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May 8, 2013 | Feature
Newly released federal data shows pricing for common inpatient procedures varies greatly, and allows consumers to see how hospital charges in their area compare nationally and regionally for the same procedure.
October 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
Increased investments in transparency—particularly of health care cost and resource use information—are meant to address the challenges of rising costs and inefficient care.
March 8, 2012 | Issue Brief
Pubic reporting is supposed to better the quality of health care and lower costs by making information about health care providers more transparent. However, it's unclear whether the strategy has impacted consumer choices.
September 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Relatively little has been written about the community-based reporting process and whether resulting reports add significantly to the amount and relevance of physician performance information available to consumers. This article contrasts the approa ...
October 1, 2012 | Report
Findings on employers’ familiarity with–and reactions to–concepts related to paying for care based on demonstrated achievement on quality.
July 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
The use of patient-facing health information technology (HIT) platforms, such as personal health records (PHRs) and web portals, holds the promise of engaging patients in their own health care with the ultimate purpose of improving overall quality a ...
February 4, 2013 | Journal Article
The practice of patient-centered care remains in its developmental stages—hampered, in part, by limited evidence of its effectiveness.
December 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Greater use of patient-centered medical home processes were not associated with patients’ perception of care according to this study.
July 1, 2012 | Toolkit
Meaningfully engaging consumer leaders in the Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) initiative helps ensure the community's patient, caregiver, and consumer needs are met. Meaningful consumer engagement (CE) is a term often used when describing multi-s ...
November 30, 2011 | News Release
Less than two cents of every tobacco dollar spent to fight tobacco use.