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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The Community Builders, a nonprofit real estate services organization in Boston, replicated a low-income housing model in Worcester, Mass.
August 1, 2002 | Program Result
The Community Partnership for Homeless, Inc. in Miami created a center offering comprehensive services for homeless individuals and families in southern Dade County, Fla.
August 1, 2002 | Program Result
The first annual meeting was held in Atlantic City, N.J., April 30-May 2, 1999, and was attended by 131 physician-scientists, many of whom were presenters at the conference.
July 1, 2002 | Program Result
A consortium of four nonprofit provider organizations worked to design a community-based program at low-income housing sites in Baltimore that would provide medical and social services to elderly residents who were not yet frail.
July 1, 2002 | Program Result
National Academy of Sciences - Institute of Medicine conducted a study of high-performing micro-systems within health care institutions or systems.
May 1, 2002 | Program Result
During 2000 and 2001, staff from Harvard University School of Public Health and its Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention produced an educational videotape designed to help health care providers improve the quality of care they provide to patients from different cultural backgrounds.
May 1, 2002 | Program Result
The Brandeis University Institute for Health Policy supported a study of the renal disease management program operated by Southern California Kaiser Permanente, a regional, nonprofit HMO.
May 1, 2002 | Program Result
Health Care For All evaluated, upgraded and expanded Helpline, its consumer information and referral service that provides information and assistance to consumers who face financial, cultural or other systemic barriers to accessing needed health care services.
May 1, 2002 | Program Result
The Families USA Foundation produced the first comprehensive, nationwide catalog of health care ombudsman programs, and a guide to the key technical and design issues involved in establishing such programs.
May 1, 2002 | Program Result
The Lewin Group, a health care consulting firm based in Falls Church, Va., assessed the strategies that medical groups, managed care organizations and other health care organizations use to improve the quality of their clinical care.