Better Care, Better Health, Lower Cost
January 30, 2013 | Report
Cuyahoga County had fewer hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions between 2009 and 2011 (a cost savings of $20 million.)
Ambulatory Care
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A Field Experiment on the Impact of Physician-Level Performance Data on Consumers' Choice of Physician
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
The use of a publicly available online report of physician-level data on the choice of primary care provider (PCP) among new members to the HealthPlus of Michigan health plan was assessed in this study.
Reform in Action: Improving Quality in Medical Offices
October 1, 2012
In communities nationwide, AF4Q alliances are developing interventions and pilot-testing techniques to improve the way ambulatory care is delivered and fundamentally changing their local health systems.
Reform in Action: Improving Quality in Medical Offices
October 1, 2012 | Issue Brief/Infographic
In communities nationwide, AF4Q alliances are developing interventions and pilot-testing techniques to improve the way ambulatory care is delivered and fundamentally changing their local health systems.
If You Have Pneumonia, Which Emergency Department will Give the Best Care?
May 17, 2012 | Program Result
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.
Lessons Learned
March 1, 2012 | Report
This Aligning Forces for Quality report shares experiences of five communities that engage consumers to improve ambulatory care. Despite different approaches, these projects demonstrate that consumer engagement in quality improvement is important in moving toward a high quality, patient-centered care health care system.
Primary Care and Health Outcomes Among Older Patients with Diabetes
February 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Veterans who visited VA facilities with longer primary care wait times had significantly lower primary care utilization compared with veterans who visited VA facilities with shorter primary care wait times.
Analyzing How Different Patient Groups Respond to Questions About Their Health Care
January 24, 2012 | Story
Rodriguez investigated the degree of differential item functioning on the Clinician & Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CG-CAHPS) survey.
Hypertension Control in Ambulatory Care Patients with Diabetes
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Controlling hypertension is important for people with diabetes yet a majority of patients studied in diverse primary care settings do not have their blood pressure under control according to the American Diabetes Association recommended level of 130/80 mm Hg.
Pursuing Perfection: Raising the Bar for Health Care Performance
December 12, 2011 | Program Result
Most of the seven health care organizations in this RWJF national program made "tremendous progress" in improving the quality of their care, however none reached the goal of organizational transformation to a fundamentally new health care model.