A5044316371- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Global Health Care Issues
- Medical and Biological Sciences
- Mobile Learning in Education
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- E-Learning and COVID-19
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- Peripheral Artery Disease Management
- Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
2024
Vanderbilt University
2020-2021
Telemedicine and e-HealthVol. 26, No. 9 OpinionFree AccessTechnology Literacy as a Barrier to Telehealth During COVID-19Austin J. Triana, Roman E. Gusdorf, Kaustav P. Shah, Sara N. HorstAustin TrianaVanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.Search for more papers by this author, GusdorfVanderbilt ShahVanderbilt HorstAddress correspondence to: Horst, MD, MPH, Department Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutrition, Vanderbilt Medical Center, 1211 21st Avenue South, Arts...
Health care price transparency legislation is intended to reduce the ambiguity of hospital charges and resultant financial stress faced by patients.To evaluate availability, usability, variability standard reported prices for ophthalmologic procedures at academic hospitals.In this multicenter economic evaluation study, publicly available web pages from Association American Medical Colleges affiliate hospitals were parsed usability metrics. Price data collected that met inclusion criteria....
INTRODUCTION: Inpatient, elective thoracolumbar spine fusions are among the most expensive major surgical classes in US Healthcare. Private insurers now provide half of Medicare reimbursement through privately run, publicly funded Advantage (MA) insurance plans. It is largely unknown how MA compares to commercial that hospitals rely upon stay business. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was undertaken comparing price transparency data for across using Turquoise Health’s website and...
INTRODUCTION: The Transparency in Coverage Final Rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services aimed to promote price transparency patients common medical surgical services, such as lumbar decompression surgery. METHODS: A cross-sectional analysis was conducted using hospital pricing data laminectomies (CPT 63005) from Turquoise Health database including commercial, Medicaid/Medicare, cash prices. Hospitals that reported both commercial prices were cross-referenced with...
This study evaluated synchronous audiovisual telehealth and audio-only visits for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to determine frequency of successful what factors increase the likelihood completion.Data were collected from March July 2020 in a tertiary care adult IBD clinic that was transitioned fully model. A protocol implemented. retrospective analysis performed using electronic medical record (EMR) data. All scheduled video telehealth. If this failed, providers attempted...
Introduction The need to rapidly implement telehealth at large scale during the COVID-19 pandemic led many patients using for first time. We assessed effect of structured pre-visit preparatory telephone calls on success visits and examined risk factors unsuccessful visits. Methods A retrospective cohort study was carried out 45,803 adult scheduled a total 64,447 appointments between March July 2020 an academic medical center. subset received phone call. Demographic inclusion call were...
Virtual quizzing is a viable model for continuing education at large scale, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. By leveraging technology, microlearning encourages mobile that engaging, flexible, and accessible. Learners reported this format was effective preferable to traditional methods of education, suggesting further opportunity innovation.
INTRODUCTION: Since the Healthcare PRICE Transparency Act (January 2021), hospitals are required to publicly disclose standard prices for care and procedures. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study conducted with data obtained from Turquoise Health January April 2021. Current procedural terminology (CPT) code 61885 was used query cases of DBS IPG connected single electrode. Inclusion criteria reporting both commercial cash prices. Hospitals were filtered price ratios <2. The Healthy...
Recent U.S. policies require hospitals and health insurers to post payer-specific negotiated prices for services. Few studies, if any, have thoroughly investigated the accuracy of these individual hospitals. Our aim was evaluate concordance using three datasets: 1) hospital price transparency, 2) payer transparency data, 3) Electronic Remittance Advice (ERA) claims reflecting actual payments. Evaluating transthoracic echocardiograms at 22 top-rated hospitals, we found high variability in low...