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November 23, 2009 | Video/Story
Initiative is developing evidence about the most effective ways of organizing, financing and delivering public health services.
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
This framework provides a way for policy-makers and others to “make sense” out of the many national and local efforts to engage consumers in their own health care.
September 1, 2002 | Program Result
The Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Kaiser Foundation Research Institute, Portland, Ore., developed and tested new measures to assess the frequency, extent, and quality of tobacco treatment services delivered to patients during routine doctor visits.
January 12, 2012 | Program Result
Advancing Measurement of Equity and Patient-Centered Care to Improve Health Care Quality was a targeted solicitation for proposals to expand understanding of how to make health care both more patient-centered and more equitable.
April 18, 2011 | Program Result
The overarching objective of the Dartmouth Atlas is to report local and regional variation in the performance of U.S. health care to policymakers and health systems and to provide interpretation of unwarranted variation that can guide policy.
April 18, 2011 | Program Result
Ten hospitals throughout the country joined a collaborative learning network, developed strategies to improve the quality and accessibility of their language services, and tested them using five standardized performance improvement measures.
March 1, 2007 | Issue Brief
This issue brief from the Speaking Together project, presents an overview of the program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation whose aim is to identify, test and assess strategies for hospitals to provide effective language services to patients with limited English proficiency.
May 1, 2008 | Report
This report highlights the experiences of the 10 hospitals participating in the Speaking Together program, showcasing the proven practices that were implemented to improve language services at the health care institutions.
September 1, 2005 | Toolkit
The Goal: To strategically build an efficient, effective and qualified workforce for providing language services. Why It's Important: In health care, language services are frequently provided by self-declared bilingual clinical providers and ad hoc ...
July 1, 2004 | Toolkit
The Goal: To strategically build an efficient, effective and qualified workforce for providing language services. Why It's Important: In health care, language services are frequently provided by self-declared bilingual clinical providers and ad hoc ...