Donna O. Farley — Publications

Clinician Advice to Quit Smoking Among Seniors 2015
A Retrospective Evaluation of the Perfecting Patient Care University Training Program for Health Care Organizations 2014
Specialties Differ in Which Aspects of Doctor Communication Predict Overall Physician Ratings 2014
Care Experiences of Managed Care Medicare Enrollees Near the End of Life 2013
CMS Innovation Center Health Care Innovation Awards: Evaluation Plan 2013
Experiences of Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries with ESRD: Medicare Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Survey Results 2013
The Top Patient Safety Strategies That Can Be Encouraged for Adoption Now 2013
Using a Hospital Quality Improvement Toolkit to Improve Performance on the AHRQ Quality Indicators 2013
Helping Hospitals Deliver Better Care: A New Toolkit for Quality Improvement 2012
How Event Reporting by US Hospitals Has Changed from 2005 to 2009 2012
Improving Interactions with Patients in a Dialysis Facility: A Case Study of a Successful Quality Improvement Intervention 2012
Measuring Success for Health Care Quality Improvement Interventions 2012
Multiple Patient Safety Events Within a Single Hospitalization: A National Profile in US Hospitals 2012
Advancing the Science of Patient Safety 2011
Depression and the Health Care Experiences of Medicare Beneficiaries 2011
Improving Customer Service and Access in a Surgical Practice: A Case Study of a Successful Quality Improvement Intervention 2011
Understanding Variations in Medicare Consumer Assessment of Health Care Providers and Systems Scores: California as an Example 2011
Achieving Strong Teamwork Practices in Hospital Labor and Delivery Units 2010
Adverse Event Reporting Practices by U.S. Hospitals: Survey Results from 2005 and 2009 2010
Improving Hospital Inpatient Nursing Care: A Case Study of One Hospital's Intervention to Improve the Patient's Care Experience 2010
Adopting Information Technology to Drive Improvements in Patient Safety: Lessons from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Health Information Technology Grantees 2009
Assessing Patient Safety Practices and Outcomes in the U.S. Health Care System 2009
Assessment of Contributions to Patient Safety Knowledge by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality-Funded Patient Safety Projects 2009
Canary Measures Among the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators 2009
Evaluation of the AHRQ Patient Safety Initiative: Synthesis of Findings 2009
Evaluation of the AHRQ Patient Safety Initiative: Framework and Approach 2009
Experiences of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality-Funded Projects That Implemented Practices for Safer Patient Care 2009
The Growth of Partnerships to Support Patient Safety Practice Adoption 2009
Health Care Provider's Motivation to Improve Communication Skills 2009
How Hospitals Have Implemented the National Quality Forum Safe Practices 2009
RAND Review: Vol. 33, No. 2, Summer 2009 2009
Safety Outcomes in the United States: Trends and Challenges in Measurement 2009
Training a Patient Safety Work Force: The Patient Safety Improvement Corps 2009
Using Health Information Technology-Related Performance Measures and Tools to Improve Chronic Care 2009
Adverse-event-reporting Practices by US Hospitals: Results of a National Survey 2008
Assessment of the AHRQ Patient Safety Initiative: Final Report -- Evaluation Report IV 2008
Bridging from the Picker Hospital Survey to the CAHPS Hospital Survey 2008
Outcome Measures for Effective Teamwork in Inpatient Care: Final Report 2008
Prioritizing Patient Safety Outcomes Measures: Results of an Expert Consensus Process 2008
Assessing the Diffusion of Safe Practices in the U.S. Health Care System: Interim Report to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2007
Assessment of the AHRQ Patient Safety Initiative: Focus on Implementation and Dissemination Evaluation Report III (2004-2005) 2007
Assessment of the AHRQ Patient Safety Initiative: Moving from Research to Practice Evaluation Report II (2003-2004) 2007
Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Progress During 2004 and 2005 2007
Improving Performance for Health Plan Customer Service: A Case Study of a Successful CAHPS Quality Improvement Intervention 2007
Development of Supplemental Quality Improvement Items for the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) 2006
Evaluation of the Patient Safety Improvement Corps: Experiences of the First Two Groups of Trainees 2006
Research Colloquium on Workers’ Compensation Medical Benefit Delivery and Return to Work 2006
Assessment of the National Patient Safety Initiative: Context and Baseline Evaluation Report I 2005
Do Medicaid and Commercial CAHPS Scores Correlate Within Plans? A New Jersey Case Study 2005
Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Program Advancement in 2005 2005
Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Program Advancement in 2005 2005
Implementation of the Asthma Practice Guideline in the Army Medical Department: Evaluation of Process and Effects 2005
