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.
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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.