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June 25, 2012 | Program Result Report
Improving the Science of Continuous Quality Improvement Program and Evaluation funded nine teams of researchers to address a core question within health care environments: "How will we know that change is an improvement?"
November 1, 2001 | Journal Article
Using an established taxonomy of health networks and systems, these authors examined whether there was a nationwide trend away from the vertical and horizontal arrangements that serve as the backbone to organized delivery systems.
April 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
In March 2003, the Plexus Institute hosted a two-day summit and a pre-conference workshop on the applications of "complexity science" to the field of health care.
August 1, 2004 | Journal Article
The author reviewed Paul Starr's 1982 book The Social Transformation of American Medicine (TSTAM). Starr's focus in TSTAM was the corporatization of medical care which he posited would involve: change from nonprofit and public hospitals to private a ...
February 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Deaconess Billings Clinic Foundation, Billings, Mont., sponsored the implementation of a complexity and health institute in 2000 and 2001.
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Lack of evidence and difficulty replicating results make it hard—for now—to make the business case for investing in nursing care.
November 19, 2010 | Program Result Report
The Institute of Medicine convened an expert committee that developed principles and recommendations on preventing conflicts of interest and threats to objectivity in medical research, education and practice stemming from industry funding.
October 1, 2009 | Program Result Report
One Economy Corporation designed, launched and marketed a Web site, DC Healthcare for You, designed to help low-income residents navigate the Washington health care system and gain access to information on health.
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.
December 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
The Association of Academic Health Centers characterized organizational models that might enable academic health centers to survive and prosper in a changing environment.