Thanks for 'An Extraordinarily Precious and Rare Investment'
June 28, 2012 | Story
For Nadya K. Shmavonian, president of Public/Private Ventures, support from RWJF helped ease the pain of a program's final days.
Public-private Partnerships
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Wisconsin Establishes Public-Private Alliance to Advance Primary Care Initiatives
March 1, 2000 | Program Result
State of Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services established a statewide alliance of public and private organizations devoted to advancing primary care initiatives.
National Quality Forum Started to Standardize Health Care Quality Measures
April 1, 2004 | Program Result
From 1998 to 2000, a 20-member Forum Planning Committee appointed by Vice President Al Gore planned and established the National Forum for Health Care Quality Measurement and Reporting.
Efforts to Cover the Uninsured Often Reach Only a Fraction of the Needy
September 1, 2001 | Program Result
The New York Academy of Medicine documented, profiled and assessed public-private community initiatives to provide health care for the uninsured.
Community-State Partnerships to Improve End-of-Life Care
October 1, 2004 | Program Result
From 1997 to 2003, RWJF funded a national program called Community-State Partnerships to Improve End-of-Life Care.
North Carolina Spreads the Word about End-of-Life Care Rights
October 14, 2004 | Program Result
In the period 1999–2002, staff at the Hospice for the Carolinas (later renamed the Carolinas Center for Hospice and End of Life Care), Cary, N.C. helped establish a statewide coalition, the North Carolina End-of-Life Care Coalition.
Measuring Health Care Performance Now, Not Tomorrow
April 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Better data on the quality of health care being delivered in the United States are urgently needed if efforts to reform the nation's health care system are to succeed.
The High-Value Health Care Project
September 28, 2011 | Program Result
The High-Value Health Care Project, an initiative of the Quality Alliance Steering Committee, promoted a comprehensive, uniform national approach to measuring the performance of the health care system, to foster transparency and improve quality.
A Comprehensive Framework for Hospital Care Performance Evaluation
January 1, 2003 | Report
The United States spends $450 billion per year on hospital care, but there is very little public information available on hospital quality. Recent efforts to expand quality measurement and reporting have increased, but this raises concerns related t ...
Evaluating the Efficiency of Medical Care
September 9, 2010 | Program Result
The National Quality Forum convened a steering committee that created a framework for evaluating the efficiency of health care over time and identified gaps in current health care quality measurement.