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March 26, 2013 | Issue Brief
Forces Driving Implementation of the CAHPS® Clinician & Group Survey is part of a suite of resources on patient experience designed by AF4Q to assist community health collaboratives.
February 4, 2013 | Journal Article
The practice of patient-centered care remains in its developmental stages—hampered, in part, by limited evidence of its effectiveness.
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Highlights from the Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative (INQRI) program detail nursing’s contribution to improving the quality of health care delivered.
September 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Achieving a meaningful definition and shared understanding of consumer engagement is a critical step in making real progress as the nation works to transform its health care system to make care more efficient, affordable, effective, and patient-cent ...
October 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
This new brief from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation highlights examples of public reporting websites that have caused hospitals and physicians to improve their practice patterns and the quality of care they provide.
September 1, 2011 | Report
Consumers, purchasers, policy-makers, and other stakeholders seek improved quality and affordability in our health care system.
June 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
This issue of Legal Notes explains the Affordable Care Act's provisions to expand CMS' authority to release Medicare claims data to Qualified Entities (QEs) for the purposes of evaluating and publicly reporting the performance of providers and suppliers.
February 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
This issue brief from the Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Project (CPDP) summarizes three "roadmaps" from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to promote lower-cost, high-quality care in the traditional fee-for-service-based Medicare program.
May 23, 2011 | Program Result Report
The Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Project is a coalition of more than 50 leading employer, consumer and labor organizations that seeks to give consumers and health care purchasers a greater voice in deliberations over performance measures.
August 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article examines the relationship between health plan performance and physician network overlap.