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March 19, 2012 | Program Result
Center for Studying Health System Change researchers tracked changes in the nation's health care system and developed policy analyses describing how those changes affect patients, providers, and others in their communities.
January 5, 2010 | Journal Article
Increasing clinician awareness of racial disparities and improving communication may enhance diabetes care among Black patients. This study evaluated the effect of cultural competency training and performance feedback for primary care clinicians on diabetes care for Black patients.
October 15, 2009 | Program Result
The State Forums Partnership Program provided timely, nonpartisan information and analysis to help state policy-makers make informed decisions about complex health care issues affecting their states.
July 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
This brief highlights two report card initiatives for hospitals and primary care physicians that can be considered success stories.
May 12, 2009 | Program Result
In this 2006 to 2007 project, Michael A. Stoto, PhD, and a team of researchers and public health officials at RAND Corporation and elsewhere conducted case studies of five regional public health structures and then compared them.
July 1, 2008 | Journal Article
Case studies focused on regionalization of public health preparedness and response in the Washington metropolitan area, highlighted the lack of an official of regional public health structure and the challenge in integrating the federal government into the regionalization effort.
April 1, 2006 | Issue Brief
While the new Medicare drug benefit has helped alleviate concerns about prescription drug access for elderly and disabled Americans, many low-income, uninsured people under age 65 continue to rely on community safety nets to get needed medications. ...
October 19, 2005 | Program Result
The Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center worked to develop a formal grant proposal for a study of the economic and clinical impacts of a meditation and relaxation program called Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.
December 1, 2004 | Program Result
The 1996 federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (known as welfare reform) changed the focus of welfare from providing open-ended financial aid to providing transitional assistance while the head of household secures work.
October 1, 2003 | Program Result
The Foundation for Health Care Quality facilitated a collaboration of information technology organizations in a program called the Multistate Initiative to Help Build a Health Information Infrastructure.