Study objective: To measure the incidence of intraoperative hypotension (IOH) during surgery in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and describe associated characteristics of patients and procedures.
Intraoperative hypotension (IOH) is well-described in the academic setting but not in community practice. IOH is associated with risk of postoperative morbidity and mortality.
Reliable and valid measures are needed to assess the patient-centeredness of clinical care among Latino populations.
Mathematica worked with anesthesiologists to develop and test a risk-adjusted measure of intraoperative hypotension—a potentially harmful drop in blood pressure during surgery. It assesses whether clinicians have more or fewer cases of hypotension than expected, given their patient mix.
The authors developed a mathematical model based on a cost-of-illness approach to estimate the impacts of exposure to untreated PMADs on mothers and children.
The authors implemented a 15-pill electronic health record default for new Schedule II opioids and assessed opioid quantity before and after implementation using electronic health record data on 6,390 opioid prescriptions from 448 prescribers.
This study evaluates the impact of practice participation in a pediatric patient-centered medical home learning collaborative on preventable emergency department (ED) visits among children in MassHealth (Massachusetts Medicaid/Children’s Health Insurance Program).
The objective of this study was to describe factors that influence the ability of state Medicaid agencies to report the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) core set of children’s health care quality measures (Child Core Set).
As primary care models increasingly include nonphysician team members, more attention should be paid to patient- and family-centered care (PFCC) among medical assistants (MAs).
The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is widely promoted as a model to improve the quality of primary care and lead to more efficient use of health care services.
This Evaluation Highlight examines the measurement of medical homeness in selected CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program projects.
This article identifies depressive symptom trajectories and heterogeneity in these trajectories during pregnancy and through the first year postpartum, and examines the association between unintended pregnancy and depressive symptoms among low-income Hispanic immigrants.
This article examines the sociodemographic, including immigration-related, correlates of unintended birth among Hispanic immigrants.
This report, referred to as the “measurement, learning, and evaluation (MLE) Framework” report, describes our approach to developing the MLE plan for the Bihar Initiative.