Engaging Employers on Paying for Health Care That's Proven to Work
October 1, 2012 | Report
Findings on employers’ familiarity with–and reactions to–concepts related to paying for care based on demonstrated achievement on quality.
Quality of Care
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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Passing the Baton: After Seven Highly Successful Years, A New Start and A New Institute for QSEN
May 31, 2012 | Story
The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) project transitions to a new home ... but the work to educate nurses to improve systems of care will continue.
Does Use of EHRs Help Improve Quality?
June 9, 2011 | Issue Brief
Data show patients with electronic health records receive more recommended care.
So, You are Thinking about Becoming a Patient-Centered Medical Home
July 1, 2009 | Story
The Ohio Family Physician profiles the Cincinnati Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) Patient Centered Medical Home Pilot and Co-pilot project in the Summer 2010 issue.
Measuring What Matters
June 25, 2009 | Report
This report highlights case studies from several communities and their successes with using EMRs for performance measurement and quality improvement.
Richard Payne, MD, PhD
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.
University of Cincinnati Uses Achieving Competence Today (ACT) Program to Change Its Curriculum
March 25, 2010 | Program Result Report
From 2006 to 2009, RWJF expanded ACT into a program of its own: Achieving Competency Today. Six teaching hospitals participated, including the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
A Story from Project Safe Conduct
May 15, 2008 | Program Result Report
A large portion of the Safe Conduct team's efforts takes the form of gentle and persistent probing for problems that patients choose to keep to themselves.
Project Safe Conduct: Collaborative Interagency Program to Improve End-of-Life Care for Cancer Patients and Their Families
May 15, 2008 | Program Result Report
Case Western Reserve University, in partnership with Hospice of the Western Reserve and the Ireland Cancer Center at University Hospital, created Project Safe Conduct.
Researchers Identify Ways to Measure and Improve Home Health Care
March 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
From 1988 through 2003, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) supported the Development and Implementation of a Quality Improvement System for Home Health Care. The effort comprised six projects and was designed to improve the quality of home health, long-term and ambulatory care, and to study methods to improve health care quality in these settings.