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October 19, 2005 | Program Result Report
The Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center worked to develop a formal grant proposal for a study of the economic and clinical impacts of a meditation and relaxation program called Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.
June 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
New York-based survey research firm Harris Interactive (formerly known as Louis Harris & Associates) and FACCT, a nonprofit consumer health research organization based in Portland, Ore., fielded and analyzed two nationwide surveys in 2000 – one of consumers and the other of physicians.
February 14, 2013 | Issue Brief
People actively involved in their health and health care tend to have better outcomes—and, some evidence suggests, lower costs. As a result, many public and private health care organizations are employing strategies to better engage patients.
August 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
In 1995-1997, David Blumenthal, M.D., Ph.D., and researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, evaluated the impact of a major component of managed care - the use of a primary care physician as a gatekeeper to authorize all health services of HMO members.
January 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
In the University Hospitals of Cleveland's Collaborative Care Unit, nurse practitioners manage the delivery of care and clinical decision-making. This project examined the impact of the collaborative care model on costs and quality of care at the hospital using a randomized controlled trial over a two-year period.