Jill Sederstorm

Improving Remission Rates in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder

09/24/2015

Jill Sederstorm ;

Certain factors have been shown to lead to better outcomes

Certain factors have been...

09/24/2015

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Challenges and Emerging Treatments in Schizophrenia

05/25/2012

Jill Sederstorm ;

San Francisco—Current antipsychotic medications used to treat Schizophrenia are associated with limited efficacy and adverse events; however, treatment of the disease may be improved by new drugs on the horizon or medication therapy...

San Francisco—Current...

05/25/2012

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Population Health Program Shares Best Practices

07/14/2015

Jill Sederstorm ;

Electronic health records (EHR) platform, creating workflows with automation and standardization, and optimizing the role of each team member to best apply their unique skill sets are all suggestions of Vicki DeBaca, DNS, RN, vice president...

Electronic health records (EHR)...

07/14/2015

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Alogliptin and Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Diabetes

12/17/2013

Jill Sederstorm ;

A noninferiority study of a new drug for type 2 diabetes found that patients with a very high cardiovascular risk did not have any increased major cardiovascular events while taking alogliptin, but did have better glycemic control, compared...

A noninferiority study of a new...

12/17/2013

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Alternative Benefit Design for Medicare

02/21/2012

Jill Sederstorm ;

Restructuring the Medicare benefit design and placing a limit on beneficiary cost-sharing for Medicare-covered services in 2013 could lead to savings for Medicare and a minority of beneficiaries with high medical spending, but it could also...

Restructuring the Medicare...

02/21/2012

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Efforts to Implement PCMH Concepts Can Lead to Big Cost Savings for States

02/02/2016

Jill Sederstorm ;

As 1 of 8 states to conduct a Multi-Payer Advanced Primary Care Practice demonstration project aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of patient-centered medical homes when Medicaid, Medicare, and private payers support it, North Carolina and...

As 1 of 8 states to conduct a...

02/02/2016

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The Rise of Value-Based Drug Pricing: Is It Effective?

12/19/2016

Jill Sederstorm ;

With stakeholders clamoring for a way to quell rising drug prices, more pharmacy benefit managers are exploring value-based drug pricing models.

With stakeholders clamoring for...

12/19/2016

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ED Protocols and Childhood Asthma Outcomes

09/14/2012

Jill Sederstorm ;

A new retrospective study examining evidence-based standard protocols (EBSPs) in emergency departments (EDs) and their impact on childhood asthma outcomes found that there was no association between the EDs that used EBSPs and those that did...

A new retrospective study...

09/14/2012

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Treatment of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer with Erlotinib and Gefitinib

06/17/2011

Jill Sederstorm ;

Non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a common and often a challenging form of cancer to treat, but erlotinib and gefitinib could be effective treatment options—especially for patients who have tumors with gene mutations that activate the...

Non–small-cell lung cancer...

06/17/2011

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Medicaid Expansion and Federal Spending

01/22/2013

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States who choose to expand Medicaid eligibility under the Patient Protection and Affordability Care Act (ACA) will likely see large increases in coverage and federal spending, while seeing only small increases in state spending, according to...

States who choose to expand...

01/22/2013

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