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May 1, 2002 | Program Result
Between 1996 and 2001, Fitzhugh Mullan, M.D., with the People-to-People Health Foundation, Millwood, Va., researched and wrote an oral history of generalist medical practice in the United States.
February 1, 2001 | Program Result
In 1998, Health Systems Research, Washington, held a conference on qualitative research in health services research.
May 15, 2013 | Issue Brief
Nurse practitioners can help meet the growing need for primary care, if state and federal policy-makers remove barriers that limit their ability to provide, and get paid for, a wider range of preventive services and acute care.
February 14, 2013 | Issue Brief
People actively involved in their health and health care tend to have better outcomes—and, some evidence suggests, lower costs. As a result, many public and private health care organizations are employing strategies to better engage patients.
September 14, 2010 | Issue Brief
Patient-centered medical homes are regarded as a promising approach to delivering higher-quality, more cost-effective primary care, but more research is needed before widespread adoption of the model.
January 1, 2001 | Program Result
Health Research in Albany, N.Y., conducted a three-year demonstration project that examined differences in cost and quality among four alternative staffing models allowed under Medicaid for delivering primary care services in nursing homes.
January 1, 2001 | Program Result
From 1995 to 1998, People-to-People Health Foundation, Millwood, Va., examined the management tools and strategies that managed care organizations use to influence technologies used by primary care physicians — including how to prescribe drugs and make referrals to specialists.
October 1, 2004 | Program Result
Four organizations planned projects to demonstrate the use of financial incentives to reward providers for delivering high-quality health care.
May 1, 2003 | Program Result
In 2002, the American Academy of Pediatrics' Task Force on Terrorism, Elk Grove Village, Ill., assembled a Children, Terrorism & Disasters Toolkit to help pediatricians, parents, community leaders and others assist children dealing with traumatic events.
August 1, 2003 | Program Result
In 1995-1997, David Blumenthal, M.D., Ph.D., and researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, evaluated the impact of a major component of managed care - the use of a primary care physician as a gatekeeper to authorize all health services of HMO members.