2012-05-25T23:14:04Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/health-care-quality-measurement.html http://www.rand.org/health/projects/qdart.html Aug 24, 2009 Aug 24, 2009

The Q-DART project uses innovative approaches to highlight gaps in quality of care and health outcomes in diverse populations in order to help health plans, public health organizations, and others concerned about improving the care that people receive allocate scarce resources more wisely.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9669.html May 25, 2012 May 25, 2012

A team from RAND and the University HealthSystem Consortium developed a toolkit to help hospitals enhance their quality improvement efforts using quality indicators from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120074.html Apr 1, 2012 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.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120080.html Apr 1, 2012 Apr 1, 2012

Public reporting of health care costs is intended to motivate consumers to choose lower cost providers, and motivate providers to lower costs to retain market share. Measures should be chosen based on which pathway policymakers intend to influence.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2012/03/22/NYT.html Mar 22, 2012 Mar 22, 2012

Hospitals that perform better on the survey tend to do better on clinical measures, have fewer readmissions within 30 days and have lower risk-adjusted mortality, write Marc Elliott and Alan Zaslavsky.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120051.html Mar 5, 2012 Mar 5, 2012

As health care reform expands the use of "report cards" to grade health care providers, greater attention to reporting methods may be needed to assure the quality of such efforts.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2012/03/05.html Mar 5, 2012 Mar 5, 2012

As health care reform expands the use of "report cards" to grade health care providers, greater attention to reporting methods may be needed to assure the quality of such efforts.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120056.html Mar 1, 2012 Mar 1, 2012

This study developed a vision-targeted health state classification system based on the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire-25 (NEI VFQ-25).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120098.html Jan 1, 2012 Jan 1, 2012

Natural language processing programs can "read" dictated reports and measure colonoscopy quality in an inexpensive, automated, and efficient manner.

http://www.rand.org/law-business-regulation/centers/chsw/projects/carpal-tunnel-syndrome.html Dec 2, 2011 Dec 2, 2011

By measuring the quality of care for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in a large workers' compensation provider organization in California and assessing value to workers and employers, RAND laid the groundwork for ongoing quality assessment and improvement programs in workers' compensation settings within California and elsewhere.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100227.html Nov 1, 2011 Nov 1, 2011

This study examines trends in amenable mortality, as one measure of health system performance, in sixteen high-income countries.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100221.html Oct 1, 2011 Oct 1, 2011

Vulnerable older adults enrolled in plans that use nurse care managers receive, on average, 69% of recommended care for geriatric conditions, compared with 53% for elders in plans without nurse care managers.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100198.html Sep 1, 2011 Sep 1, 2011

This white paper prepared for the Agency on Healthcare Research and Quality examines methodological issues raised by the generation of public-reporting of scores for measuring health care provider performance.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD282.html Aug 29, 2011 Aug 29, 2011

The goal of this analysis was to ascertain the predominant themes and patterns likely to be associated with producing successful health care quality improvement interventions (QIIs).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100193.html Aug 1, 2011 Aug 1, 2011

Better quality of care for falls and urinary incontinence was associated with measurable improvement in participant-reported outcomes in less than 1 year.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100279.html Jun 1, 2011 Jun 1, 2011

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110089.html Jun 1, 2011 Jun 1, 2011

This article describes results of a systematic literature review focused on which interventions can be integrated into routine care to prevent pressure ulcers.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100249.html Apr 1, 2011 Apr 1, 2011

Cancer Quality-ASSIST indicators are useful for practical quality assessment of cancer end-of-life care in an academic medical center.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110079.html Apr 1, 2011 Apr 1, 2011

Prison health institutions, like all other large health institutions, need robust measurement systems. The indicators presented in this article provide a basic library for prison health managers developing such systems.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR946.html Mar 22, 2011 Mar 22, 2011

Germany's National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians is looking to develop a unified reimbursement framework that accounts for regional prices and incorporates quality indicators. Research by RAND Europe has informed the development of the quality component of the proposed framework.