In this set of papers, American Enterprise Institute scholars consider various market-based approaches to reforming the fee-for-service Medicare program—the “800-pound gorilla of American health care.”
This report from Avalere Health closely examines the efforts of 18 diverse medical professional societies to identify potential cost-cutting measures, and notes trends across the groups' recommendations.
New health care delivery models that reward providers for coordinating and improving care hold promise to reduce costs when treating the sickest, costliest patients in the health care system, according to a study published in JAMA. Researchers from the Dartmouth Atlas Project and the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice analyzed a similar model and found participants achieved significant savings and improved quality of care—especially for patients covered by both Medicare and Medicaid.
While the need to address racial and ethnic disparities in care is well known, few strategies for reducing disparities have been studied systematically. A supplement to the Journal of General Internal Medicine, organized by researchers at Finding Answers, offers organizations a new "roadmap" for reducing disparities.
The use of patient-facing health information technology (HIT) platforms, such as personal health records (PHRs) and web portals, holds the promise of engaging patients in their own health care with the ultimate purpose of improving overall quality and health outcomes. Several Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) alliances, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, indicated an interest in exploring how these tools may be implemented for specific projects within their communities.
According to a commentary released by the Journal of the American Medical Association, in order for the national implementation of health information technology (HIT) to be successful, more effective models of care must be identified—whether they be accountable care organizations (ACOs), patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs), or some yet to be discovered entity—and the needs of patients and providers must be understood.
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April 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Quality measurement and reporting have emerged as important tools that providers, health plans, and other stakeholders can use to identify gaps in quality and focus resources on improving care.
October 25, 2007 | Program Result
Service credit banking programs seek to help elderly people remain healthy, independent, and in their homes by enlisting volunteer caregivers to provide supportive services.
December 1, 2006 | Program Result
In 1995-1996, Linda Burhansstipanov, M.S.P.H., Dr.P.H. at AMC Cancer Research Center in Denver, Colo., implemented and evaluated the effectiveness of Native American Women's Wellness through Awareness.
September 1, 2006 | Program Result
Two organizations worked to develop administrative no-fault malpractice compensation systems in Colorado and Utah and to collect and analyze medical-injury data for the two states.
March 1, 2005 | Program Result
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.
September 1, 2000 | Program Result
The Rocky Mountain Health Maintenance Organization developed and implemented a pilot service-credit-banking program in Mesa County, Colo., called the Time Bank.
September 1, 2000 | Program Result
Seniors' Resource Center, a human services agency in Colorado, opened two satellite adult day programs to attract new clients: one in South Jefferson County, and another serving the rural/mountain communities around Evergreen, Colo.
July 1, 1999 | Program Result
The program developed and implemented community-based interventions that would address sociocultural barriers to health care for Hispanic Americans.
July 1, 1999 | Program Result
The Latin American Research and Service Agency, located in Denver, implemented community-based interventions to address sociocultural barriers to health care for Hispanic Americans.
July 1, 1999 | Program Result
Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe participated in the Hispanic Health Needs Assessment during the first year of the program.