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May 8, 2013 | Feature
Newly released federal data shows pricing for common inpatient procedures varies greatly, and allows consumers to see how hospital charges in their area compare nationally and regionally for the same procedure.
December 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Providers who treat patients with chronic conditions can achieve high patient satisfaction.
September 1, 2010 | Report
Guide designed to advance and assist Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) alliances in the growing movement to report Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and System (CAHPS®) survey results to health care consumers.
April 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
Brief outline of the clinical and business cases for collecting and publicly reporting data on patients' experience in the ambulatory care setting. Additionally, offers implementation examples and available tools for leveraging patient experience data to improve the quality of care.
July 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
This report details comprehensive information on the many choices Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) communities have when determining how best to display information.
November 1, 2012 | Toolkit
This decision guide offers a detailed discussion of the issues and choices stakeholders typically will face when using the leveraged approach.
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
The use of a publicly available online report of physician-level data on the choice of primary care provider (PCP) among new members to the HealthPlus of Michigan health plan was assessed in this study.
January 12, 2012 | Program Result
Advancing Measurement of Equity and Patient-Centered Care to Improve Health Care Quality was a targeted solicitation for proposals to expand understanding of how to make health care both more patient-centered and more equitable.
April 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This research suggests that differences in CAHPS survey results by race or ethnicity are more likely to reflect actual experiences than differences in use of the survey instrument.
May 23, 2011 | Program Result
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.
May 20, 2011 | Program Result
Researchers at the University of Southern Maine studied the state's Pathways to Excellence system of reporting on health care quality. Practices that filed reports had higher scores on six indicators of health care quality than those that did not.