Collect Data on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Health Surveys
The Biden administration wants to promote programs and policies informed by science and to help lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans. For researchers to confidently answer that call, the first step is for the government to consistently collect sexual orientation and gender identity data.
Jun 25, 2021 Health Affairs
Debunking Myths About Patient Experience Surveys
Patient experience surveys give patients a voice. They can provide fair and relevant indicators that complement other metrics of health care quality to monitor and improve care.
May 27, 2016 Future Hospital Partners Network
The Statistician Is In: Q&A with Marc Elliott
Statistician Marc Elliott talks about the real-world impact his work has had, how his discipline lets him 'play in everyone else's sandbox,' and more.
Apr 17, 2015
The Great Patient Experience Survey Myth
Patient experience with care is an essential element in any assessment of health care quality. Surveys give patients a voice and provide fair and relevant indicators that complement other metrics of health care quality to inform patients' choices and providers' decisions about how to improve care.
Dec 10, 2014 The Health Care Blog
Putting Patients First Can Result in Better Care Overall
Better patient care experiences are associated with higher levels of adherence to recommended prevention and treatment processes, better clinical outcomes, better patient safety within hospitals, and less health care utilization.
Jul 28, 2014 The RAND Blog
Using Patient Surveys to Rate Hospitals
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.
Mar 22, 2012 New York Times