Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey, Year 6

Award Amount: $53,000
Approval Date: November 9, 2010
Start Date: April 1, 2011
End Date: December 31, 2011
Harris Interactive, Inc.
60 Corporate Woods
Rochester, New York 14623
Principal Investigator: Roz Pierson, Ph.D.

The Commonwealth Fund's Health Care Opinion Leader surveys contributed important information to the health reform debate, and they are likely to continue to play a key role during implementation of the Affordable Care Act. The surveys, conducted by Harris Interactive, explore a range of key health policy issues and the options for addressing them. The findings are published in Modern Healthcare and on the Fund's Web site, along with data briefs prepared by Fund staff and original commentaries written by top policy experts. Building on the success to date with this project, the Fund will support an additional year of surveys to cover major issues closely aligned with the work of the Fund's Commission on a High Performance Health System.