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Improving Hospital Efficiency Through Data-Driven Management: A Case Study of Health First, Florida
This report presents a case study of how one health system addressed resource challenges by using Lean thinking (focusing on process improvement, affecting both structural components and operational processes) enabled by information technology.
Oct 22, 2015
Report
Competency-Based Programs Are an Innovative Approach to Higher Education
Among other benefits, competency-based education programs have the potential to increase the alignment between graduate skills and employer needs, as well as address degree-completion rates by offering new pathways to students.
Oct 22, 2015
Journal Article
Current and Future Flood Risk in Greater New Orleans
This report presents estimates of flood risk in New Orleans and quantifies the accomplishments of the post-Katrina efforts to improve coastal defenses.
Oct 20, 2015
Commentary
The Prospective Impact of Airbus Industries on Mobile
Austal USA's operations in Mobile, Alabama have benefited the broader region. Similarly, Airbus's hiring should have a net favorable impact on the region's economy, since the area does not appear to be at or near full employment.
Oct 10, 2015
Commentary
Exploring New Approaches to Higher Education: The Expansion of Competency-Based Programs
Policymakers and educators must determine if the risks of maintaining the status quo outweigh the potential benefits of competency-based programs, especially for those students who are ill-served by the traditional higher education model.
Sep 29, 2015
Dissertation
Hello, Goodbye: Three Perspectives on Public School District Staff Turnover
Three essays each of which explores a different perspective on public school district staff turnover.
Sep 14, 2015
Commentary
What Hurricane Katrina Taught Us About Community Resilience
Hurricane Katrina left a path of destruction, death, and suffering in its wake. Its recovery, halting and incomplete as it has been, has taught us valuable lessons about resiliency.
Sep 8, 2015
Research Brief
Aligning Education and Training to Meet Energy Workforce Needs
Energy-sector employers in West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania report having difficulty filling semiskilled jobs. And the sector's technology is changing quickly. How can the region's leaders improve the workforce-development pipeline?
Aug 31, 2015
Report
Energy-Sector Workforce Development in West Virginia
The production of natural gas and gas liquids from shale in West Virginia has increased demand for workers. Ten action items can help the Community and Technical College System of West Virginia and other stakeholders support a well-aligned and coherent workforce-development pipeline.
Aug 31, 2015
Blog
Hurricane Katrina: 10 Years After the Storm
This weekend marks 10 years since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast. As the region struggled to cope and rebuild after the storm, RAND experts worked on solutions to the region's long-term challenges.
Aug 27, 2015
News Release
Program to Improve School Outcomes and Student Achievement Shows Early Signs of Success
A program intended to boost student achievement by providing teachers two years of professional development, including formal training sessions and meetings with a leadership coach, is showing early signs of success.
Aug 11, 2015
Report
Teacher Development Program Shows Early Signs of Success
A program that provides middle-career teachers with two years of professional development, including formal training sessions and meetings with a leadership coach, is showing promising results on student achievement. Also, program participants are mentoring other teachers.
Aug 11, 2015
Journal Article
Roles of Prices, Poverty, and Health in Medicare and Private Spending in Texas
Variation in private spending reflects the ability of the local population to pay for healthcare, whereas variation in Medicare is more driven by health status.
Jul 7, 2015
Report
The Impact of Adopting Time-of-Day Tolling: Case Study of 183A in Austin, Texas
This study evaluates the traffic and revenue impacts of moving from a fixed toll rate on the 183A Turnpike in Texas to a toll structure that varies by time of day.
Jun 18, 2015
Research Brief
Planning for Higher Education Programs: Effectively Using Data and Modeling to Understand Workforce Needs
Workforce data sources provide valuable information, though no source should be used on its own. The information should be used to manage new and ongoing degree programs and for periodic strategic planning.
Apr 23, 2015
Journal Article
A Spatiotemporal Quantile Regression Model for Emergency Department Expenditures
The authors develop a spatiotemporal quantile regression model for the analysis of emergency department-related medical expenditures.
Mar 24, 2015
Journal Article
Where You Live Matters: Quality and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Schizophrenia Care in Four State Medicaid Programs
Care for Schizophrenia: it matters where you live.
Mar 19, 2015
Journal Article
Use of Pooled State Administrative Data for Mental Health Services Research
State mental health authorities routinely devote resources to collect data for state planning and reporting purposes. However, these data are rarely used in cross-state comparisons to inform state or federal policy development.
Feb 26, 2015
Announcement
New Research Consortium to Tackle Community Resilience in the Gulf Region
A new research group, the Consortium for Resilient Gulf Communities, will assess and address the public health, social, and economic impacts of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico region. It will focus on determining how communities can build resilience to future disasters.
Feb 17, 2015
Report
Using Workforce Information for Degree Program Planning in Texas
This report describes current practices in using workforce information for degree program planning, analyzes options for using workforce information, recommends promising practices, describes new data tools, and applies these tools.
Feb 11, 2015

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