Implementation of the Diabetes Practice Guideline in the Army Medical Department: Final Evaluation 2005
Assessment of 24-Hour Care Options for California 2004
Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Progress from Program Inception to 2004 2004
Evaluation of the Low Back Pain Practice Guideline Implementation in the Army Medical Department 2004
The Utility of CAHPS for Health Plans 2004
Evaluation of the Medicare-DoD Subvention Demonstration: Final Report 2003
Policy and Health in Asia: Financing and Allocating Public Expenditures 2003
Regional Health Quality Improvement Coalitions: Lessons Across the Life Cycle 2003
Shortcomings in Medicare Bonus Payments for Physicians in Underserved Areas: Medicare's Bonus Payment Program Has Not Met Its Goal of Providing Physicians with Incentives to Practice in Rural Underserved Areas 2003
Welfare Reform in California: Early Results from the Impact Analysis 2003
Effects of CAHPS Health Plan Performance Information on Plan Choices by New Jersey Medicaid Beneficiaries 2002
Effects of CAHPS Performance Information on Health Plan Choices by Iowa Medicaid Beneficiaries 2002
Exploration of Selection Bias Issues for the DoD Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Demonstration 2002
Implementing the Post-Deployment Health Practice Guideline: Lessons from the Field Demonstration 2002
Trends in Special Medicare Payments and Service Utilization for Rural Areas in the 1990s 2002
Evaluating an Integrated Approach to Clinical Quality Improvement: Clinical Guidelines, Quality Measurement, and Supportive System Design 2001
Implementing CaLWORKS: The Need for Added Capacity 2001
Implementing CalWORKs: The Problem of Noncompliance 2001
Implementing CalWORKs: The Timing of Job Club 2001
Improving Health Care Options for the Nation's Over-65 Military Retirees: First-Year Results from the TRICARE Senior Prime Subvention Demonstration 2001
Putting Practice Guidelines to Work in the Department of Defense Medical System: A Guide for Action 2001
Trends for Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers Serving Rural Medicare Beneficiaries During the 1990s 2001
Trends in Bonus Payments for Physician Services to Rural Medicare Beneficiaries 2001
Variations in Medicare AAPCC Rates During the 1990s for Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Counties 2001
Welfare Reform in California: State and County Implementation of CalWORKs in the Second Year 2001
Are People With Mental Illness Getting the Help They Need? New Findings About Parity Laws, Insurance Coverage, and Access to Care 2000
Do Consumer Reports of Health Plan Quality Affect Health Plan Selection? 2000
The First Year of the Medicare-DoD Subvention Demonstration: Evaluation Report for FY 1999 2000
Policy and Health in Asia: Demographic and Epidemiologic Transitions 2000
Testing CAHPS Health Plan Performance Reports in the Florida Medicaid Program 2000
Trends in Supply and Utilization of Rural Hospitals with Special Medicare Payments 2000
The Design of Healthcare for Communities: A Study of Health Care Delivery for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Conditions 1999
Epilogue : Early Lessons from CAHPS Demonstrations and Evaluations 1999
Interim Report: Evaluation of the Medicare-DoD Subvention Demonstration 1999
Policy and Health: Implications for Development in Asia 1999
Special Issues in Assessing Care of Medicaid Recipients 1999
Welfare Reform in California: State and County Implementation of CalWORKs in the First Year 1999
Use of the CAHPS Medicaid Managed Care Questionnaire by the New Jersey Medicaid Program 1998
Actuarial Analysis of Basic Benefits Package Opinions of Health Care Reform in Macedonia 1997
Consideration for Benefits and Cost Sharing Policies for Health Care Reform in Macedonia 1997
Coordinated Health Care Benefits Policy: Services, Cost Sharing and Limits for Macedonia 1997
Economic Efficiency of Macedonian Health System: Analysis of Government and Household Survey Data 1997
Model of Basic Benefits Package and Options with Actuarial Analysis 1997
Reforming Health Care in Macedonia: RAND Technical Assistance Reports from July 1996 to May 1997 1997
Survey Issues Regarding Dual Eligible Populations: Design of a Medicare Fee-For-Service CAHPS Survey 1997
When Does A Plan Differ Significantly from Other Plans? : Statistical and Practical Significance Criteria of Star Ratings for the New Jersey CAHPS Survey 1997
Competition Under Fixed Prices: Effects on Patient Selection and Service Strategies by Hemodialysis Providers 1996
Modified Capitation and Treatment Incentives for End Stage Renal Disease 1996
Designing a Capitation Payment Plan for Medicare End Stage Renal Disease Services 1994
Defining Infants’ Race and Ethnicity in a Study of Very Low Birthweight Infants 1993
Effects of Competition of Dialysis Facility Service Levels and Patient Selection 1993
Interaction of outlier payment policy with DRG refinement and recalibration 1993
Improving Medicare's Policy for Payment of Unusual Hospital Cases 1992
Assessing Emergency Medical Services in Los Angeles County: A Research Agenda 1991

