Better Ways to Pay for Health Care
January 14, 2009 | Report
This primer provides an easy-to-understand explanation of the problems with current health care payment systems and describes alternative payment systems that will address these problems.
Provider Incentives
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Medicare Fees and the Volume of Physicians' Services
January 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Most of the recent growth in health care costs is due to the increasing volume of services offered by physicians to their Medicare patients. This paper considers whether changes in Medicare fees that negatively affect physicians? incomes also affect service volume.
Revealing and Resolving Patient Safety Defects
December 1, 2008 | Journal Article
A program such as WalkRounds can help hospitals diagnose areas of weakness in patient safety, by encouraging interaction between leadership and front-line caregivers. However, hospitals need the commitment, leadership, and resources to implement them properly.
The Influence of Depressive Symptoms on Clinician-Patient Communication Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
March 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This study investigated whether patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and comorbid depression report worse communication with their physicians than their counterparts without depressive symptoms and which domains of communication seem most affected.
Which MRSA is it?
March 1, 2008 | Issue Brief
A policy brief from RWJF grantee Extending the Cure discusses the responses to community-acquired MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus).
Nurse-Led Interdisciplinary Teams
October 1, 2008 | Journal Article
A nurse-led interdisciplinary team considers how to ensure a patient's current medications are taken into account when hospital physicians or clinicians prescribe in-hospital treatment and drugs.
Rewarding Results Pay-for-Performance Initiative
November 15, 2005 | News Release
"Pay-for-Performance" programs can improve both medical care and quality of life by giving health care providers a financial incentive to seek measurable improvements in the health of their patients, a diverse group of health leaders engaged
Clinical Utility as a Criterion for Revising Psychiatric Diagnoses
June 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Published in 1994, the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, known as DSM-IV, lists mental disorders and their symptoms. Psychiatrists and other health professionals use it as a guide in diagnosing and treating ...
External Incentives, Information Technology, and Organized Processes to Improve Health Care Quality for Patients with Chronic Diseases
January 22, 2003 | Journal Article
A growing body of research suggests that care management processes (CMPs) can improve the quality of health care for patients suffering from certain chronic diseases, such as asthma, congestive heart failure, diabetes and depression. The Institute o ...