Health Care Organization and Administration

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All Items (103)

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Patient Experience of Care in the Safety Net: Current Efforts and Challenges — Apr 1, 2012

Tailored measurement and quality improvement resources, coupled with policy mandates to give all patients a voice, would improve the quality of patient-centered care in safety-net organizations.

REPORT

National Evaluation of the DH Integrated Care Pilots — Mar 22, 2012

This report is the result of an evaluation of the 16 DH integrated care pilots (ICPs).

REPORT

National Evaluation of the DH Integrated Care Pilots: Appendices — Mar 22, 2012

This report contains appendices to the result of an evaluation of the 16 DH integrated care pilots (ICPs).

REPORT

National Evaluation of the DH Integrated Care Pilots: Summary — Mar 22, 2012

This report is a summary of the result of an evaluation of the 16 DH integrated care pilots (ICPs).

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Cost Implications of ACGME's 2011 Changes to Resident Duty Hours and the Training Environment — Feb 1, 2012

Examines net costs to teaching hospitals and cost-effectiveness to society across a range of hypothetical changes in preventable adverse events (PAEs).

REPORT

Sustainable Development in the National Health Service (NHS): The views and values of NHS leaders — Jan 31, 2012

A first systematic picture of United Kingdom National Health Service (NHS) leaders' views of priorities and approaches regarding sustainable development (SD). Survey and interview responses are drawn on to show the importance of SD and ways forward.

REPORT

Preventing emergency readmissions to hospital: A scoping review — Jan 25, 2012

The study reports on the evidence and potential for use of 'emergency readmissions within 28 days of discharge from hospital' as an indicator within the NHS Outcomes Framework, drawing on a rapid review of systematic reviews.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

The Potential Impact of the Medical Home on Job Satisfaction in Primary Care — Jan 1, 2012

This is a commentary for an issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine presenting results from a survey of providers and staff participating in the Safety Net Medical Home Initiative. The commentary highlights the potential and challenges of medical homes.

PROJECT

Online Guide Helps Health Organizations Adopt Electronic Health Records — Dec 14, 2011

A new online tool, called the "Unintended Consequences Guide," is available from the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to help hospitals and other health care organizations anticipate, avoid, and address problems that can occur when adopting and using electronic health records.

RESEARCH BRIEF

How Does Health Reform Affect the Health Care Workforce? Lessons from Massachusetts — Dec 13, 2011

Since Massachusetts enacted health reform legislation in 2006, health care employment in the state has grown more rapidly than in the rest of the United States, primarily in administrative positions.

COMMENTARY

Provider Consolidation Key Factor in Affordable Coverage — Nov 28, 2011

Hospitals operating with little competition are able to charge health plans much higher prices, which are passed on to consumers in the form of higher insurance premiums, writes Glenn Melnick.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Use of Retail Medical Clinics Rises Tenfold Over Two-Year Period — Nov 22, 2011

Use of retail medical clinics located in pharmacies and other retail settings increased tenfold between 2007 and 2009. The determining factors in choosing one over a physician's office were found to be age, health status, income, and proximity to the clinic.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

A Markov Decision Process to Dynamically Match Hospital Inpatient Staffing to Demand — Sep 30, 2011

This paper applies a Markov decision process to the challenge of matching hospital staffing levels to inpatient demand.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Consolidation of Health Plans May Help Lower Hospital Costs — Sep 7, 2011

Increased consolidation among health plans nationally may benefit consumers by lowering hospital prices, at least in those regions where health plans are the most consolidated.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Health Care Reform and the Health Care Workforce — The Massachusetts Experience — Aug 31, 2011

Analysis of the Massachusetts Health Care Reform Plan suggests national health care reform may require larger numbers of support personnel, rather than requiring greater numbers of physicians and nurses themselves.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Guide to Reducing Unintended Consequences of Electronic Health Records — Aug 1, 2011

The Guide to Reducing Unintended Consequences of Electronic Health Records is an online resource designed to help an organization anticipate, avoid, and address problems that can occur when implementing and using an electronic health record (EHR).

JOURNAL ARTICLE

How Do the Experiences of Medicare Beneficiary Subgroups Differ Between Managed Care and Original Medicare? — Jul 31, 2011

Quality improvement in Medicare managed care plans should target care for particular subgroups such as beneficiaries who have low incomes, are less healthy, older, female, and who did not complete high school.

PROJECT

RAND COMPARE Releases Revised Website — Jul 20, 2011

Policymakers are facing new challenges as they implement the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). RAND COMPARE is a modeling tool that simulates the impact of implementation decisions on insurance coverage, premiums, and health care spending.

REPORT

Establishing a Research and Evaluation Capability for the Joint Medical Education and Training Campus — Jun 9, 2011

The goals of the joint medical education and training campus (METC) at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, are to become a high-performing organization and seek accreditation. Models and approaches adopted by institutions with similar missions — such as community colleges, corporate universities, METC's UK counterpart, and other federal agencies — illustrate the need for an office of institutional research to assist METC in attaining its…

RESEARCH BRIEF

Should the Joint Medical Education and Training Campus Have an Office of Institutional Research? — Jun 9, 2011

Two goals of the joint medical training and education campus at Ft. Sam Houston are to become a high-performing learning organization and an accredited, degree-granting institution. A research and evaluation capability would help it meet these goals.

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