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September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
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Adherence to Chronic Disease Medications among New York City Medicaid Participants
June 22, 2012 | Journal Article
Dispensing more medication at one fill may increase adherence and improve health outcomes.
An Overview of Final Regulations Implementing HITECH's Meaningful Use Provisions and Their Implications for Regional Collaboratives
November 1, 2010 | Report
The analysis describes the major elements of the EHR incentive programs and their implications for regional health care collaboratives.
Positive and Negative Spillovers of the Health Disparities Collaboratives in Federally Qualified Health Centers
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A study to assess the unintended effects of quality improvement interventions found that the Health Disparities Collaborative intervention had effects beyond what it intended, and that the unintended effects were more positive than negative.
Nature Versus Nurture Study of Deceased-Donor Pairs in Kidney Transplantation
June 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This study reports important donor effects on the risks of delayed graft function (DGF) and allograft failure in kidney transplant patients. It suggests opportunities to improve transplant outcomes and decrease the significant health and economic costs associated with transplant failure.
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.
Harvard Professors Diagnose "The Health Care Mess" in 2005 Book
August 1, 2006 | Program Result
In 2005, Harvard University Press published The Health Care Mess: How We Got Into It and What It Will Take To Get Out. The co-authors were Julius B. Richmond, M.D., and Rashi Fein, Ph.D.
California Hospitals Serving Large Minority Populations Were More Likely Than Others To Employ Ambulance Diversion
August 1, 2012 | Journal Article
It is well documented that racial and ethnic minority populations disproportionately use hospital emergency departments for safety-net care. But what is not known is whether emergency department crowding is disproportionately affecting minority popu ...
Glucose Variability and Mortality in Patients Hospitalized
July 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Critically ill patients (other than heart attack patients) may be more susceptible to the effects of fluctuating glucose levels.
lmpact of FDA Drug Risk Communications on Health Care Utilization and Health Behaviors
June 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Drug risks are often found after market approval. This article reviews prior literature on how the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) communicates risks to the general public and providers, and its impact on drug utilization, health outcomes, a ...
Special Issue of Health Services Research Links Health Care Research and Health Policy
February 1, 2012 | Journal Article
The articles in this special issue of Health Policy Research illustrate the role RWJF Clinical Scholars play in creating opportunities for linking research and health policy, and provides examples of scholars' work where research and health policy come together to improve health and health care.