and national benchmarks; findings were also compared with similar reports from the same...
Source: International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance - May 4, 2017 Category: Health Management Source Type: research

Exploring indications for the Use of direct oral anticoagulants and the associated risks of major bleeding.
Abstract Thrombosis is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Arterial and venous thromboses are implicated in the pathogenesis of major disorders, including myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, and venous thromboembolism. Over the past decade, direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) (eg, direct thrombin inhibitor and factor Xa [FXa] inhibitors) have been adopted as alternatives to warfarin due to their clinical advantages and efficacy for the treatment of thrombosis. As with all anticoagulants, treatment with DOACs is associated with a risk of major bleeding, including life-threatening gas...
Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - April 1, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Milling TJ, Frontera J Tags: Am J Manag Care Source Type: research

A decade of health assessments in Appalachia —Hospital Quality Alliance (HQA) data from Roane Medical Center, 2005 vs. 2015
International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance,Volume 30, Issue 4, May 2017. Purpose To describe standardized clinical process of care and quality performance metrics at Roane Medical Center (RMC) and compare data from 2005 to 2015. Design/methodology/approach Information was extracted from a nationwide sample of short-term acute care hospitals using the Hospital Quality Alliance (HQA) database, evaluating multiple parameters measured at RMC. HQA data from RMC were matched against state and national benchmarks; findings were also compared with similar reports from the same facility in 2005. Findings Information col...
Source: International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance - March 25, 2017 Category: Health Management Source Type: research

A cluster-randomised quality improvement study to improve two inpatient stroke quality indicators
Conclusion Quality improvement training was associated with early DVT improvement, but the effect was not sustained over time and was not seen with dysphagia screening. External quality improvement programmes may quickly boost performance but their effect may vary by indicator and may not sustain over time.
Source: Quality and Safety in Health Care - March 17, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Williams, L., Daggett, V., Slaven, J. E., Yu, Z., Sager, D., Myers, J., Plue, L., Woodward-Hagg, H., Damush, T. M. Tags: Original research Source Type: research

The Educational Needs of Clinicians Regarding Anticoagulation Therapy for Prevention of Thromboembolism and Stroke in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
The objective is to identify practice patterns and attitudes of and barriers faced by US physicians assessing thromboembolism/stroke risk and managing anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation (AF) to determine educational needs. Case-based surveys were used to assess practice patterns, guideline use, barriers, and attitudes; 51 cardiologists and 50 primary care physicians (PCPs) were surveyed. Most cardiologists use validated risk scoring systems to assess thromboembolism/stroke risk, and more than half of PCPs use clinical experience. Assessment of bleeding risk varied; more than half of respondents rely on clinical judgmen...
Source: American Journal of Medical Quality - January 4, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Glauser, T. A., Barnes, J., Nevins, H., Cerenzia, W. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Ways To Improve Door-to-Needle Times in Stroke Treatment
WASHINGTON, DC — A streamlined emergency care service and a low-cost, tablet-based mobile telestroke system are two examples of shortening the time it takes for acute ischemic stroke patients to receive thrombolytic therapy that were presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology.
Source: Caring for the Ages - August 1, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Elizabeth Mechcatie Source Type: news

Standards of care issues with anticoagulation in real-world populations.
Authors: Abstract Current guidelines recommend anticoagulants for reducing the risk of stroke in appropriate patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) and for the acute treatment of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and the prevention of recurrent VTE. Warfarin is the standard of care for both NVAF and VTE, yet International Normalized Ratio (INR) control remains suboptimal, even in the clinical trial setting. Maintaining INR within the recommended therapeutic range is associated with better outcomes in these distinct populations. In VTE, high rates of recurrence have been reported during the first few week...
Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - January 1, 2015 Category: Health Management Tags: Am J Manag Care Source Type: research

Thrombolysis ImPlementation in Stroke (TIPS): evaluating the effectiveness of a strategy to increase the adoption of best evidence practice - protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial in acute stroke care
DiscussionTIPS will trial a comprehensive, multi-component and multidisciplinary collaborative approach to improving thrombolysis rates at multiple sites. The trial has the potential to identify methods for optimal care which can be implemented for stroke patients during the acute phase. Study findings will include barriers and solutions to effective thrombolysis implementation and trial outcomes will be published whether significant or not.Trial registration: Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry: ACTRN12613000939796
Source: Implementation Science - March 25, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Christine PaulChristopher LeviCatherine D¿EsteMark ParsonsChristopher BladinRichard LindleyJohn AttiaFrans HenskensErin LalorMark LongworthSandy MiddletonAnnika RyanErin KerrRobert Sanson-Fisher Source Type: research