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Does integrated care deliver the benefits expected? Findings from 16 integrated care pilot initiatives in England — May 13, 2013

RAND Europe co-led an evaluation of 16 varied pilot projects initiated by the Department of Health (England) as a means to explore new ways of integrating patient care from different local provider.

Journal Article

A Retrospective Evaluation of the Perfecting Patient Care University Training Program for Health Care Organizations — Jan 1, 2013

This study evaluated how the Perfecting Patient Care (PPC) University, a quality improvement (QI) training program for health care leaders and clinicians, affected the ability of organizations to improve the health care they provide.

Journal Article

Intervening with Practitioners to Improve the Quality of Prevention: One-Year Findings Form a Randomized Trial of Assets-Getting to Outcomes — Jan 1, 2013

This article reports interim findings from a randomized controlled trial evaluating Assets-Getting To Outcomes (AGTO)

Research Brief

Flattening the Trajectory of Health Care Spending: Facilitate High-Value Innovation — Nov 15, 2012

Health information technology has not achieved its full potential, but its benefits should grow over time. Because health care is largely regulated at the state level, the states can play a valuable role as laboratories for innovative policies.

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Four Strategies to Contain America's Growing Health Care Spending — Nov 15, 2012

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In its second term, the Obama Administration can restrain further health care spending growth—without compromising quality—by employing four broad strategies: fostering efficient and accountable providers, engaging and empowering consumers, promoting population health, and facilitating high-value innovation.

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Caring for the Uninsured: What Role Do Emergency Rooms Play? — Oct 9, 2012

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Absent from the discussion about health care during the first debate between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney was any mention of one of the main providers of care for America's uninsured: emergency rooms. What does research tell us about the use of ERs and the relevant implications on health care access and cost?

Journal Article

Five Reasons That Many Comparative Effectiveness Studies Fail to Change Patient Care and Clinical Practice — Oct 1, 2012

Results from comparative effectiveness research seldom influence clinical practice.

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Retail Clinics Play Growing Role in Health Care Marketplace — Sep 11, 2012

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Retail health care clinics provide treatment for acute conditions like bronchitis as well as vaccinations and other preventive care. With the role of retail clinics expanding and U.S. health care entering a dynamic period of change, it is important to consider what we know about this emerging health care setting.

Journal Article

Visits to Retail Clinics Grew Fourfold from 2007 to 2009, Although Their Share of Overall Outpatient Visits Remains Low — Sep 1, 2012

Retail clinics have rapidly become a fixture of the US health care delivery landscape.

Journal Article

Lessons Learned from a Quality Improvement Intervention with Homeless Veteran Services — Aug 1, 2012

Homeless veterans are a vulnerable population, with high mortality and morbidity rates. Evidence-based practices for homelessness have been challenging to implement.

Journal Article

A Comparison of Ambulatory Perioperative Times in Hospitals and Freestanding Centers — Jul 1, 2012

Perioperative times were significantly shorter in freestanding ASCs than in hospital-based ASCs. It is unclear how much of the difference was the result of efficiency versus patient selection.

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Prisoner Reentry and Public Health: Is Your State Ready? — Jun 21, 2012

Lois Davis discusses prisoner reentry—how health affects reentry into a community; the critical roles that health care providers, other social services, and family members play in successful reentry; and recommendations for improving access to care for this population in the current fiscal environment.

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Old-Age Disability in China: Implications for Long-Term Care Policies in the Coming Decades — Apr 12, 2012

Addresses long-term care issues facing the elderly in China.

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).

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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).

Journal Article

Vision and Persistence: Changing the Education of Physicians Is Possible — Jan 1, 2012

In the 1960s, a new paradigm for training physicians emerged: one that combined clinical training and its focus on individual patients with a research training focused on studying the health of populations.

Journal Article

Will the NP Workforce Grow in the Future? New Forecasts and Implications for Healthcare — Jan 1, 2012

The nurse practitioner (NP) workforce in the United States is expected to grow dramatically by 2025, easing concerns about a potential looming nursing shortage and suggesting that NPs will fill a substantial amount of future need for care.

Research Brief

What Are the Public Health Implications of Prisoner Reentry in California? — Dec 7, 2011

Examines the health care needs of released California prisoners, communities most affected by reentry, safety net capacity, and provider experiences with ex-prisoners, given California's Public Safety Realignment Plan and federal health care reform.

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