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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December 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
An Accountable Care Organization (ACO) is a group of health care providers (for example, primary care physicians, specialists and hospitals) operating as a single entity with collective responsibility for patient care.
February 11, 2013 | Story
New RWJF-funded study looks at hospitals in 15 states.
January 23, 2013 | News Release
“Nurses Are an Important Resource in Efforts to Improve Care and Patient Outcomes, and That Resource Needs to be Optimized”
August 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Health care quaility issues are a national problem but health care is delivered locally and fixing the problem requires local action.
July 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Research has suggested that as much as 30 percent of health care spending may be wasted on care that does not improve health.
July 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Many industries have lowered costs and improved quality through investments in information technology. The health care sector, however, has been slow to follow suit.
July 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Data reflecting the quality of care delivered by physicians and hospitals are typically referred to as performance measurement.
September 1, 2011 | Report
The economic downturn and disproportionate fallout on the tourism, real estate and construction sectors has affected Miami more than many metropolitan areas across the country.
November 13, 2012 | Program Result Report
The solicitation was a broad call for ideas from the field to rein in spending without jeopardizing patient care. RWJF selected 12 of the most novel ideas and those most likely to engender far-reaching change.
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.