Take Charge for Better Health
April 1, 2010 | Story
Health Memphis Common Table's first edition of Take Charge for Better Health magazine, dedicated to helping everyone understand health care quality.
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Quality and Consumer Decision Making in the Market for Health Insurance and Health Care Services
February 1, 2009 | Journal Article
There are many unanswered questions regarding the extent to which information on quality, such as report cards on health care plans and providers, effects consumer choice, according to this broad review of literature.
Addressing Mental Illness in the Bible Belt
November 18, 2009 | Program Result Report
Tanya Ott, a traditional public radio station journalist, and Connie Kohler, Dr.P.H., a professor who produces radio soap operas for an African-American audience, teamed up to take on the stigma and social cost of mental illness in the Bible Belt state of Alabama.
Television Series Highlights the Plight of Frail Elders
November 18, 2009 | Program Result Report
New Hampshire Public Television (NHPTV) built on the awareness of an audience drawn to a previous NHPTV project, the 2004 broadcast of a program called "The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer's," and its related outreach throughout the state.
Two New Business Models May Speed Up Adoption of Physician Performance Measurement in Outpatient Settings
July 8, 2009 | Program Result Report
Developing a business model for measuring and reporting quality
Use Promising Approaches
June 23, 2009 | Toolkit
Want to improve your community or organization's efforts but don't know where to start? The Community Tool Box may be the answer.
Pharmaceutical Company Payments to Physicians
March 21, 2007 | Journal Article
This study sets out to determine the accessibility and quality of the data available in two states where payment information is made available to the public, Vermont and Minnesota.
Giving Consumers and Others Valid Information about the Clinical Effectiveness of Health Care Services
July 29, 2009 | Program Result Report
During 2006 and 2007, the Institute of Medicine convened an interdisciplinary committee to recommend an organizational framework for assessing evidence on the clinical effectiveness of health care services available to consumers.
Talking to Doctors About Measuring Quality
June 30, 2009 | Story
Physicians concerns.
Two Reports Profile Best Practices in Chronic Illness and ICU Care
October 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The National Coalition on Health Care and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement produced and disseminated two reports profiling model strategies for managing chronic disease and providing care in the intensive care unit.