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September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Despite the active involvement of more than 3 million registered nurses (RNs), the U.S. health care system currently lacks a transparency and accountability framework for the nursing profession. This article introduces two models that extend transparency and accountability to nursing.
November 22, 2010 | Program Result Report
Mounting health care costs and misaligned reimbursement systems have prompted employers, health care purchasers and health policymakers to call for the creation of performance measures and transparency in reporting provider performance.
October 21, 2011 | Story
A Profile of R. Adams Dudley, MD, MBA, 2001-2011.
September 23, 2009 | Story
The result is the U.S. pays far more for health care than any other nation and is on a path of unsustainable spending growth.
April 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
In 2003 investigators at New England Medical Center Hospitals, Boston, collected four-year follow-up data from a cohort of Medicare beneficiaries under study since 1998 to examine differences in health outcomes related to physical and mental health and death for beneficiaries enrolled in traditional fee-for-service Medicare versus those enrolled in Medicare HMOs.
February 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Researchers conducted interview of hospital leaders and unit nurses in 25 hospitals to explore the effect of performance-based incentives.
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.