Issue 2 April 2015

Becky Briesacher, a new faculty member affiliated with the Center has recently received a grant titled “Consequences of Reduced Antipsychotic Prescribing in Nursing Homes,” a two-year grant funded by the National Institute on Aging. The objectives of this study are to describe the current landscape of antipsychotic use in the nursing home setting and estimate how the recent antipsychotic reduction campaign by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid influenced prescribing. The project will inform the Medicare program and policymakers about the experience of nursing home residents related to antipsychotics and how to improve dementia care in nursing homes. 

Timothy Hoff’s article in the 2013 issue of The Milbank Quarterly entitled, “Medical Home Implementation:  A Sensemaking Taxonomy of Hard and Soft Best Practices” received the 2014 Ronald Copeland Best Paper Award in the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University.  This article presents a novel view on how physicians and their staff within primary care experience successful medical home activities, focusing mainly on the relational elements of care. 

A recent study published in Value in Health coauthored by Steven Pizer compares two classes of drugs used to treat two types of diabetes. The study is more comprehensive in size and follow-up than previous studies of similar nature. Read More