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1 to 3 of 3 Research Studies DisplayedSpertus JA, Ghaferi AA
Transforming the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program to the delivery of precision medicine to improve the value of surgical care: Summary of the John R. Clarke keynote address for the Surgical Outcomes Club 2016 Annual Meeting.
The authors challenged the audience to begin thinking about implementing precision medicine in routine care. They argue that the profession of medicine is undergoing an unprecedented transformation from fee-for-service to value-based reimbursement. This offers an opportunity to rethink current practice patterns and redesign health care delivery to improve patients’ experiences and outcomes while lowering costs. The surgical community has a unique opportunity to embrace this challenge and develop tools to better tailor treatment to risk.
AHRQ-funded; HS023621.
Citation: Spertus JA, Ghaferi AA .
Transforming the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program to the delivery of precision medicine to improve the value of surgical care: Summary of the John R. Clarke keynote address for the Surgical Outcomes Club 2016 Annual Meeting.
JAMA Surg 2017 Sep;152(9):815-16. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.1610.
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Keywords: Healthcare Delivery, Quality of Care, Patient Safety, Quality Improvement, Surgery
Waljee JF, Cron DC, Steiger RM
Effect of preoperative opioid exposure on healthcare utilization and expenditures following elective abdominal surgery.
The researchers examined the extent to which preoperative opioid use is correlated with healthcare utilization and costs following elective surgical procedures. They found that compared with non-users, patients using opioids preoperatively were more likely to have a longer hospital stay and were more likely to be discharged to a rehabilitation facility , adjusting for covariates.
AHRQ-funded; HS023313.
Citation: Waljee JF, Cron DC, Steiger RM .
Effect of preoperative opioid exposure on healthcare utilization and expenditures following elective abdominal surgery.
Ann Surg 2017 Apr;265(4):715-21. doi: 10.1097/sla.0000000000002117.
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Keywords: Opioids, Surgery, Healthcare Delivery, Healthcare Costs, Adverse Drug Events (ADE)
Hollingsworth JM, Birkmeyer JD, Ye Z
Specialty-specific trends in the prevalence and distribution of outpatient surgery: implications for payment and delivery system reforms.
The authors sought to assess the prevalence and distribution of outpatient surgery across specialties. They found that several specialties - urology, gastroenterology, plastic surgery, and ophthalmology - perform most of their cases in outpatient settings. They suggested that incorporating these findings into the design of future payment and delivery system reforms will help to ensure adequate surgeon exposure to the efficiency gains that evolve from them.
AHRQ-funded; HS020927; HS018346.
Citation: Hollingsworth JM, Birkmeyer JD, Ye Z .
Specialty-specific trends in the prevalence and distribution of outpatient surgery: implications for payment and delivery system reforms.
Surg Innov 2014 Dec;21(6):560-5. doi: 10.1177/1553350613520515.
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Keywords: Ambulatory Care and Surgery, Surgery, Healthcare Delivery, Payment