Uptake and Equity in Influenza Vaccination Among Veterans with VA Coverage, Veterans Without VA Coverage, and Non-Veterans in the USA, 2019-2020.

Background: Vaccination is a primary method of reducing the burden of influenza, yet uptake is neither optimal nor equitable. Single-tier, primary care-oriented health systems may have an advantage in the efficiency and equity of vaccination.

Objective: To assess the association of Veterans' Health Administration (VA) coverage with influenza vaccine uptake and disparities.

Medical Documentation Burden Among US Office-Based Physicians in 2019: A National Study.

This cross-sectional study uses data from the 2019 National Electronic Health Records Survey to assess the burden and time spent on medical documentation outside office hours among US physicians.

Identifying individual risk factors and documenting the pattern of heat-related illness through analyses of hospitalization and patterns of household cooling.

Background: As climate change increases the frequency and intensity of extreme heat events researchers and public health officials must work towards understanding the causes and outcomes of heat-related morbidity and mortality. While there have been many studies on both heat-related illness (HRI), there are fewer on heat-related morbidity than on heat-related mortality.

Objective: To identify individual and environmental risk factors for hospitalizations and document patterns of household cooling.

Giving office-based physicians electronic access to patients' prior imaging and lab results did not deter ordering of tests.

Policy-based incentives for health care providers to adopt health information technology are predicated on the assumption that, among other things, electronic access to patient test results and medical records will reduce diagnostic testing and save money. To test the generalizability of findings that support this assumption, we analyzed the records of 28,741 patient visits to a nationally representative sample of 1,187 office-based physicians in 2008. Physicians' access to computerized imaging results (sometimes, but not necessarily, through an electronic health record) was associated with a 40-70 percent greater likelihood of an imaging test being ordered.

Redefining and redesigning hospital discharge to enhance patient care: a randomized controlled study.

Background: Patients are routinely ill-prepared for the transition from hospital to home. Inadequate communication between Hospitalists and primary care providers can further compromise post-discharge care. Redesigning the discharge process may improve the continuity and the quality of patient care.