Americans receive only about half of the recommended care they should receive. Adopting quality improvement strategies, reducing racial and ethnic disparities in care, and changing how care is delivered at the local level can improve the care all Americans receive.
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November 13, 2012 | Program Result Report
The solicitation was a broad call for ideas from the field to rein in spending without jeopardizing patient care. RWJF selected 12 of the most novel ideas and those most likely to engender far-reaching change.
September 12, 2011 | Program Result Report
In Battle Creek, Mich., a health care system implements the Chronic Care Model throughout the community.
December 12, 2011 | Program Result Report
IHI expanded and enhanced its Open School for Health Professions to close the gap between what health care employees need to know about quality improvement and what traditional curricula teach.
May 20, 2011 | Program Result Report
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.
April 16, 2010 | Program Result Report
IOM’s Forum on the Science of Health Care Quality Improvement and Implementation provided researchers and public and private stakeholders a structured opportunity for discussing issues surrounding the science of quality improvement.
November 10, 2009 | Program Result Report
The Plexus Institute supported two networks of scholars and clinicians to raise awareness about complexity science and develop strategies for using it to address key challenges in health care.
November 18, 2009 | Program Result Report
After partnering with continuing education staff at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany School of Public Health, they identified one solution: satellite broadcasts.
October 12, 2009 | Program Result Report
This Topic Summary synthesizes Program Results on work funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to improve the quality of long-term care.
March 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
In 2002, the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine sponsored a two-day conference to address policy and management concerns about the quality and cost of health services.
October 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
Four organizations planned projects to demonstrate the use of financial incentives to reward providers for delivering high-quality health care.