2012-05-10T16:36:16Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/m/meili_robin.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG410.html 2005-09-12T10:55:00Z 2005-09-12T10:55:00Z

Provides the technical details and results of the national-level efficiency savings that would be brought about by using Healthcare Information Technology and the costs the nation would have to incur to realize those savings.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR475z1.html 2007-04-22T23:35:00Z 2007-04-22T23:35:00Z

A companion volume to TR-475-HLTH that offers the instructions to the hospitals that were used for the feasibility study documented in that report.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9052.html 2005-11-25T10:57:00Z 2005-11-25T10:57:00Z

RAND Health researchers convened an expert panel that created a set of 60 recommendations for electronic prescribing systems.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1206.html 2001-01-01T12:05:15Z 2001-01-01T12:05:15Z

Pharmaceutical Technology Assessment for Managed Care: Current Practice and Suggestions for Improvement

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1195z1.html 2000-01-01T12:05:15Z 2000-01-01T12:05:15Z

New medical technologies -- pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and procedures -- often allow great improvements in the outcomes of medical care, but they are also widely believed to be a major cause of increasing costs.

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/monographs/MG753.html 2008-09-21T22:29:00Z 2008-09-21T22:29:00Z

This monograph examines the operational advantages and disadvantages, compares the errors, examines the costs, and discusses the privacy issues associated with the unique patient identifier and with statistical matching based on personal attributes.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100116.html 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Review of published reports, interviews with major donor organizations, and case studies of laboratory systems in 3 countries shed light on how countries and donors have worked together to improve laboratory services in resource-limited settings.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070202.html 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

This study examined the rates and correlates of out-of-network outpatient mental health specialty care.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20050503.html 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Compare the functional capabilities being offered by commercial ambulatory electronic prescribing systems with a set of expert panel recommendations.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20040523.html 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Electronic prescribing systems may differ in their effects on patients' health outcomes and on patients' ability to manage costs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060510.html 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Estimate the general medical costs of individuals who received behavioral health care.

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/technical_reports/TR508.html 2007-10-07T08:33:00Z 2007-10-07T08:33:00Z

Evaluates progress of the patient safety initiative led by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), focusing on assessment of health information technology projects and dissemination of improved patient safety practices.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR475.html 2007-04-24T05:51:00Z 2007-04-24T05:51:00Z

Describes the first phase of an effort to develop an approach to redesigning the National Hospital Discharge Survey and to identify and recommend, through a feasibility study, specific data elements and field procedures for that survey.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20050904.html 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

To broadly examine the potential health and financial benefits of HIT, this paper compares health care with the use of IT in other industries.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1195.html 2000-01-01T12:05:00Z 2000-01-01T12:05:00Z

Focuses on evaluation and adoption of innovative procedures and medical devices by managed care organizations (MCOs).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090715.html 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The goal of this project was to assess genetic/genomic content in electronic health records.