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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.
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.
October 25, 2007 | Story
Findings Outlined in a New Series of Briefing Papers Sponsored by RWJF and AcademyHealth.
April 6, 2009 | Story
60 percent of people say they would choose a hospital based on familiarity, compared to 35 percent who would seek out a higher-rated facility.
October 1, 2004 | Program Result
Researchers from the United Hospital Fund of New York and its Chronic Care Quality Consortium developed and tested new tools to manage clinical information about older adults and disabled people in New York City.
August 1, 2006 | Program Result
The Center of Excellence in Rural and Minority Health, a project of Voorhees College, taught seniors from three rural and impoverished counties how to use computers and access health information databases.
February 14, 2013 | Issue Brief
People actively involved in their health and health care tend to have better outcomes—and, some evidence suggests, lower costs.
December 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
This primer is part of a series of technical assistance products to support the efforts of Alliances to engage consumers in using information on quality and cost when making health care decisions.
January 7, 2013 | Issue Brief
This issue brief presents new research examining consumer focus group participants’ attitudes and beliefs about rising health care costs and their effects on U.S. households.
October 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
This brief offers a snapshot of physicians’ views on having access to this kind of information themselves and having this information available to the public.