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.”
This report from Avalere Health closely examines the efforts of 18 diverse medical professional societies to identify potential cost-cutting measures, and notes trends across the groups' recommendations.
New health care delivery models that reward providers for coordinating and improving care hold promise to reduce costs when treating the sickest, costliest patients in the health care system, according to a study published in JAMA. Researchers from the Dartmouth Atlas Project and the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice analyzed a similar model and found participants achieved significant savings and improved quality of care—especially for patients covered by both Medicare and Medicaid.
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.
The use of patient-facing health information technology (HIT) platforms, such as personal health records (PHRs) and web portals, holds the promise of engaging patients in their own health care with the ultimate purpose of improving overall quality and health outcomes. Several Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) alliances, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, indicated an interest in exploring how these tools may be implemented for specific projects within their communities.
According to a commentary released by the Journal of the American Medical Association, in order for the national implementation of health information technology (HIT) to be successful, more effective models of care must be identified—whether they be accountable care organizations (ACOs), patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs), or some yet to be discovered entity—and the needs of patients and providers must be understood.
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June 12, 2012 | Program Result
Researchers at the Partnership for Prevention conducted research to identify high-value evidence-based clinical and community preventive services.
December 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. States collect billions of dollars in tobacco revenue from the 1998 tobacco settlement and tobacco taxeswith less than two cents of every dollar going to fight tobacco use.
October 24, 2008 | Program Result
The National Center for Primary Care at the Morehouse School of Medicine recruited and trained scholars to serve as teachers and advisers for health centers in the federal Health Disparities Collaboratives program.
July 11, 2008 | Program Result
The Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board worked to revise and pilot test a newly created Indian Community Health Profile, which local tribes can use to assess the health status of the tribal community and monitor its progress over time.
April 1, 2008 | Program Result
The University of California, San Francisco, examined ways in which different socioeconomic and racial/ethnic groups might fare in the event of an influenza pandemic and recommended approaches to reducing inequities and adverse health outcomes.
November 1, 2007 | Program Result
The Partnership for Prevention conducted a series of surveys and focus groups with employers to determine to what extent employer-sponsored health insurance plans offer coverage for clinical preventive services or promote their use.
September 1, 2007 | Program Result
E. Richard Brown, Ph.D., led a team of researchers in fielding a new Housing and Neighborhood Environment module as part of the 2003 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).
March 1, 2007 | Program Result
The National Minority Health Month Foundation created a minority health status database and used it to determine whether different outcomes were related to minority versus non-minority ZIP codes.
December 1, 2006 | Program Result
The journal Health Services Research published a supplemental issue designed to educate researchers on a range of social and other non-medical factors that influence health, including social and economic status, ethnicity and race.
December 1, 2003 | Program Result
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Dentistry worked to revise their prototype patient education program - Video Doctor - so that patients can operate it independently in their physicians' offices.