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Evidence of an Emerging Digital Divide Among Hospitals That Care for the Poor Some hospitals that disproportionately care for poor patients are falling behind in adopting electronic health records (EHRs). A central policy question is whether health information technology investments prompted by the 2009 federal stimulus... Published In: Health Affairs (Web Exclusive)	Journal articles	10/26/2009
Finding Answers Awards More Than $1.5 Million to Evaluate Interventions Aimed at Reducing Gaps in Health Care Among U.S. Racial and Ethnic Groups Organizations are working to eliminate racial and ethnic health care disparities in their communities.	News releases	10/19/2009
Fidelity Versus Flexibility (from Redesigning Primary Care Practice to Incorporate Health Behavior Change) Analyses of implementations of various Prescription for Health initiatives showed that nearly all interventions were changed when implemented in primary care practices. The assessment team concluded that some degree of change in the intervention is a... Published In: American Journal of Preventive Medicine (Supplement)	Journal articles	12/05/2008
Toolkit Promotes Evidence-Based Treatments, Protocols and Interventions for Serious Mental Illness Investigators from the New Hampshire-Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center promoted evidence-based care for persons with serious mental illness.	Grant Results Reports	07/31/2008
Project Identifies Mental Health Best Practices, Creates "Toolkits" to Help Implement Them Investigators from the New Hampshire-Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center launched the Evidence-Based Practices project to help consumers with serious mental illness and their families access effective services.	Grant Results Reports	07/31/2008
The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care The Atlas gives those who use, provide, pay for and make policy about America's health care system the opportunity to compare the efficiency of states, regions, individual hospitals and associated physicians in treating chronically ill patients.	Promising practices from publications	06/05/2008
Simulating Exercises to Improve a Hospital's Door-to-Balloon Time Staff conducted simulated PCI exercises to improve hospital operations with volunteer "patients" going through every step of the process, from the emergency room door to the catheterization lab.	Promising practices from the field	06/04/2008
Igniting Health Care Payment Reform A review of the PROMETHEUS Payment approach describes the key components of a strategy to manage the rise in health care costs. Using common incentives and connecting payment to clinical practice guidelines and evidence-informed case rates can result in high quality...	Issue and policy briefs	05/08/2008
Health System Changes to Facilitate the Delivery of Tobacco-Dependence Treatment This article examined systems-level methods in the health care arena that target tobacco use that have arisen since the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality guidelines were first introduced. Published In: American Journal of Preventive Medicine (Supplement 1)	Journal articles	02/15/2008
Statement on IOM Report on "Knowing What Works in Health Care" RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., comments on IOM's "Knowing What Works in Health Care report," a road map for identifying the nation's most effective health care services.	President's Corner, News releases	01/24/2008

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