Reducing Waste in Health Care
December 13, 2012 | Issue Brief
This policy brief focuses on types of waste in health care other than fraud and abuse; on ideas for eliminating it; and on the considerable hurdles that must be overcome to do so.
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End-of-Life Care for Medicare Beneficiaries with Cancer is Highly Intensive Overall and Varies Widely
April 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Studies have shown that cancer care near the end of life is more aggressive than many patients prefer.
How Do Social Factors Affect People's Health and Longevity?
July 7, 2011 | Program Result
The World Health Organization Commission on Social Determinants of Health met in New Orleans from November 18-20, 2007 to discuss how social factors - such as access to money, education and safe housing - impact people's overall health and longevity.
Most U.S. Faith Congregations Offer Health Care, Health Education and/or Health Care Advocacy
November 17, 2008 | Program Result
The National Council of Churches USA conducted a survey to determine the range of health care related activities and services provided by the congregations, allowing it to create a database of congregational health care activities.
JAMA Case Studies in "Clinical Crossroads" Address Chronic Illness's Ethical, Economic, Psychosocial Issues
September 1, 2005 | Program Result
Beginning in May 1994, project staff at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston created "Clinical Crossroads," a monthly series of clinical case studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
Book Analyzes Plato's Laws in Relation to Today's Medical and Political Climates
December 1, 2005 | Program Result
Randall Baldwin Clark at the University of Virginia Law School Foundation, Charlottesville, Va., finished and disseminated his book, The Law Most Beautiful and Best: Medical Argument and Magical Rhetoric in Plato's Laws.
Marketing Efforts Encourage Health Care Professionals to Read "The Lost Art of Caring"
March 1, 2003 | Program Result
The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, marketed The Lost Art of Caring: A Challenge to Health Professionals, Families, Communities and Society, which it published in June 2001.
Coordination of Care in HMOs Can Cut Morbidity for Working-Age Adults with Two or More Chronic Conditions
January 1, 2002 | Program Result
The Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Research Institute in Portland, Ore., studied the feasibility of improving coordination of care for working-age adults with two or more chronic medical conditions.
Body, Mind and Spirit
January 1, 2001 | Program Result
The Grace Counseling Center in Madison, N.J., Drew University, Madison, N.J., and Morristown Memorial Hospital of Morristown, N.J. jointly sponsored a conference in 1998 on the integration of spirituality and medicine, which many health professionals now believe can significantly enhance healing.
Contrary to Fears, the Newly Insured Did Not Use More Services Than Others
January 1, 2001 | Program Result
From 1991 to 1995, researchers at the University of Southern Maine, Human Services Development Institute compared health care utilization rates between previously uninsured and previously insured persons enrolled in state-sponsored insurance programs.