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April 11, 2013 | Journal Article
The sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with frequent ED use within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) are examined in this study.
April 10, 2013 | New Public Health Post
NewPublicHealth spoke with Dr. William Roper of the UNC Health Care System on his way to the Keeneland Conference about the drive to better use data, instead of anecdotes and personal beliefs, to drive decision-making.
April 8, 2013 | Story
Newton-Wellesley Hospital implemented a variety of initiatives focused on improving its discharge process. Two critical components of the project included streamlining its data collection and enhancing communication between hospital staff.
April 8, 2013 | Story
Contacting patients the day after an ED visit has helped Edward Hospital & Health Services consistently achieve 95 – 99 percent Press Ganey satisfaction scores, reduce the risk of negative outcomes following discharge, and collect patient data.
April 4, 2013 | Story
Five finalist teams were announced at the conclusion of Phase I of AF4Q's Game Challenge, a competition to create game applications that generate useful health care quality data to improve health and health care.
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Various methods of calculating eligibility rates in random digital dial (RDD) surveys lead to substantially different response rates.
March 25, 2013 | Program Result
State Health Access Reform Evaluation (SHARE) supports rigorous research on health reform initiatives and evaluation of health reform issues.
March 19, 2013 | Story
Nurses and nursing champions in Montana tap personal networks to improve health and health care by transforming the profession.
March 14, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
PBS NewsHour recently featured Pioneer grantee Kaiser biobank. In her blog post, Nancy Barrand shares how Pioneer first became involved with Kaiser's biobank.
March 4, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Pioneer grantee Open mHealth, as well as the Heritage Provider Network and University of California, Los Angeles, have partnered to create the Heritage Open mHealth Challenge.