Americans receive only about half of the recommended care they should receive. Adopting quality improvement strategies, reducing racial and ethnic disparities in care, and changing how care is delivered at the local level can improve the care all Americans receive.
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August 1, 2011 | Report
Largely stable over the last three years, the Syracuse health care market continues to grapple with the challenge of finding the right level and mix of hospital capacity.
November 18, 2009 | Program Result
After partnering with continuing education staff at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany School of Public Health, they identified one solution: satellite broadcasts.
September 1, 2006 | Program Result
The New York Academy of Medicine conducted interviews and surveys to measure New Yorkers' perceptions about health care quality, their experience with medical errors and their concerns about terrorism.
February 1, 2000 | Program Result
This project supported the formation of the Rochester Health Commission in 1996, which was designed to assist major health care stakeholders in Rochester (physicians, hospitals, insurers, business and industry, labor, government, and consumers) in improving the quality of and access to health care.
June 25, 2009 | Report
This report highlights case studies from several communities and their successes with using EMRs for performance measurement and quality improvement.
April 1, 2012 | Report
The report finds that New York has been proactive in implementing the ACA and has made considerable progress, despite not yet passing legislation establishing its health insurance exchange.
June 4, 2008 | Story
SBAR, which stands for Situation, Background, Assessment and Recommendation, is a tool used exclusively to guide staff on the best way to communicate a large amount of information in a succinct and brief way when a patient's situation is escalating.
November 18, 2009 | Program Result
This hospital's involvement in the Partnerships Program coincided with New York State's transition to mandatory enrollment in managed care for its Medicaid recipients.
June 1, 2007 | Journal Article
Programs that link financial incentives to quality of care.
October 1, 2005 | Story
As an undergraduate at Yale University, Richard Payne, MD, MPH, completed a BA in molecular biophysics and biochemistry. He was awarded his MD from Harvard University in 1977.