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Accreditation and Quality Improvement

September 15, 2010 | Commentary

Multi-State Learning Collaborative holds last national meeting before the launch of public health accreditation in 2011.

Battling the Superbugs

February 26, 2009 | Commentary/Story

Some 5 percent of patients admitted to a U.S. hospital will contract an infection during their stay. Such infections cause a staggering 99,000 deaths per year, and a growing proportion no longer respond to a wide range of antibiotics. The RWJF-funded Extending the Cure project has published three op-ed articles recently on this critical topic.

Communities' Readiness to Commit to High-Quality Health Care

June 1, 2010 | Commentary

Now that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has become law, the question is whether the country is ready to implement its provisions, especially regarding quality. Commentary from Risa Lavizzo-Mourey.

Community-Based Participatory Research Contributions to Intervention Research

February 10, 2010 | Commentary

Community-based participatory research (CBPR) has emerged in the last decades as a transformative research paradigm that bridges the gap between science and practice through community engagement and social action to increase health equity. The authors of this study identify the barriers and challenges within the intervention and implementation of CBPR.

Does Pay-for-Performance Steal from the Poor and Give to the Rich?

September 1, 2010 | Commentary

Providing financial incentives to hospitals to improve quality is increasingly common, yet little is known about its effect on hospitals that provide care for poorer patients. In this study, researchers looked at how financial incentives affected those hospitals serving larger, poorer populations.

Health Information Technology and Patient Safety

March 1, 2009 | Commentary

The potential of health information technology (IT) to transform health care delivery has spurred health IT adoption and will likely contribute to increased investments in coming years.

Improving the Quality of Health Care

May 16, 2005 | Commentary/Story

RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., outlined the Foundation's approach to reducing disparities using quality improvement approaches already familiar to the health care field.