2013-05-17T15:34:18Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/s/schneider_eric_c.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9570.html 2011-02-09T10:30:00Z 2011-02-09T10:30:00Z

Shares findings on the potential effects of electronic health records (EHRs) on health care quality, based on analysis of extensive data from 2003 and 2006 on EHR adoption, hospital characteristics, and hospital quality in nearly 2,100 hospitals.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100007.html 2010-03-16T00:00:00Z 2010-03-16T00:00:00Z

The authors examine the potential conflicts between pay for performance and medical professionalism and conclude that properly designed pay-for-performance models can support professional objectives.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070503.html 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The authors sought to examine the influence of patient-centered care activities on ongoing tamoxifen use 4 years after initiation.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000107.html 2010-07-20T00:00:00Z 2010-07-20T00:00:00Z

This evaluation study found that the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention Treatment Program provides access to high-quality care for insured women with breast cancer; however, many are treated at an advanced stage, which is associated with worse outcomes.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070512.html 2007-05-01T00:00:00Z 2007-05-01T00:00:00Z

The authors found an association between P4P incentives and the use of quality improvement initiatives.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100155.html 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a multipayer collaborative, sample sizes were adequate to assess clinical processes and outcomes at practice sites; for individual physicians, samples were adequate to assess preventive care, but may not be feasible for chronic care assessment.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000136.html 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z

Existing quality measures may not capture the effect of electronic health records or hospital quality.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20071127.html 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Collects the symptom reports of 474 survivors of colon and rectal cancer from 5 US metropolitan areas during 2002-2003 to analyze the relation between the prevalence of reported symptoms and prior treatments received.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060214.html 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Initial management of patients with breast and colorectal cancer in the United States seemed consistent with evidence-based practice.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20040807.html 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The goal of a quality monitoring system should be to measure and report on the quality of cancer care accurately for the lowest achievable cost.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20010909.html 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

CABG surgery and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) are well-established treatments for symptomatic coronary artery disease.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080412.html 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Finds some disparities in the likelihood of postmastectomy reconstruction based on age, race, and radiation once reconstruction was discussed. Efforts to increase and improve discussions about reconstruction may decrease disparities.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080726.html 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Representatives from the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network collaborated to create three breast cancer and four colorectal cancer measures suitable for national performance measurement.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9219.html 2006-11-15T16:31:00Z 2006-11-15T16:31:00Z

This research brief describes the development and testing of a prototypical cancer-care quality monitoring system, the National Initiative for Cancer Care Quality (NICCQ), for breast cancer and colorectal cancer.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP51273.html 2012-09-01T12:00:00Z 2012-09-01T12:00:00Z

We developed a conceptual framework and protocol that combines evidence review with expert opinion to elicit clinically meaningful objectives for CDS directly from specialists.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100043.html 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Primary care practices in sociodemographically vulnerable neighborhoods were more likely than other practices to have medical home capabilities (e.g., interpreters, multilingual physicians), making them potentially eligible for enhanced payments

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100190.html 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z

Current federal standards for hospital "meaningful use" of health information technology--which requires electronic medication orders for 30 percent of eligible patients--are probably too low to reduce deaths from heart failure and heart attack among hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100031.html 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Despite contentious debate over the new national health care reform law, there is an emerging consensus that strengthening primary care will improve health outcomes and restrain the growth of health care spending.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20091012.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cross-sectional analysis used to measure associations between structural capabilities of primary care practices and performance on commonly used quality measures.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9484.html 2009-10-27T11:20:00Z 2009-10-27T11:20:00Z

Demonstrating a link between use of electronic health records in community-based primary care practices and higher-quality care, this study encourages prioritization of such technologies and their advanced functionalities.