Donna O. Farley — Publications

Clinician Advice to Quit Smoking Among Seniors 2015

A Retrospective Evaluation of the Perfecting Patient Care University Training Program for Health Care Organizations 2014

Specialties Differ in Which Aspects of Doctor Communication Predict Overall Physician Ratings 2014

Care Experiences of Managed Care Medicare Enrollees Near the End of Life 2013

CMS Innovation Center Health Care Innovation Awards: Evaluation Plan 2013

Experiences of Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries with ESRD: Medicare Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Survey Results 2013

The Top Patient Safety Strategies That Can Be Encouraged for Adoption Now 2013

Using a Hospital Quality Improvement Toolkit to Improve Performance on the AHRQ Quality Indicators 2013

Helping Hospitals Deliver Better Care: A New Toolkit for Quality Improvement 2012

How Event Reporting by US Hospitals Has Changed from 2005 to 2009 2012

Improving Interactions with Patients in a Dialysis Facility: A Case Study of a Successful Quality Improvement Intervention 2012

Measuring Success for Health Care Quality Improvement Interventions 2012

Multiple Patient Safety Events Within a Single Hospitalization: A National Profile in US Hospitals 2012

Advancing the Science of Patient Safety 2011

Depression and the Health Care Experiences of Medicare Beneficiaries 2011

Improving Customer Service and Access in a Surgical Practice: A Case Study of a Successful Quality Improvement Intervention 2011

Understanding Variations in Medicare Consumer Assessment of Health Care Providers and Systems Scores: California as an Example 2011

Achieving Strong Teamwork Practices in Hospital Labor and Delivery Units 2010

Adverse Event Reporting Practices by U.S. Hospitals: Survey Results from 2005 and 2009 2010

Improving Hospital Inpatient Nursing Care: A Case Study of One Hospital's Intervention to Improve the Patient's Care Experience 2010

Adopting Information Technology to Drive Improvements in Patient Safety: Lessons from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Health Information Technology Grantees 2009

Assessing Patient Safety Practices and Outcomes in the U.S. Health Care System 2009

Assessment of Contributions to Patient Safety Knowledge by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality-Funded Patient Safety Projects 2009

Canary Measures Among the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators 2009

Evaluation of the AHRQ Patient Safety Initiative: Synthesis of Findings 2009

Evaluation of the AHRQ Patient Safety Initiative: Framework and Approach 2009

Experiences of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality-Funded Projects That Implemented Practices for Safer Patient Care 2009

The Growth of Partnerships to Support Patient Safety Practice Adoption 2009

Health Care Provider's Motivation to Improve Communication Skills 2009

How Hospitals Have Implemented the National Quality Forum Safe Practices 2009

RAND Review: Vol. 33, No. 2, Summer 2009 2009

Safety Outcomes in the United States: Trends and Challenges in Measurement 2009

Training a Patient Safety Work Force: The Patient Safety Improvement Corps 2009

Using Health Information Technology-Related Performance Measures and Tools to Improve Chronic Care 2009

