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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July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Nonprofit hospitals in Maryland report "community benefits" according to requirements similar to those of the Internal Revenue Service's Schedule H. Maryland's experience with community benefit reporting will likely be instructive to hospitals filing the new Schedule H in 2010.
March 1, 2012 | Report
A combination of strong leadership, inclusive planning and deliberate but aggressive action by committed state officials and system stakeholders has permitted Maryland to make significant strides in designing its reformed health care system.
January 31, 2006 | Story
Griffin Rodgers is nationally and internationally recognized for his contributions to the development of effective therapy for sickle cell anemia and other genetic diseases of hemoglobin.
November 6, 2006 | Story
When pediatrician Kevin Johnson, M.D., talks to a young patient, there is no chart in his hands. There is a desktop workstation in front of him and the child.
November 1, 2007 | Story
Race and ethnicity affects how patients and their physicians interact and can impact health outcomes.
July 23, 2009 | Journal Article
How should nonprofit health care providers be expected to benefit the communities that they serve? Maryland's program points the way for other states as a new federal law goes into effect in 2010.
December 2, 2008 | Story
Washington, D.C. community is among 50 sites making changes in national initiative to prevent obesity.
March 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
From 1988 through 2003, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) supported the Development and Implementation of a Quality Improvement System for Home Health Care. The effort comprised six projects and was designed to improve the quality of home health, long-term and ambulatory care, and to study methods to improve health care quality in these settings.