2013-05-21T16:21:59Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/g/greenberg_michael.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR601.html 2008-08-05T16:07:00Z 2008-08-05T16:07:00Z

Presents the results of a consensus process carried out to help identify priority outcome measures for use in monitoring and evaluating progress in improving patient safety.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1279.html 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Interviews with those convicted of diving under the influence show that significant protective effects are associated with the beliefs that driving after drinking is immoral and that random police sobriety checks are a good idea.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9376.html 2008-08-18T11:19:00Z 2008-08-18T11:19:00Z

This fact sheet summarizes research suggesting that there are basic privacy issues that need to be resolved in the implementation of a national health information network.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9393.html 2008-10-08T17:24:00Z 2008-10-08T17:24:00Z

This research brief summarizes an analysis and comparison of two methods of patient identification -- statistical matching and unique patient identifier -- on error rates, operational efficiency, costs, and privacy and security issues.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20040712.html 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behavioral controls may protect against alcohol-impaired driving behavior even in a high-risk sample of repeat DUI offenders.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060713.html 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

A clinical perspective on depression tends to focus on therapy and on medications or psychological interventions that may be helpful to individual patients.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090411.html 2009-04-01T00:00:00Z 2009-04-01T00:00:00Z

To prepare Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) for monitoring the impact of its own patient safety initiative, by exploring available outcomes data, assessing usability of measures, and estimating national trends in patient outcomes.

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/commentary/2011/07/06/JAMA.html 2011-07-06T16:14:35Z 2011-07-06T16:14:35Z

From the standpoint of policy makers, the basic challenge is to ensure that liability concerns do not derail the clinical value of new CDS technology, write Michael Greenberg and M. Susan Ridgely.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090311.html 2009-03-15T00:00:00Z 2009-03-15T00:00:00Z

More than a decade after passage of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), concerns about the privacy and security of personal health information remain a major policy issue. Now, the emergence of the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) presents deeper underlying privacy challenges, which will require renewed attention from policymakers as federal and state privacy rules need to be revisited.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20091112.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the fact that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality patient safety indicators (PSIs) are useful for evaluating adverse events in hospitals, the 20 PSIs make it difficult to summarize broad trends across indicators. This study aims to identify 1 or more measures among the PSIs best suited for a quick index of general patient safety status. The study concludes that PSI #7 appears to be a candidate for a quick index of patient safety status.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9524.html 2010-04-07T17:57:00Z 2010-04-07T17:57:00Z

Investigates the relationship between safety outcomes in hospitals and malpractice claiming against providers, using data for California hospitals and insurers from 2001 through 2005.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9333.html 2008-03-15T16:00:00Z 2008-03-15T16:00:00Z

This research brief examines the performance of the Pennsylvania workers' compensation system in terms of costs and effectiveness and suggests possible reforms for the future.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1175.html 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Electronic Prescribing and HIPAA Privacy Regulation

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR700.html 2009-09-16T16:17:00Z 2009-09-16T16:17:00Z

Examines patterns of specialization among plaintiffs' firms that handle medical malpractice cases or have an interest in doing so, using data from 965 plaintiffs' attorneys who responded to a 2006 national survey.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR689.html 2009-09-21T16:13:00Z 2009-09-21T16:13:00Z

Proposes a conceptual framework for analyzing the roles of social, institutional, economic and legal factors that affect or are affected by mass litigation.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR611.html 2009-08-12T17:21:00Z 2009-08-12T17:21:00Z

Analyzes effects of caps on non-economic damages and attorney fee limits on the ability of people injured by negligent physicians to retain lawyers to represent them.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20091212.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Analyzes effects of noneconomic damages caps and attorney fee limits on the ability of people injured by negligent physicians to retain qualified lawyers to represent them

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000175.html 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z

There is a strong expectation by the U.S. Sentencing Commission (USSC) for boards to be directly involved in compliance and ethics (C&E) oversight, and the reporting relationship between the board and the manager of the compliance and ethics function, the Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer (CECO) is viewed as central to that responsibility.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201200144.html 2012-06-01T12:00:00Z 2012-06-01T12:00:00Z

New electronic clinical decision support (CDS) systems are intended to reduce medical errors but sometimes have the unexpected and perverse effect of overwhelming physicians with potential warnings about trivial events, particularly regarding drug-drug interactions.