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Community Health Partnership (CHP) organized the "Coalition for Prevention, Addiction Education and Recovery" (CPAR) and generated a list of numerous interventions to address the opioid crisis in Colorado Springs.

This article will provide some background and then consider eight ways that virtual care platforms potentially compete with customers

Heart failure (HF) is common in patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction (MI), but incidence and predictors of new onset HF after hospitalization for MI are less well characterized. We evaluated patients hospitalized for acute MI without preceding or concurrent HF in the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) CathPCI and Chest Pain-MI registries linked with claims data between April 2010 and March 2017.

Epidemiologists put all their ducks in a row all the time.   Ducks have been programmed by their DNA to do this; it is only since 1854 that epidemiologists have done the same thing – and it is quite an achievement.

Lessons Learned in a Pilot Study in a Medicare Advantage Population

Wilson TW, Geer B, Guerra N, Karber B, Ervin DA. Cross-systems Care Integration Impact on Adults with Intellectual Disability Utilizing Risk Weight and Comorbidity Data: A comparative effectiveness study, 2014-2017  Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 2020 Oct 1;58(5):422-431.

Peer reviewed article. The damage inflicted on our society by mental health and substance use issues is reaching epidemic proportions with few signs of abating. One new and innovative strategy for addressing these comorbid issues has been the development of outdoor behavioral healthcare (OBH). This study compared the effectiveness of three post-acute adolescent substance use situations: OBH, treatment as usual (TAU), and no structured treatment (NST). The simulated target population was 13-17 years old with comorbid substance use and mental health issues. When costs were adjusted for actual completion rates of 94% in OBH, 37% in TAU, and $0 for NST, the actual treatment costs per person were $27 426 for OBH and $31 113 for TAU. OBH also had a cost–benefit ratio of 60.4% higher than TAU, an increased Quality in Life Years (QALY) life span, societal benefits of an additional $36 100, and 424% better treatment outcomes as measured by the Youth Outcome Questionnaire (YOQ) research instrument.

Peer reviewed article. Alzheimer disease and other dementias (ADOD) have a substantial impact on the prevalence and costs of certain comorbid conditions compared with matched Medicare beneficiaries without ADOD

Smith S., Doarn CR., Krupinski EA, McSwain SD, Wilson T. Changes in Perception of Various Telehealth Topics before and after a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Telehealth Research Dissemination Conference. Telemedicine and e-Health, 2020. 26(6), 827-834.

Nadler E, Aguilar K, Wentworth C, Boyd M, Amirian ES, Barker S, French P, Wilson T, Hess LM. Treatment patterns and healthcare resource utilization among patients with advanced or metastatic soft tissue sarcoma in US community practices. Sarcoma 2020; 2020:1765319.