Activities in each of the 16 Aligning Forces for Quality communities are guided by a multistakeholder alliance of consumers, providers, and payers. An article in Health Affairs describes how the Aligning Forces for Quality investments have evolved since the initiative’s launch in 2006 and offers some early lessons learned.
A report from the Urban Institute provides an overview of performance measurement in U.S. health care, and includes policy recommendations aimed at improving the performance measurement enterprise.
As health care costs continue to affect employers’ bottom lines, growing evidence that payment reform strategies can help control costs is spurring employer purchasers to switch how they pay for care. A set of briefs from AcademyHealth explain different strategies, share results and lessons learned from employers pioneering these projects, and offer tips for employers.
In this set of papers, American Enterprise Institute scholars consider various market-based approaches to reforming the fee-for-service Medicare program—the “800-pound gorilla of American health care.”
A report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation shows that hospitals and their community allies made little progress from 2008 to 2010 at reducing hospital readmissions for elderly patients. The report also chronicles a series of in-depth interviews with patients and providers that shed light on why patients end up back in the hospital and what hospitals, doctors, nurses, and others are doing to limit avoidable readmissions.
While the need to address racial and ethnic disparities in care is well known, few strategies for reducing disparities have been studied systematically. A supplement to the Journal of General Internal Medicine, organized by researchers at Finding Answers, offers organizations a new "roadmap" for reducing disparities.
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June 10, 2013 | Program Result Report
The Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Project promotes performance measurement as a tool to increase the transparency and accountability of the health care system, and advocates for more input from health care consumers and purchasers.
May 30, 2013 | Program Result Report
The solicitation was a broad call for ideas from the field to rein in spending without jeopardizing patient care. RWJF selected 12 of the most novel ideas and those most likely to engender far-reaching change.
May 30, 2013 | Program Result Report
The RAND Corporation conducted two studies to evaluate different methods of creating profiles that compare physicians based on the cost of care they provide.
December 5, 2012 | Program Result Report
Prescription for Health developed innovative models to integrate counseling for tobacco use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, and excessive alcohol consumption into primary care. These models spread and became integrated into the national health care system after RWJF's funding ended.
November 30, 2012 | Program Result Report
The Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters developed and pilot tested certification exams for health care interpreters seeking professional certification in Mandarin and Arabic to help patients communicate with health professionals.
November 13, 2012 | Program Result Report
From November 2010 through March 2012, the California Quality Collaborative (CQC) conducted an evaluation of its regional improvement effort aimed at reducing unnecessary services and engaging physicians in improving efficiency of resource use.
September 17, 2012 | Program Result Report
The Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute furthered the development and pilot testing of its Prometheus bundled payment model. Researchers at RAND and the Harvard School of Public Health evaluated the initiative at three pilot sites.
September 4, 2012 | Program Result Report
Researchers for the Pacific Business Group on Health worked to develop an evidence-based method to score physicians on the quality of health care they provide and to develop a mechanism by which physicians could correct data on their performance.
August 30, 2012 | Program Result Report
Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard School of Public Health, and Mathematica Policy Research produced reports and journal articles on the adoption and use of electronic health record systems among physicians and hospitals.
July 4, 2012 | Program Result Report
Program Results Topic Summary: RWJF's Strategy and Direction to Improve Health Care Quality 1972 to 2006