Pioneer Special Solicitation
March 25, 2013 | Program Result
The Pioneer Special Solicitation supports innovative projects that could lead to significant improvements in health and health care
Consumer Engagement
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Engaging Consumers in Improving the Health Care System
September 9, 2011 | Program Result
From 2004 to 2010, the National Partnership for Women and Families in Washington organized a broad-based network of consumer advocates at the grassroots and national levels to bring the consumer perspective to health care quality issues.
New Health Partnerships: Improving Care by Engaging Patients
October 22, 2010 | Program Result
New Health Partnerships: Improving Care by Engaging Patients explored whether primary care centers could deliver comprehensive patient- and family-centered self-management support to patients with chronic conditions.
Consumer Guides for Getting and Keeping Health Insurance are Updated and Posted Online
March 22, 2010 | Program Result
Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute updated the guides for 15 states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Montana, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Texas.
Guidebook Helps Consumers Learn about Managed Care and Their Rights
September 26, 2002 | Program Result
The Public Policy & Education Fund of New York prepared and distributed two editions - a first version and an update - of The Managed Care Consumers' Bill of Rights: A Health Policy Guide for Consumer Advocates.
Online Doesn't Mean on Target
August 1, 2000 | Program Result
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services conducted the second and third of a series of national conferences called "Partnerships for Networked Consumer Health Information."
Consumers Using "Find a Doctor" Web Site Rely on Current Patients' Ratings of Physicians
January 1, 2008 | Program Result
Pacific Business Group on Health researchers examined how consumers use patient ratings of physician quality to make selections of personal physicians.
Families USA Established a Support Center to Boost Capacity of Consumer Health Assistance Programs
May 1, 2007 | Program Result
Families USA created and ran a support center - the Health Assistance Partnership - to provide technical assistance to consumer health assistance programs.
Online Guides Provide State-Specific Health Insurance Information for Consumers
March 12, 2006 | Program Result
Georgetown University Medical Center's Institute for Health Care Research and Policy created a Web site to provide state-specific guides for consumers on getting and keeping health insurance.
Agencies Help Consumers Choose Health Care Plans and Providers
January 1, 1998 | Program Result
Health Systems Research sought to define, through a conference and focus groups, the kinds of information consumers want and need in order to make choices among health care plans and providers.