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September 12, 2012 | Journal Article
In the Medicare Physician Group Practice Demonstration (PGPD), 10 accountable care organization (ACO) physician groups were eligible to receive a portion of savings generated if they also showed improvement on 32 quality measures. The Centers for Me ...
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
An exploration of physician organizations' administrative changes and changes in health promotion practices found that physician organizations employ no standard set of health promotion practices, and that health promotion practices and organizational structure evolve over time.
August 1, 2009 | Journal Article
The authors found a significant, though not necessarily causal, relationship between physician ownership of ambulatory treatment centers for urinary stones, and utilization of such centers by the urologists who own them.
October 1, 2012
In communities nationwide, AF4Q alliances are developing interventions and pilot-testing techniques to improve the way ambulatory care is delivered and fundamentally changing their local health systems.
October 1, 2012 | Issue Brief/Infographic
In communities nationwide, AF4Q alliances are developing interventions and pilot-testing techniques to improve the way ambulatory care is delivered and fundamentally changing their local health systems.
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Most larger U.S. medical practice groups have some strategy in place to treat patients' tobacco dependence. But few have instituted a broad, multistrategy effort as recommended by Public Health Service guidelines, according to this survey-based study.
February 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Even for a large insurer with a significant market share, the reliable measurement of performance is challenging due to data limitations, according to this study. This suggests mechanisms must be developed for multiple stakeholders to collaborate an ...
September 1, 2009 | Journal Article
The use of organized chronic illness care management processes (CMPs) is discussed in this article.
June 1, 2013 | Journal Article
The adoption of electronic health records (EHR) is examined in this article along with the extent to which physicians are using the systems to manage their patient panels through meeting the meaningful use criteria.
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