2016
Impact of laboratory cost display on resident attitudes and knowledge about costs
Long T, Bongiovanni T, Dashevsky M, Halim A, Ross JS, Fogerty RL, Silvestri MT. Impact of laboratory cost display on resident attitudes and knowledge about costs. Postgraduate Medical Journal 2016, 92: 592-596. PMID: 27033861, DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2015-133851.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLaboratory ordersAcademic medical centerCost awarenessMedicare reimbursement ratesProportion of residentsPreintervention periodPostintervention periodMedical CenterHealthcare costsImaging testsMost physiciansOrthopedic surgeryWeb-based surveyInternal medicineDiagnostic testsCost displayEmergency medicineReimbursement ratesPediatricsPhysiciansMedicineEntry screensCommon laboratoryResidentsSurgery
2015
Development and Validation of an Algorithm to Identify Planned Readmissions From Claims Data
Horwitz LI, Grady JN, Cohen DB, Lin Z, Volpe M, Ngo CK, Masica AL, Long T, Wang J, Keenan M, Montague J, Suter LG, Ross JS, Drye EE, Krumholz HM, Bernheim SM. Development and Validation of an Algorithm to Identify Planned Readmissions From Claims Data. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2015, 10: 670-677. PMID: 26149225, PMCID: PMC5459369, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2416.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSame-hospital readmissionsNegative predictive valuePositive predictive valuePredictive valueReadmission measuresHospital-wide readmission measureGold standard chart reviewAdministrative claims-based algorithmDiagnostic cardiac catheterizationClaims-based algorithmLarge teaching centersAcute care hospitalsSmall community hospitalUnplanned readmissionChart reviewCardiac catheterizationScheduled careSpecificity 96.5Community hospitalReadmissionClaims dataCardiac devicesHealth systemTeaching centerPublic reportingAchieving better value: primary care must lead on population health
Long T, Khan AM, Chana N. Achieving better value: primary care must lead on population health. Postgraduate Medical Journal 2015, 91: 59-60. PMID: 25650432, DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2015-133264.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Doctors and healthcare reform: a duty to understand?
Long T, Ross JS. Doctors and healthcare reform: a duty to understand? Postgraduate Medical Journal 2014, 90: 303-304. PMID: 24835534, DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2014-132689.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersMoving from silos to teamwork: integration of interprofessional trainees into a medical home model
Long T, Dann S, Wolff ML, Brienza RS. Moving from silos to teamwork: integration of interprofessional trainees into a medical home model. Journal Of Interprofessional Care 2014, 28: 473-474. PMID: 24593328, DOI: 10.3109/13561820.2014.891575.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTeam-based careVeterans AffairsPatient Aligned Care TeamsEffective team-based careFuture providersMedical home modelOne-year postPrimary care workforcePrimary care educationVA centersCare teamInterprofessional traineesHealth outcomesInterprofessional teamwork trainingClinic efficiencyFaculty providersHealth professionalsInterprofessional careClinical fellowshipHome modelCare educationVA systemCare workforceInterprofessional collaborationInterprofessional training
2012
“Surely, We Can Do Better”
Khan AM, Long T, Brienza R. “Surely, We Can Do Better”. Academic Medicine 2012, 87: 1645-1646. PMID: 23187908, DOI: 10.1097/acm.0b013e3182717e22.Peer-Reviewed Original Research