What Categories of Race/Ethnicity to Use?
September 5, 2008 | Toolkit
The Health Research Educational Trust recommends using a single race and ethnicity question that includes a Hispanic or Latino option.
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Translation Checklist
September 1, 2008 | Toolkit
The National Health Plan Collaborative has created this toolkit of resources, lessons, best practices and case studies to help other health plans join the effort to reduce disparities.
UPMC Shadyside Patient Menu
June 1, 2007 | Toolkit
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center expanded its menu, allowing patients to choose foods freely. Staff spent 18 months developing and testing the new menu to ensure patients would be offered nutritious, satisfying meals.
Effect of Pay-for-Performance Incentives on Quality of Care in Small Practices with Electronic Health Records
September 11, 2013 | Journal Article
A pay-for-performance (P4P) incentive program targeting the proportion of patients achieving measures of preventive services resulted in modest improvements in cardiovascular care.
Effects of Individual Physician-Level and Practice-Level Financial Incentives on Hypertension Care
September 11, 2013 | Journal Article
Individual financial incentives (but not practice-level or combined) resulted in greater hypertension care, yet the effect of the incentive was not sustained after a washout period a new study finds.
Measuring Population Health Outcomes
July 1, 2012 | Journal Article
An ideal population health outcome metric should reflect a population's dynamic state of physical, mental and social well-being. On the basis of a review of outcomes metrics currently in use and the availability of data for at least some U.S. counties, this study makes recommendations for population health outcomes.
The Aligning Forces For Quality Experience
June 4, 2013 | Journal Article
Aligning Forces for Quality is the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's signature effort to improve the overall quality of health care in targeted communities, reduce racial and ethnic disparities in care, and provide models for national reform.
Menu Labeling Regulations and Calories Purchased at Chain Restaurants
June 1, 2013 | Journal Article
This study examined whether the mean number of calories purchased by consumers decreased after the regulation to include caloric information on menus was implemented.
Achieving the Potential of Health Care Performance Measures
May 21, 2013 | Report
In this issue paper, the authors give an overview of performance measurement in U.S. health care, and then make seven policy recommendations aimed at improving the performance measurement enterprise.
Lower Mortality in Magnet Hospitals
May 1, 2013 | Journal Article
The nursing work environment and high-quality nursing workforce contribute to lower mortality rates in "Magnet" hospitals.