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Health Information Technology in the United States, 2009 Although electronic medical records have the potential to revolutionize the delivery of health care, this survey finds that less than 2 percent of general acute-care hospitals have comprehensive systems.	Reports	11/18/2009
Are We There Yet? On November 9, 2009, Foundation President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., delivered the lunchtime keynote address before the National Business Coalition on Health 14th annual conference in Phoenix, Ariz. The subject of her address was: "High-quality,...	Speeches and commentaries, President's Corner	11/16/2009
Health System Reform and Antitrust Law This policy brief addresses antitrust considerations that arise in health system transformation aimed at producing greater clinical integration and greater levels of information about the quality and cost of care.	Issue and policy briefs	11/04/2009
Can Accountable Care Organizations Improve the Value of Health Care by Solving the Cost and Quality Quandaries? Researchers from the Urban Institute look at the opportunities and challenges of accountable-care organizations, and conclude they will not be game changers in the short run. Published In: Quick Strike Series	Issue and policy briefs	10/29/2009
Hospitals That Care for Poor Patients Face Digital Divide Without Federal Help Hospitals that serve a disproportionately large share of poor patients are lagging behind other hospitals in adopting electronic health records, leading to a digital divide that could exacerbate health care disparities, researchers report.	News releases	10/26/2009
Evidence of an Emerging Digital Divide Among Hospitals That Care for the Poor Some hospitals that disproportionately care for poor patients are falling behind in adopting electronic health records (EHRs). A central policy question is whether health information technology investments prompted by the 2009 federal stimulus... Published In: Health Affairs (Web Exclusive)	Journal articles	10/26/2009
Follow the Money: Controlling Expenditures by Improving Care for Patients Needing Costly Services As Congress debates how to reform America's health care system-in particular, how to pay for it-many policy experts are bringing care management into the discussion as a way to rein in costs. Published In: The New England Journal of Medicine (Online)	Journal articles	10/06/2009
Spotlight on Payment Reform The way we pay for health care has consequences for quality and cost.	Spotlight	09/23/2009
Quality-Based Payment for Medical Groups and Individual Physicians This survey on quality-based payment found that the prevalence of external performance bonuses paid by insurers to large medical groups is larger than the prevalence of performance bonuses paid by the medical groups to the primary care and specialist physicians. Published In: Inquiry	Journal articles	09/10/2009
Improving Chronic Illness Care The use of organized chronic illness care management processes (CMPs) is discussed in this article. Published In: Medical Care	Journal articles	09/10/2009

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