Adverse-event-reporting Practices by US Hospitals: Results of a National Survey 2008

Assessment of the AHRQ Patient Safety Initiative: Final Report -- Evaluation Report IV 2008

Bridging from the Picker Hospital Survey to the CAHPS Hospital Survey 2008

Outcome Measures for Effective Teamwork in Inpatient Care: Final Report 2008

Prioritizing Patient Safety Outcomes Measures: Results of an Expert Consensus Process 2008

Assessing the Diffusion of Safe Practices in the U.S. Health Care System: Interim Report to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2007

Assessment of the AHRQ Patient Safety Initiative: Focus on Implementation and Dissemination Evaluation Report III (2004-2005) 2007

Assessment of the AHRQ Patient Safety Initiative: Moving from Research to Practice Evaluation Report II (2003-2004) 2007

Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Progress During 2004 and 2005 2007

Improving Performance for Health Plan Customer Service: A Case Study of a Successful CAHPS Quality Improvement Intervention 2007

Development of Supplemental Quality Improvement Items for the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) 2006

Evaluation of the Patient Safety Improvement Corps: Experiences of the First Two Groups of Trainees 2006

Research Colloquium on Workers’ Compensation Medical Benefit Delivery and Return to Work 2006

Assessment of the National Patient Safety Initiative: Context and Baseline Evaluation Report I 2005

Do Medicaid and Commercial CAHPS Scores Correlate Within Plans? A New Jersey Case Study 2005

Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Program Advancement in 2005 2005

Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Program Advancement in 2005 2005

Implementation of the Asthma Practice Guideline in the Army Medical Department: Evaluation of Process and Effects 2005

Implementation of the Diabetes Practice Guideline in the Army Medical Department: Final Evaluation 2005

Assessment of 24-Hour Care Options for California 2004

Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Progress from Program Inception to 2004 2004

Evaluation of the Low Back Pain Practice Guideline Implementation in the Army Medical Department 2004

The Utility of CAHPS for Health Plans 2004

Evaluation of the Medicare-DoD Subvention Demonstration: Final Report 2003

Policy and Health in Asia: Financing and Allocating Public Expenditures 2003

Regional Health Quality Improvement Coalitions: Lessons Across the Life Cycle 2003

Shortcomings in Medicare Bonus Payments for Physicians in Underserved Areas: Medicare's Bonus Payment Program Has Not Met Its Goal of Providing Physicians with Incentives to Practice in Rural Underserved Areas 2003

Welfare Reform in California: Early Results from the Impact Analysis 2003

Effects of CAHPS Health Plan Performance Information on Plan Choices by New Jersey Medicaid Beneficiaries 2002

Effects of CAHPS Performance Information on Health Plan Choices by Iowa Medicaid Beneficiaries 2002

Exploration of Selection Bias Issues for the DoD Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Demonstration 2002

Implementing the Post-Deployment Health Practice Guideline: Lessons from the Field Demonstration 2002

Trends in Special Medicare Payments and Service Utilization for Rural Areas in the 1990s 2002

Evaluating an Integrated Approach to Clinical Quality Improvement: Clinical Guidelines, Quality Measurement, and Supportive System Design 2001

Implementing CaLWORKS: The Need for Added Capacity 2001

Implementing CalWORKs: The Problem of Noncompliance 2001

Implementing CalWORKs: The Timing of Job Club 2001

Improving Health Care Options for the Nation's Over-65 Military Retirees: First-Year Results from the TRICARE Senior Prime Subvention Demonstration 2001

Putting Practice Guidelines to Work in the Department of Defense Medical System: A Guide for Action 2001

Trends for Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers Serving Rural Medicare Beneficiaries During the 1990s 2001

Trends in Bonus Payments for Physician Services to Rural Medicare Beneficiaries 2001

Variations in Medicare AAPCC Rates During the 1990s for Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Counties 2001

Welfare Reform in California: State and County Implementation of CalWORKs in the Second Year 2001

Are People With Mental Illness Getting the Help They Need? New Findings About Parity Laws, Insurance Coverage, and Access to Care 2000

Do Consumer Reports of Health Plan Quality Affect Health Plan Selection? 2000