2013-05-16T08:33:44Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/d/damberg_cheryl_l.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR707.html 2009-11-11T16:24:00Z 2009-11-11T16:24:00Z

Examines in detail how hospitals implemented some of the specific safe practices endorsed by the National Quality Forum.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100118.html 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Greater investments in chronic care management processes and quality improvement interventions may help physician organizations raise clinical performance and achieve success under performance-based accountability schemes.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090416.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Presents overall findings from the 4-year evaluation of the national patient safety initiative operated by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080116.html 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evidence suggests that publicly releasing performance data stimulates quality improvement activity at the hospital level. The effect of public reporting on effectiveness, safety, and patient-centeredness remains uncertain.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070636.html 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tests whether concordance between patient self-report and medical record data would vary with medical organization type, controlling for patient demographic characteristics, health status, and domain of medical care.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060206.html 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quality ratings are likely to vary in differing directions, depending on the data source used.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20031220.html 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is important to identify and address methodological challenges that potentially threaten the validity of quality-of-care assessments.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060322.html 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The introduction of information technology (IT) in physician organizations and practices is a source of great interest to physician leaders and policy makers.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20061112.html 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many support increased pay for delivering high-quality care but question measurement accuracy, bonus payment financing, and health plan involvement.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20061016.html 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Demand for consumer-directed health care (CDHC) is growing among purchasers of care, and early evidence about its effects is beginning to emerge.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060702.html 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The administrative model identified slightly different hospital outliers, which may indicate somewhat biased assessments of hospital patient risk.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20061231.html 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Authors recommend continued efforts to improve survey data collection across different patient populations and to improve the quality of clinical data

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9367.html 2008-07-06T19:04:00Z 2008-07-06T19:04:00Z

This fact sheet describes a study that confirms, for the first time, that better physician process of care leads to better health-related quality of life for patients receiving ambulatory care.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090907.html 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Proposals to use episodes of care as a basis for payment and performance measurement are largely conceptual at this stage, with little empirical work or experience in applied settings to guide their design.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090403.html 2009-04-01T00:00:00Z 2009-04-01T00:00:00Z

The authors document the numbers and types of interorganizational partnerships within the national patient safety domain, changes over time in these networks, and their potential for disseminating patient safety knowledge and practices.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090414.html 2009-04-01T00:00:00Z 2009-04-01T00:00:00Z

Document and assess the experiences of 104 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)-funded health information technology (health IT) grantees in planning and implementing health IT systems.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090404.html 2009-04-01T00:00:00Z 2009-04-01T00:00:00Z

Synthesize lessons learned from the experiences of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality-funded patient safety projects in implementing safe practices.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100088.html 2010-07-01T00:00:00Z 2010-07-01T00:00:00Z

Although pay for performance incentives are increasingly popular, the healthcare literature shows that these have had minimal effect. Design improvements in these programs can enhance their effectiveness.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070214.html 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

The use of instrumental variables allowed us to demonstrate a significant relationship between better ambulatory process of care and better health-related quality of life. This finding underscores the importance of efforts to improve the process of care.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20050418.html 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The US health care system falls far short of providing care consistent with national standards of care and available knowledge.