Hospitals That Care for Poor Patients Face Digital Divide Without Federal Help
October 26, 2009 | News Release
First national look at electronic health records in hospitals that serve the poor shows effect of lagging adoption rates on quality.
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Finding Answers Awards More Than $1.5 Million to Evaluate Interventions Aimed at Reducing Gaps in Health Care Among U.S. Racial and Ethnic Groups
October 19, 2009 | News Release
Seven grants given to organizations with demonstrated abilities to develop and test interventions to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in health care.
Taming Wide Variations in Spending Key to Health Reform
February 24, 2009 | News Release
Dallas Medicare spending is growing twice as fast as San Diego. The system rewards physicians for providing care even when it is not needed.
"Pay Doctors for Value, Not Volume," Urges National Health Care Quality Coalition
February 17, 2009 | News Release
A new report from the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement (NRHI) recommends major reforms in the way primary care physicians are paid.
Rewarding Results Pay-for-Performance Initiative
November 15, 2005 | News Release
"Pay-for-Performance" programs can improve both medical care and quality of life by giving health care providers a financial incentive to seek measurable improvements in the health of their patients, a diverse group of health leaders engaged
New Program Launched to Help Emergency Departments Relieve Crowding, Improve Health Care Delivery
September 23, 2002 | News Release
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) launched a new program, Urgent Matters. The $4.6 million program is designed to reduce emergency department crowding and to assess the condition of the health care safety net.
Chronically Ill Patients Get More Care, Less Quality, Says Dartmouth Atlas
April 7, 2008 | News Release
The Fix? A Major Overhaul of Medicare.
PROMETHEUS Payment Set to Test New Method of Paying Providers for High-Quality Health Care
May 21, 2008 | News Release
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation commits $6.4 million to test model in four communities.