September 17, 2012
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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.
August 8, 2012
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Program Result Report
RAND conducted the first large-scale, multi-employer study of the effect of consumer-directed health care plans on the cost and utilization of health care and estimated future national impact of increases in enrollment in such plans.
July 30, 2012
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Program Result Report
Researchers at the University of Southern Maine analyzed the impact of new health plans in Maine and Massachusetts that were designed to cover uninsured residents, as part of State Health Access Reform Evaluation, an RWJF national program.
July 30, 2012
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Program Result Report
Researchers at the Urban Institute evaluated the impact of state health reforms in on insurance coverage and access to and use of health care in Massachusetts, New York, and Illinois, under State Health Access Reform Evaluation, an RWJF national program.
July 30, 2012
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Program Result Report
The Altarum Institute engaged public health systems and services research stakeholders to produce a research agenda for the field.
July 11, 2012
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Program Result Report
Health Care for All, a Boston-based consumer advocacy organization, worked to give consumers a voice in implementing state health reform legislation that expanded insurance coverage in Massachusetts, and in reforming its payment systems.
May 17, 2012
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Program Result Report
Researchers at Emory University Department of Emergency Medicine analyzed data from two Atlanta emergency departments to ascertain barriers to achieving standard metrics of performance for treatment of patients with pneumonia.
February 17, 2012
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Program Result Report
In Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities, partnerships in 49 communities nationwide are changing local policies and revamping the physical environment to foster healthy living and prevent childhood obesity.
February 16, 2012
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Program Result Report
The Rutgers Center for State Health Policy studied the provisions and impact of state policies requiring expanded dependent coverage for young adults on their parents' health plans as part of RWJF's State Health Access Reform Evaluation initiative.
February 15, 2012
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Program Result Report
Coastal Family Health Center staff was trained by Utah's Intermountain Healthcare on the "mental health integration model," which incorporates mental health care into primary care practice, and began to pilot the approach in its Gulf Coast clinics.
