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April 18, 2011 | Program Result
The overarching objective of the Dartmouth Atlas is to report local and regional variation in the performance of U.S. health care to policymakers and health systems and to provide interpretation of unwarranted variation that can guide policy.
May 25, 2009 | Journal Article
In this study, researchers found that almost one in three elderly Medicare patients received imaging service within a month of low-back pain diagnosis despite well-established guidelines stating patients with low-back pain do not require imaging until after a month of therapy.
November 17, 2008 | Program Result
The National Quality Forum used its consensus development process to identify evidence-based practices to treat substance use conditions that should receive high priority for widespread implementation.
October 1, 2002 | Program Result
A partnership between the American College of Mental Health Administration and five major U.S. accrediting organizations produced a consensus set of indicators for behavioral health services.
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Four case studies on recommendations to advance implementation science.
November 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
This paper reviews the evolution of QI initiatives, the current evidence about whether QI interventions work, QI's promise for the future, and how to help it find success in health care.
August 11, 2012 | Journal Article
The World Bank reported the leading cause of death worldwide was coronary heart disease in its 1993 World Development Report. Yet, investments in cardiac care are slow, and have not kept pace with the rising rates of death.
June 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article examines the use of evidence-based care management processes by large physician organizations. Care management processes are designed to improve care for people with chronic illness. Over 90 million Americans have a chronic illness and chronic illness is responsible for more than three-quarters of national health care costs.
National Program
To stimulate and support investigator-initiated research and build a field of researchers focused on preventing obesity among Latino children.
November 9, 2011 | Commentary
Stories help the public make sense of population-based scientific evidence.