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June 25, 2012 | Program Result
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?"
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 ...
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, 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.
April 1, 2004 | Program Result
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.
February 1, 2003 | Program Result
The Deaconess Billings Clinic Foundation, Billings, Mont., sponsored the implementation of a complexity and health institute in 2000 and 2001.
November 19, 2010 | Program Result
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.
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.
November 12, 2009 | Evaluation
Take Care to Learn: Teaching Clinical Care Management (TCTL) supported the development of chronic illness management initiatives in asthma and diabetes to serve as platforms for innovative education in managing care.
February 1, 2004 | Journal Article
During the 1990s, the health care community developed a taxonomy to define the structures and strategies of newly emerging health care organizations. Since the 1990s, however, health care has undergone significant changes, and the differences in hea ...