Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey, Year 2

Award Amount: $65,500
Approval Date: April 11, 2006
Start Date: May 1, 2006
End Date: April 30, 2007
Harris Interactive, Inc.
161 Sixth Avenue
New York, New York 10013
Principal Investigator: Kinga Zapert

The Fund recently completed the first year of a bimonthly series of online surveys of health care opinion leaders. The surveys, conducted by Harris Interactive, ask about a range of key health policy issues and options for addressing them. Results are posted on the Fund's Web site, along with original commentaries written by top policy experts. Building on the success of the first year, the Fund will support an additional year of surveys, shifting to a quarterly schedule to allow more in-depth analysis of major issues, closer alignment of the initiative with the work of the Fund's Commission on a High Performance Health System, and likely collaboration with Modern Healthcare, a publishing partnership that should help the Fund reach a broader audience.