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October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
In academic internal medicine departments, clinical educators are responsible for both patient care and the training of residents. They are well-positioned to implement health care improvements and the associated changes to medical education.
August 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
With the transition to managed care in the mid-1990s, new methods of delivering and financing health care posed challenges to the relationship between patients and their health care providers.
December 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
From 1994 to 2000, researchers from the Henry Ford Health System evaluated the impact of clinician participation in continuing education on provider attitudes, practice behaviors and patient outcomes.
July 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
The United Cerebral Palsy Associations produced a draft report outlining the vulnerabilities of people with disabilities in a system of market-based managed care and devised a methodology for using outcomes as a measure of quality in managed care.
June 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
From 1998 to 2001, Spartanburg, S.C.-based Hedrick Smith Productions, headed by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hedrick Smith, produced two PBS programs examining managed care and other major health care issues. They also conducted an outreach campaign in connection with the programs.
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.
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
A parent mentoring program which matches parents of minority, asthmatic children with trained parent mentors similar to themselves seems to be an inexpensive and effective way to help families manage their kids' asthma. There can actually be a net savings associated with families that extensively participate in such a program.
November 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
From 1991 to 1996, researchers at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center compared outcomes among elderly patients in two types of health care settings.
June 1, 2008 | Program Result Report
From 1996 to 2000, researchers from the University of Washington evaluated a Washington state program that provided medical care for injured workers through managed care systems.
July 31, 2008 | Program Result Report
Starting in February 1995, investigators at the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Seattle, conducted the Physician Compensation Research Project.