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August 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Safety-net organizations, which provide health services to uninsured and low-income people, increasingly are looking for ways to coordinate services among providers to improve access to quality of care and to reduce costs. In this analysis, a part o ...
January 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
Study looks at how federal stimulus funding, among other factors, has helped safety net providers weather the economic storm, partially offsetting reductions in state, local and private funding.
February 6, 2009 | Program Result
Researchers with the Safety Net Assessment Project examined how individual- and community-level factors influence access to health care for low-income residents, and why their access varies in different metropolitan regions of the U.S.
January 1, 2006 | Book
In the absence of universal health insurance coverage, large numbers of low-income or disadvantaged Americans rely on safety net providers. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's safety net grantmaking has aimed at expanding access to health. This cha ...
September 1, 2003 | Program Result
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement adapted the organization's existing model for health care improvement processes, known as the Breakthrough Series, for use on the Internet.
September 1, 2002 | Program Result
In 2000, researchers from the Lewin Group conducted a study of care management programs for uninsured and vulnerable populations.
August 1, 2000 | Program Result
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), Boston, undertook a project to include 10 safety-net health care providers in its Breakthrough Series Collaborative on Improving Care at the End of Life.
January 1, 2003 | Program Result
During 2000 and 2001, Third Sector New England investigated how hospitals develop and implement their policies on providing free care to uninsured and underinsured patients.
National Program
Program to support the development and implementation of best practices to relieve emergency department overcrowding, and help communities understand the interdependence between the health care safety net and the rest of the delivery system.
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A study of the effects of concurrent peer review visits on treatment intensification and control of hypertension, hyperlipidemia and diabetes in a community health center found that the visits improved outcomes for hypertension patients and increased treatment intensification for all three conditions.