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Contractor Risk and Performance Indicators: Prototype Functional Specification and Developer Document

This report presents the technical design and architecture of a RAND-developed software prototype that assesses relative contractor risks in Department of the Air Force acquisition contracts and programs as described in two companion reports.

May 16, 2022
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Early Predictive Indicators of Contractor Performance: A Data-Analytic Approach

This report presents initial insights and approaches in exploring and prototyping methods to identify potential contractor performance risks for the Department of the Air Force earlier than would be typically reported via traditional methods.

May 12, 2022
Journal Article

Innovating Innovation in the U.S. Department of Defense Looking to Large Corporations for Inspiration

In recent years DoD leaders have become interested in identifying ways to create a culture, policies, and processes that yield more innovation than today's environment produces. This paper argues that this approach could hamper U.S. technological performance.

Apr 20, 2022
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Funding Technology-Related Business Initiatives in the Department of the Air Force

This report—one in a series focused on transforming human resource management via information technology and business systems—explores challenges in the budgeting process and offers recommendations for better program advocacy.

Apr 7, 2022
Journal Article

Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF): Stage 1a Evaluation

Stage 1a of a long term evaluation of the GCRF consists of a management review, and findings on aspects of the international research it funds.

Mar 23, 2022
Report

Relative Contractor Risks: A Data-Analytic Approach to Early Identification

The authors prototyped a new way to apply data analysis on a variety of government and commercial data sources to assess the relative contractor performance risks in Air Force acquisition contracts and programs.

Feb 4, 2022
Report

Performance Management and Assessment of Federally Funded Research and Development Centers: Lessons from Academic Literature and Practitioner Guidance

In this report, the authors discuss insights drawn from academic literature and practitioner guidance that are applicable to the effective oversight, management, and performance assessment of federally funded research and development centers.

Jan 31, 2022
Journal Article

Coordination of Sustainable Financing for Evidence-Based Youth Mental Health Treatments: Protocol for Development and Evaluation of the Fiscal Mapping Process

This protocol describes a mixed-methods research project designed to (1) develop and (2) evaluate a novel Fiscal Mapping Process that guides strategic planning efforts to finance the sustainment of evidence-based treatments in youth mental health services.

Jan 7, 2022
Journal Article

Value of Family Involvement in Substance Use Disorder Treatment: Aligning Clinical and Financing Priorities

Family support has important impacts on recovery from substance use disorders (SUDs). This paper illustrates how financing gaps limit SUD service systems from offering family services. We offer two sets of recommendations for funding family involvement in SUD services.

Jan 7, 2022
Journal Article

Enhancing Early Engagement (E3) in Mental Health Services Training for Children's Advocacy Center's Victim Advocates: Feasibility Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

This feasibility study protocol describes our plans to develop, implement, and evaluate web-based and consultative training for Children's Advocacy Center Victim Advocates to enhance early engagement in evidence-based youth mental health services.

Jan 7, 2022
Multimedia

Centering Participatory Action Research in Racial Equity and Global Justice

Rhianna C. Rogers, director of the RAND Center to Advance Racial Equity Policy, presented to the 13th Geneva Forum on December 15, 2021, at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

Dec 28, 2021
Report

Shaping Coast Guard Culture to Enhance the Future Workforce

This Perspective describes organizational culture, observations made in strategic-foresight workshops, examples of other organizations addressing culture issues, and how the U.S. Coast Guard can use this information in shaping its future workforce.

Nov 1, 2021
Report

Exploring the Feasibility and Utility of Machine Learning-Assisted Command and Control: Volume 2, Supporting Technical Analysis

This volume serves as the technical analysis to a report concerning the potential for artificial intelligence systems to assist in Air Force command and control (C2).

Jul 15, 2021
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Exploring the Feasibility and Utility of Machine Learning-Assisted Command and Control

Is there potential for artificial intelligence (AI) systems to assist in Air Force command and control (C2) from a technical perspective? An analytical framework assesses the suitability of a given AI system for a given C2 problem.

Jul 15, 2021
Journal Article

Building and Measuring Community Resilience: Actions for Communities and the Gulf Research Program

This report summarizes the existing portfolio of relevant or related resilience measurement efforts and notes gaps and challenges associated with them.

Jun 29, 2021
Journal Article

Examining the Business Case for Patient Experience: A Systematic Review

This article reviews the literature on associations between patient experience and business outcomes, including patient allegiance and retention, complaints, lawsuits, provider job satisfaction, and profitability.

May 21, 2021
Journal Article

Clinical Governance and Continuous Quality Improvement in the Veterinary Profession: A Mixed-Method Study

96% of the veterinary profession agrees that Quality Improvement (QI) improves veterinary care. A lack of time, know-how and organisational support were among the barriers preventing its adoption in practice.

May 14, 2021
Journal Article

Nursing Home Responses to Performance-based Accountability: Results of a National Survey

We describe quality improvement changes that skilled nursing facilities reported making in response to CMS performance measurements and whether reported QI changes were associated with better performance on CMS performance measures.

Apr 9, 2021
Journal Article

National Quality Forum Guidelines for Evaluating the Scientific Acceptability of Risk-adjusted Clinical Outcome Measures: A Report From the National Quality Forum Scientific Methods Panel

Our goal is to promote the transparency of NQF evaluations, improve the quality of performance measurements, and engage surgeons and all other stakeholders to work together to advance the science of performance measurement.

Jan 29, 2021
Journal Article

Ranking Trauma Center Quality: Can Past Performance Predict Future Performance?

This article explores whether trauma center quality metrics based on historical data can reliably predict future trauma center performance.

Jan 28, 2021

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