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November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This essay examines the role of the patient in the U.S. health care system. The authors discuss the transformation of the patient from a passive follower of medical authority into an active consumer in today's health care system.
March 30, 2011 | Story
RWJF grantee offers April symposium on nurse-led medical homes.
February 24, 2011 | Story
RWJF grantee offers April symposium on nurse-led medical homes.
March 30, 2004 | Program Result
The University of Massachusetts at Boston's Gerontology Institute conducted a research and demonstration project to encourage the use of low-cost adaptive equipment among older adult home care clients.
March 30, 2004 | Program Result
The University of Michigan under the direction of William G. Weissert, Ph.D., developed and tested a model for paying for home care based on the risk of four adverse outcomes: death, hospitalization, nursing home use and functional decline.
June 1, 2008 | Report
This project aims to design and test an approach to paying for health care which would simultaneously improve quality, lower administrative burden and pay providers fairly based on known science. This paper reviews the approach to be implemented and describes the real-world decisions necessary to make a pilot possible.
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Health foundations have invested in services, research, and advocacy to improve the financing and delivery of long-term services and supports. This article describes some of the broad array of approaches they have taken.
August 23, 2010 | Story
2010 Community Health Leader winner creates a "medical home without walls" to meet the special needs of homeless women in the Boston area.
February 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Provisions of the Affordable Care Act offer extraordinary opportunities to insure many more people, reimburse previously unreimbursed services, integrate care using new information technology tools and treatment teams, confront complex chronic comorbidities, and adopt underused evidence-based interventions.
May 1, 2001 | Journal Article
Evaluations of home care for chronically ill elderly people have shown disappointitng results for many years.