Diabetes Initiative
December 1, 2012 | Report
This program was a 30-month, multi-site initiative to improve diabetes self-management and to determine whether self-management principles could be implemented effectively in real-world settings.
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Improving Quality and Value in Health Care: Ideas from the Field
November 13, 2012 | Program Result
The solicitation was a broad call for ideas from the field to rein in spending without jeopardizing patient care. RWJF selected 12 of the most novel ideas and those most likely to engender far-reaching change.
Measuring Racial Disparities in the Quality of Ambulatory Diabetes Care
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A study to measure and report racial disparities in ambulatory diabetes care across groups of physicians who treat ambulatory diabetes patients found that a major source of disparities is the low quality of the physician-hospital networks from which Black patients receive care.
A Novel Approach to Quality Improvement in a Safety-Net Practice
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A study of the effects of concurrent peer review visits on treatment intensification and control of hypertension, hyperlipidemia and diabetes in a community health center found that the visits improved outcomes for hypertension patients and increased treatment intensification for all three conditions.
Linking with the Virginia Business Community to Curb Diabetes
November 18, 2009 | Program Result
In the late 1990s, more than twice as many people were dying from diabetes in Wythe County, part of Appalachian Virginia, as in the rest of the state.
Implications of New Geriatric Diabetes Care Guidelines for the Assessment of Quality of Care in Older Patients
April 1, 2006 | Journal Article
The question motivating this research was to assess whether the same goals for controlling type 2 diabetes in the general population should be used in controlling the disease in older patients. If the answer was no, what criteria should be used to a ...
Assessing the Quality of Managed Care for Diabetic Patients
April 1, 2002 | Program Result
The UCLA School of Medicine conducted a study to compare the care received by Medicare patients with diabetes in fee-for-service to that received by patients in managed care health plans.
Engaging Employers on Paying for Health Care That's Proven to Work
October 1, 2012 | Report
Findings on employers’ familiarity with–and reactions to–concepts related to paying for care based on demonstrated achievement on quality.
No Quality Differences in Medicare Diabetes Care: Managed Care or Fee-for-Service
October 1, 2005 | Program Result
The Mount Sinai School of Medicine tested whether growth in the market penetration of managed care organizations and the incentives they use to control costs have a spillover effect on the health care received by Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries.
Pay-for-Quality Concept Rewards Physicians, Hospitals for Providing Quality Health Care
October 1, 2004 | Program Result
Four organizations planned projects to demonstrate the use of financial incentives to reward providers for delivering high-quality health care.