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September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article discusses pay-for-performance. It considers social marketing as a well-developed managerial paradigm that can contribute to the key components of pay-for-performance as it, in turn, contributes to improving population health.
February 11, 2009 | Program Result
The Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department used its InformationLinks grant to strengthen its ties to the Indigent Care Collaboration (ICC), an alliance of safety net providers serving a three-county region of central Texas.
February 11, 2009 | Program Result
In 2004, a coalition of business and health care stakeholders - the Capital Area Health Alliance - began exploring the feasibility of establishing a health information exchange in a three-county region near Lansing, the capital of Michigan.
October 17, 2008 | Program Result
Researchers at Duke University built a model based on geographic information systems to integrate highly localized geographic data with other health, demographic and environmental data to analyze local health issues in six NC counties.
February 11, 2009 | Program Result
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is one of the world's largest local public health agencies, with approximately 6,000 employees and an annual budget of more than $1.5 billion.
February 10, 2009 | Program Result
InformationLinks stimulated the participation of public health agencies in emerging health information exchanges, which were developed primarily to serve the needs of providers of individual medical care services.
June 1, 2002 | Program Result
Rhode Island's KIDSNET wanted its registry to meet the needs of Rhode Island's private providers its success depended on it, since nearly 100 percent of immunizations in the state are given by private sector providers.
June 1, 2002 | Program Result
The registry launched an intensive recruitment campaign involving the majority of immunization department staff, with the goal of having all enrolled by end of 1998.
June 1, 2002 | Program Result
In South Carolina, where 50 percent of the immunizations are delivered in the private sector, SIIS queried private providers to determine their hardware needs, addressing a principal cost issue before it became a barrier.
June 1, 2002 | Program Result
In October 1997, when CIR applied for the All Kids Count grant, 60 percent of private, office-based providers were sending immunization reports to the registry in response to a mandate that went into effect in January that year.