Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
Browse research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.
Performance Standards and Measurement
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A Healthier America 2013
January 29, 2013 | Report
New report from Trust for America's Health provides high-impact recommendations to the public health community to make prevention a priority.
Slow Progress on Meeting Hospital Safety Standards
January 1, 2013 | Journal Article
In response to the Institute of Medicine’s To Err Is Human report on the prevalence of medical errors, the Leapfrog Group, an organization that promotes hospital safety and quality, established a voluntary hospital survey assessing compliance with several safety standards.
Ten Criteria for Meaningful and Usable Measures of Performance
September 1, 2011 | Report
Consumers, purchasers, policy-makers, and other stakeholders seek improved quality and affordability in our health care system.
An Overview of Final Regulations Implementing HITECH's Meaningful Use Provisions and Their Implications for Regional Collaboratives
November 1, 2010 | Report
The analysis describes the major elements of the EHR incentive programs and their implications for regional health care collaboratives.
A Needs Assessment for Data and Methods in Public Health Systems Research
January 1, 2010 | Report
Public Health Systems Research (PHSR) examines the organization, financing and delivery of public health services. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funded the first comprehensive assessment of PHSR data and methods. The assessment included a literature review, survey and stakeholder interviews.
Evaluability Assessment to Improve Public Health Policies, Programs, and Practices
April 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This articles looks at the ways in which evaluability assessments specifically serve public health programs. Evaluability assessments are an effective, yet inexpensive way to understand the assumptions behind objects and focus the program development.
Applying the Systematic Screening and Assessment Method to Childhood Obesity Prevention
April 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Using the Systematic Screening and Assessment (SSA) Method, over a 2-year period the project examined 458 such innovations 48 of these were studied further, and 20 (4.4%) were highly promising, in terms of likelihood of producing large population effects and being ready for evaluation.
The ABCs of Measurement
October 20, 2010 | Toolkit
How can measures make a difference in the quality of health care? Get an overview of the science of measuring health care in this primer from National Quality Forum.
Persistence of HMO Performance Measures
September 1, 2008 | Journal Article
The typical two-year time lag between health plan performance measurement and the action taken based on that performance underscores the importance of understanding that performance measures are only moderately stable over time.
Acute Uncomplicated Appendicitis
February 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical infection requiring an operation, and LOS can vary widely. While efforts to shorten LOS have focused on elective operations, this study determined that operative time of day had the greatest impact.