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May 20, 2011 | Program Result
Researchers at the University of Southern Maine studied the state's Pathways to Excellence system of reporting on health care quality. Practices that filed reports had higher scores on six indicators of health care quality than those that did not.
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.
March 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
Improving Performance in Practice (IPIP) provides small, primary-care practices with tools, support, coaching and a collaborative learning environment in which they can assess their performance and engage systematically in improvement activities. Th ...
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.
June 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article examines the use of evidence-based care management processes by large physician organizations. Care management processes are designed to improve care for people with chronic illness. Over 90 million Americans have a chronic illness and chronic illness is responsible for more than three-quarters of national health care costs.
September 1, 2009 | Journal Article
The use of organized chronic illness care management processes (CMPs) is discussed in this article.
May 14, 2009 | Journal Article
Physicians have long expressed dissatisfaction with the time they and their staff spend interacting with health plans. Participants in this national study spent an average of $68,274 per physician per year interacting with health plans.
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 ...
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
September 1, 1999 | Journal Article
Do Conferences, Workshops, Rounds, and Other Traditional Continuing Education Activities Change Physician Behavior or Health Care Outcomes?