The Center for Healthcare Policy and Research brought together a team of experts from the population health, information technology, and equity teams at UC Davis. They created a population health AI predictive model. Its algorithm is programmed to identify patients who may benefit from care management services to deal with health problems before they lead to emergency department visits or hospitalization.
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Can telehealth help patients stick with Buprenorphine for opioid addiction?
A clinical trial led by our researchers aims to improve the long-term use of buprenorphine, a critical medication for treating patients with opioid use disorder. The new study focuses on patients prescribed buprenorphine in emergency departments, where there is a need for effective follow-up care.
The $6.4 million study is funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). It will explore the efficacy of telehealth compared to in-person follow-up appointments. The project is designed to address barriers that many patients face, including low income, lack of transportation and social instability.
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March 17, 2025Community clinic achieved marked improvement in system-based tobacco cessation
Read the storyWellSpace Health, a community clinic in the Sacramento area, launched a quality improvement project to advance “system-based” tobacco cessation in partnership with the UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research.
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February 14, 2025CHPR to develop better electronic clinical quality measures for Medicare program
Read the storyOver the next five years, the UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research will develop and validate new electronic clinical quality measures using electronic health records data from UC Davis Health and the UC Health Data Warehouse.
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January 23, 2025Medi-Cal members have tobacco treatment disparities by chronic disease status
Read the storyResearchers at the UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research studied California’s 1.5 million smokers who are covered by California’s Medicaid program, called Medi-Cal, to understand tobacco treatment disparities.
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December 2, 2024Applied methods discussion group starting in 2025
Read the storyThe UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research in partnership with the Division of Health Policy and Management in the Department of Public Health Sciences will launch a new Applied Methods Journal Club in 2025. Participants will discuss the latest innovative methods in applied health services research.
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November 6, 2024The value of a negative result
Read the storySpinal imaging for back pain may not be needed, but patients might still ask for it. A program designed to help clinicians engage patients with back pain did not help reduce imaging rates, found a study from the Center for Healthcare Policy and Research.
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November 1, 2024UC Davis convenes experts to seek solutions to national primary care crisis
Read the storyThe Center for Healthcare Policy and Research hosted a who’s who of state and national thought leaders and physicians eager to improve the declining state of primary care.
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November 1, 2024Researchers evaluate program to treat opioid addiction
Read the storyResearchers at the UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research received an award to help address the opioid overdose crisis by assessing a unique emergency department service. The $1.05 million, 3-year grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will support an evaluation of CA Bridge, an initiative to expand medication for addiction treatment in emergency departments.
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October 2, 2024UC Davis advances treatment of heart failure through ‘whole health’ program
Read the storyResearchers have received a grant from the Rosenfeld Foundation to support a “whole health” approach to improve the health and well-being of heart failure patients. The grant builds on a recent Center for Healthcare Policy and Research pilot project.
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October 1, 2024Can telehealth help patients stick with Buprenorphine for opioid addiction?
Read the storyA Center for Healthcare Policy and Research study focused on patients prescribed buprenorphine in emergency departments explores the effectiveness of telehealth visits in boosting long-term use of the medication for treating opioid addiction.
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September 25, 2024How does transportation impact dialysis patient outcomes?
Read the storyLed by family medicine physician Na’amah Razon, researchers are conducting a study to better understand the impact transportation and different modes of transportation have on dialysis patient outcomes.
