This article is part of a Health Affairs Forefront short series, “Enhancing Value By Evaluating Health Care Services.” The series discusses ways to extend the use of tools for clinical and economic ...

Reliable identification of the physician–patient relationship is necessary for accurate evaluation. Standardization of evidence-based attribution methods is essential to improve the value of ...

To ensure that value assessment accounts for patient needs, we need a better understanding of the outcomes that are most important to patients, write authors from COVIA Health Solutions and the ...

Regardless of the outcome of the current health reform debate, patients are likely to continue to be asked to take more responsibility for their health care, whether through high-deductible health ...

Patterns of Resuscitation Care and Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Patients With Advanced Cancer Good communication can be associated with better end-of-life outcomes. The US Oncology ...

Adoption of Telemedicine for Postoperative Follow-Up After Inpatient Cancer-Related Surgery Data were collected from an ambulatory oncology clinic at the University of Miami Health System from October ...

Disorders of gut–brain interaction (DGBI) are common, heterogeneous, and often managed over long time horizons. While symptom diaries remain widely used, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Although patient satisfaction is high, an analysis of the literature measuring satisfaction after total shoulder ...

The PHQ and GAD scales are quick, efficient, validated methods to assist physicians in diagnosing and monitoring their patients. PHQ-9, a widely used questionnaire, is self-administered and utilizes a ...