From the intimate to the system wide, from micro to macro
March 24, 2010 | Story
What policy changes might be required if physicians are to take a more active role in improving quality and reining in costs?
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External Incentives, Information Technology, and Organized Processes to Improve Health Care Quality for Patients with Chronic Diseases
January 22, 2003 | Journal Article
A growing body of research suggests that care management processes (CMPs) can improve the quality of health care for patients suffering from certain chronic diseases, such as asthma, congestive heart failure, diabetes and depression. The Institute o ...
Transformational Change in Health Care Systems
October 1, 2007 | Journal Article
This article offers a conceptual model for understanding how organizations can move from short-term performance enhancements to sustained, organizationwide patient care improvements
Impact of Formal Continuing Medical Education
September 1, 1999 | Journal Article
Do Conferences, Workshops, Rounds, and Other Traditional Continuing Education Activities Change Physician Behavior or Health Care Outcomes?
Reach Out: Physicians' Initiative to Expand Care to Underserved Americans
October 15, 2009 | Program Result
RWJF launched Reach Out: Physicians' Initiative to Expand Care to Underserved Americans in 1992.
Rewarding Results: Aligning Incentives with High-Quality Health Care
October 15, 2009 | Program Result
Rewarding Results: Aligning Payments with High-Quality Health Care was a national program of RWJF and California HealthCare Foundation that tested the use of financial incentives to improve the quality of health care.
Physician Practice Interactions with Health Plans Cost $31 Billion a Year, Equaling 6.9 Percent of All Spending for Physician and Clinical Services, New Study Finds
May 14, 2009 | News Release
Physicians spend the equivalent of nearly three work weeks on health plan interactions.
Enhancing Patient Care with Practice Systems - Results are Mixed
April 21, 2009 | Program Result
The National Committee for Quality Assurance created, tested and disseminated tools to measure practice systems: formal processes and information systems used to ensure high-quality care and prevention of chronic illness.
Redesigning Primary Care: Clinics Switch to Practice Teams
October 6, 2008 | Story
Under the direction of Waterman and Wheeler, HealthPartners embarked on an ambitious redesign of clinic processes aimed at transforming the organization’s 638-physician medical group.
Rewarding Results Pay-for-Performance Initiative
November 15, 2005 | News Release
"Pay-for-Performance" programs can improve both medical care and quality of life by giving health care providers a financial incentive to seek measurable improvements in the health of their patients, a diverse group of health leaders engaged