May 16, 2012
- A new Commonwealth Fund data brief describes how more than 70 researchers came together as part of the Patient-Centered Medical Home Evaluators' Collaborative to identify a set of standardized measures to assess patient-centered medical homes. Attend a webinar at 3 p.m., E.T., today to hear the authors discuss their consensus process and core measure recommendations.
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May 8, 2012
- The Commonwealth Fund-supported author of this Health Affairs article examined variations in beneficiaries' use of 13 health care services in 60 communities to investigate: discernible patterns; the extent of variation in service categories across sites; and which services vary to the extent that they account for disproportionate geographic variation in total use.
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May 3, 2012
- This Commonwealth Fund analysis of 13 industrialized countries finds the U.S. spends far more on health care than any other country. However this high spending cannot be attributed to higher income, an older population, or greater supply or utilization of hospitals and doctors. Instead, the findings suggest the higher spending is more likely due to higher prices and perhaps more readily accessible technology and greater obesity.
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April 26, 2012
- The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System unveils a community-based plan to enhance health and reduce spending by improving care for chronically ill patients and targeting quality improvement efforts to conditions that can yield the greatest benefit in a relatively short time.
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January 9, 2012
- Read a message from Samuel C. Fleming, chair of The Commonwealth Fund Board's Search Committee for The Commonwealth Fund's next president.
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