Activities in each of the 16 Aligning Forces for Quality communities are guided by a multistakeholder alliance of consumers, providers, and payers. An article in Health Affairs describes how the Aligning Forces for Quality investments have evolved since the initiative’s launch in 2006 and offers some early lessons learned.
A report from the Urban Institute provides an overview of performance measurement in U.S. health care, and includes policy recommendations aimed at improving the performance measurement enterprise.
As health care costs continue to affect employers’ bottom lines, growing evidence that payment reform strategies can help control costs is spurring employer purchasers to switch how they pay for care. A set of briefs from AcademyHealth explain different strategies, share results and lessons learned from employers pioneering these projects, and offer tips for employers.
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.”
A report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation shows that hospitals and their community allies made little progress from 2008 to 2010 at reducing hospital readmissions for elderly patients. The report also chronicles a series of in-depth interviews with patients and providers that shed light on why patients end up back in the hospital and what hospitals, doctors, nurses, and others are doing to limit avoidable readmissions.
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.
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February 4, 2013 | Journal Article
The practice of patient-centered care remains in its developmental stages—hampered, in part, by limited evidence of its effectiveness.
September 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Achieving a meaningful definition and shared understanding of consumer engagement is a critical step in making real progress as the nation works to transform its health care system to make care more efficient, affordable, effective, and patient-cent ...
March 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
This paper from the Urban Institute on behalf of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, discusses how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) places new emphasis on measuring patients' experiences of care and using that information to improve care.
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A study exploring the association of socioeconomic factors and acculturation with cancer screening use among older Mexican-American women found that socioeconomic factors and insurance coverage, but not acculturation, determine women's use of cancer screening.
June 28, 2010 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the University of Florida conducted a two-phase study designed to address health care disparities both through the development and testing of culturally sensitive assessment tools (phase one) and through a health promotion model program (phase two).
November 1, 2009 | Journal Article
The patient-centered medical home, an approach to providing comprehensive primary care for children, youth and adults, has been identified as a model that can offer high-quality health care.
October 1, 2009 | Journal Article
An analysis of community level influences on access to health care for Mexican-Americans.
October 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the health of older Mexican-American immigrants relative to the health of older U.S.-born Mexican-Americans. While younger Mexican-American immigrants are healthier than their U.S.-born Mexican-American counterparts, this relationship has not been established among older Mexican-Americans.
April 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Frailty status is dynamic and elderly people move into and out of frailty over time.
September 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Foundation for Accountability drafted a strategic plan and developed Web-based resources to advance the goals of making U.S. health care more patient-centered.