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October 30, 2012 | Program Result Report
From 2006 to 2010, Common Ground, helped 31 state and local public health agencies improve their information systems and their system performance in order to meet the challenges of bio terrorism, potential pandemics, and chronic disease.
National Program
To support collaborative processes among state and local public health departments to advance the use of information systems to support preparedness and manage chronic disease.
June 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The American Medical Informatics Association held a three-day conference in Atlanta in May 2001 at which public health officials and specialists in public health informatics sought to develop recommendations for strengthening informatics in public health.
September 17, 2012 | Program Result Report
The Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute furthered the development and pilot testing of its Prometheus bundled payment model. Researchers at RAND and the Harvard School of Public Health evaluated the initiative at three pilot sites.
May 19, 2009 | Issue Brief
The second issue of LegalNotes addresses the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
May 6, 2010 | Story
Mary Viney, RN, MSN, NEA, vice president of Nursing Systems and Network Accreditation at the Austin, Texas-based Seton Family of Hospitals, wanted to improve nursing practices at Seton, and she wanted nurses to lead the way.
January 18, 2010 | Book/Video
Personal health records (PHRs) pair information with simple yet sophisticated tools that empower patients to manage their health information and take action to improve their health and health care.
October 26, 2009 | News Release
First national look at electronic health records in hospitals that serve the poor shows effect of lagging adoption rates on quality.
March 25, 2009 | News Release/Video
Contrary to conventional wisdom, only a tiny fraction of U.S. hospitals have full health information technology (HIT) systems in place to improve how they deliver care, says the New England Journal of Medicine in the March 26 online edition.
January 7, 2009 | Story
While there is growing support for the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) in the ambulatory care setting, only a small number of surveyed physicians are currently using these.