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Designing Effective Healthcare Quality Improvement Training Programs

January 1, 2013 | Journal Article

Nursing leaders reported gains in quality improvement knowledge and the use of quality improvement tools after attending training programs.

Measuring Success for Health Care Quality Improvement Interventions

December 1, 2012 | Journal Article

In an effort to evaluate quality improvement (QI) programs, self-reported versus externally rated measures of QI success led to different results. This study suggests that, ideally, evaluations of QI efforts should use externally rated measures.

Achieving Foundation Accountability and Transparency

September 11, 2011 | Journal Article

Foundations are unique institutions there are very few requirements to provide information about how money is spent yet private foundations often exist to improve the public good.

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.

A Road Map for Improving the Performance of Performance Measures

April 1, 2011 | Journal Article

This article discusses the current impasse in the field of quality measurement and what is needed to overcome this deadlock.

Measuring Health Care Performance Now, Not Tomorrow

April 1, 2011 | Journal Article

Better data on the quality of health care being delivered in the United States are urgently needed if efforts to reform the nation's health care system are to succeed.

A Two-Pronged Quality Improvement Training Program for Leaders and Frontline Staff

April 1, 2011 | Journal Article

An in-house education program improved senior staff knowledge of quality improvement and engaged frontline staff in quality improvement projects.

The High-Value Health Care Project

September 28, 2011 | Program Result

The High-Value Health Care Project, an initiative of the Quality Alliance Steering Committee, promoted a comprehensive, uniform national approach to measuring the performance of the health care system, to foster transparency and improve quality.

Designing Vermont's Pay-for-Population Health System

November 1, 2010 | Journal Article

This article summarizes the design and implementation of Vermont's enhanced medical home pilots and the results of a feasibility study for the accountable care organization pilots.

Measuring the Impact of Public Health Policy

June 15, 2010 | Journal Article

Effective health policies and allocation of public health resources can substantially improve public health. In this study, the authors review articles published in 2008 surrounding measurement issues for public health policy and present a set of recommendations for future emphasis.

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