Healthcare is predominantly regarded as a crucial consideration in promoting the general
physical and mental health and well‐being of people around the world. The amount of data …

Frequent emergency department (ED) users with mental health issues are particularly
vulnerable patients, who often receive insufficient or inadequate outpatient care. This …

Frequent emergency department use is associated with many adverse events, such as
increased risk for hospitalization and mortality. Frequent users have complex needs and …

Objective We aimed to explore the construct of “high need” and identify common need
domains among high-need patients, their care professionals, and healthcare organizations; …

Objective Improving care transitions for older adults can reduce emergency department (ED)
revisits, and the strain placed upon caregivers. We analyzed whether caregivers felt a …

Description: In July 2024, the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and US Department of
Defense (DOD) released a joint update of their 2019 clinical practice guideline (CPG) for the …

The case study design is particularly useful for implementation analysis of complex health
care innovations in primary care that can be influenced by the context of dynamic …

Along with the rising burden of peripheral artery disease (PAD), mental health concerns are
increasingly being recognized as a comorbidity to address in the chronic disease …

Background Care coordination (CC) interventions involve systematic strategies to address
fragmentation and enhance continuity of care. However, it remains unclear whether CC can …

PURPOSE We undertook a study to identify conditions and operational changes linked to
improvements in smoking and blood pressure (BP) outcomes in primary care. METHODS …