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May 17, 2002 | Program Result
In 2000 and 2001, PDF Incorporated (now PDF, LLC), Chevy Chase, Md., prepared a policy paper on improved coordination between the fee-for-service Medicare program and community-based social services.
April 29, 2013 | Report
Experts recommend solutions for closing the gaps in quality and efficiency of health care.
April 18, 2013 | Report
The Bipartisan Policy Center recommends ways to contain health care spending while improving the quality and affordability of care.
National Program
A state demonstration program to test the operation and design of delivery systems that integrate long-term and acute care services under combined Medicare and Medicaid capitation payments for elderly patients.
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
An expansive body of literature reflects the state of the science—and the increased importance of INQRI’s goal to measure and enhance nursing’s contribution to the quality of patient care.
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Read the perspectives of principal investigators from INQRI-funded implementation sites: strategies, challenges, successes, and lessons learned.
May 18, 2011 | Program Result
Creating a set of measures that would make the connection between what nurses do and the quality of care patients receive and studying their implementation in hospitals.
May 16, 2011 | Story
Sanjeev Arora, MD, started Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) in 2004 to leverage scarce specialist resources and expand access to treatment for patients with hepatitis C throughout New Mexico.
October 26, 2009 | News Release
First national look at electronic health records in hospitals that serve the poor shows effect of lagging adoption rates on quality.
December 1, 2003 | Journal Article
Based on 2003 analyses of trends in health care, current rates of production are insufficient to meet the growing demand for physicians. Despite already existing shortages, there is controversy about their significance and potential solutions. This study used telephone surveys and internet questionnaires to collect perceptions of medical school deans and state medical society executives about the status of physician supply in their areas, the impact of supply on the medical schools' accomplishment of their mission, and potential for schools to change class size in response to supply shortages. In all, the authors drew data from 77 medical school deans, and 44 medical society executives in the United States and Puerto Rico. The vast majority of deans reported physician shortages (85 percent), while 10 percent perceived surpluses, often coexisting with shortages. Eighty-three percent of deans that reported shortages stated that it had a negative impact on their schools. Some deans reported recent or planned increases in class size (27 percent) or expansion in capacity (34 percent). However, 7 percent mentioned recent decreases in class size. Taken together, changes in class size could result in approximately 8 percent additional graduating physicians each year. This limited capacity for expansion poses a serious challenge that needs resolution if future physician supply is to sufficiently meet future health care demand.