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November 13, 2009 | Program Result Report
A project team of eight faculty and senior staff introduced a number of changes enhancing asthma care at the Pediatric and Adolescent Ambulatory Center of the Albert Einstein Medical Center.
November 13, 2009 | Program Result Report
Faculty and residents at this large family practice center sought to improve the quality of care for diabetes patients while also educating its residents in how to provide quality, cost-effective care for patients with chronic illnesses.
November 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the ethical responsibility of physicians to their patients when patients' health care decisions are influenced by financial considerations. As consumer-directed health care increases the amount of money patients pay out of pocket for medical services, new responsibilities emerge for physicians.
June 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article considers the current debate relating to the need to compare the same or different medical treatments and measure outcomes to control health care costs and to provide patients with an improved service from health care professionals.
May 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the relationship between hospital practices and rates of exclusive breast-feeding among mothers one week after delivery.
May 25, 2012 | Program Result Report
More and more hospitals are adopting palliative care programs through the work of the Center to Advance Palliative care, which also has led to the National Quality Forum's consensus practices and the Joint Commission's Advanced Certification Program.
February 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Qualitative interviews with physicians revealed several barriers to the use of buprenorphine maintenance treatment (BMT) for opioid addiction. Addressing these barriers will help ensure that BMT becomes more common in clinical practice, thus alleviating the shortage of slots in BMT programs.
January 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This paper reviews evidence published since 2000 about practices' ability to redesign care in accord with the Chronic Care Model (CCM) and the impacts of such redesign on clinical care and health outcomes. Implications for practice and research are discussed.
February 22, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) last week announced forthcoming changes to the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). Mindful of the changing skillset that practitioners need to meet the demands of the job, the AAMC said that, be ...
September 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
From 1996 to 1998, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care examined how insurers, employers and other purchasers of health care decide which medical technologies to provide to consumers under resource constraints.