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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June 4, 2008 | Story
A team was assembled to develop an initiative to improve nurse recruitment and retention, including internal and external recruitment strategies, comprehensive training, and a mentoring program for new ED nurses.
July 1, 2008 | Journal Article
Case studies focused on regionalization of public health preparedness and response in the Washington metropolitan area, highlighted the lack of an official of regional public health structure and the challenge in integrating the federal government into the regionalization effort.
January 31, 2001 | Program Result Report
Researchers examined the market for Medicare supplemental insurance (Medigap) before and after OBRA-90, which simplified comparison shopping for Medigap, to determine whether changes decreased marketing abuses and confusion among elderly Americans.
October 26, 2005 | Program Result Report
The Mount Sinai School of Medicine tested whether growth in the market penetration of managed care organizations and incentives they use to control costs have a spillover effect on the health care received by Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries.
October 26, 2005 | Program Result Report
Mark Duggan, PhD, at the University of Maryland evaluated how county-level mandates requiring most Medicaid recipients to enroll in a managed care plan affected government spending and health outcomes in 20 California counties.