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July 1, 2001 | Program Result
Family Service America developed both a bi-weekly newsletter on child and family issues and a database to track and evaluate outcomes, allowing family service agencies to compare their performances and demonstrate their effectiveness in the field.
February 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This article assesses patient safety indicators (PSIs) over the past decade to examine whether national safety and quality trends have improved. Of the 15 PSIs considered in this study, seven PSIs had increasing annual percentages changes and seven had decreasing annual percentage changes.
November 11, 2008 | Program Result
The National Committee for Quality Assurance worked to identify potential quality measures that could be incorporated into HEDIS and used to improve the prevention, assessment and management of childhood and adolescent obesity.
May 26, 2011 | Issue Brief
Millions of children in complex family situations will require special attention to ensure access under reform.
January 1, 2008 | Program Result
Staff at Bonnie Brae organized a conference of representatives from leading residential treatment providers to identify best practices for the treatment of emotionally disturbed and substance-abusing youth.
February 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Researchers conducted interview of hospital leaders and unit nurses in 25 hospitals to explore the effect of performance-based incentives.
November 14, 2003 | Program Result
New York State improved its system of school-based health centers by standardizing practices at existing centers, stabilizing funding, and launching additional school-based health centers with community partners.
December 1, 2003 | Program Result
Georgetown University studied the extent to which care provided to children with asthma in different Medicaid settings follows national guidelines for appropriate asthma care.
June 1, 2001 | Program Result
FACCT developed sets of quality measurements for End-of-Life care and care of children with chronic conditions. They also developed and tested consumer information materials on health care quality.
December 1, 2000 | Program Result
The 14-member Committee on Children, Health Insurance, and Access to Care - appointed by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) - examined the relationship between health insurance coverage and children's access to health care.