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CareOregon: Transforming the Role of a Medicaid Health Plan from Payer to Partner

July 22, 2010 - This case study looks at how CareOregon, an Oregon-based nonprofit Medicaid health plan, is transforming its role from payer to integrator of care on behalf of its members by partnering with health care providers to create and pursue a common vision for improving primary care delivery.

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The Mount Auburn Cambridge Independent Practice Association

July 20, 2010 - This case study provides an example of how a Boston-area independent practice association forged relationships among physicians and a hospital to share in savings generated by improved quality and lower costs.

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Carolinas Medical Center: Demonstrating High Quality in the Public Sector

July 7, 2010 - High scores on core measures distinguish the Carolinas Medical Center network hospitals, and Carolinas Medical Center–University as the top performer among them. It is part of series of case studies on high-performing public hospitals.

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Norman Regional Health System: A City-Owned Public Trust Dedicated to Improving Performance

July 7, 2010 - This case study focuses on Norman Regional Health System's achievement in providing recommended treatment on process-of-care, or "core," measures. It is part of series of case studies on high-performing public hospitals.

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Memorial Healthcare System: A Public System Focusing on Patient-and Family-Centered Care

July 7, 2010 - This case study describes the strategies and factors that appear to contribute to high adherence to "core" quality measures at Memorial Healthcare System. It is part of series of case studies on high-performing public hospitals.

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Colorado Children’s Healthcare Access Program: Helping Pediatric Practices Become Medical Homes for Low-Income Children

July 7, 2010 - The Colorado Children's Healthcare Access Program is a nonprofit organization created to address barriers that have prevented private pediatric and family practices from accepting children enrolled in Medicaid and providing them with a medical home.

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Lessons from a Health Information Technology Demonstration in New York Nursing Homes

April 13, 2010 - The New York State Nursing Home Health Information Technology Demonstration Project is a publicly subsidized initiative to implement comprehensive, point-of-care electronic medical records in 20 New York City nursing homes. This case study looks at the variations between homes regarding: 1) organizational aims for adapting HIT; 2) the technology’s perceived or real effects; and 3) implementation of quality improvement efforts as a result of newly available data.

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Walla Walla General Hospital: Setting Staff Up for Success in Pneumonia Care

April 12, 2010 - This case study describes the strategies and factors that appear to contribute to high performance on pneumonia process-of-care measures at Walla Walla General Hospital. It is based on information obtained from interviews with key hospital personnel, publicly available information, and materials provided by the hospital during October through November 2009.

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Sustaining a Culture of Safety in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System

April 8, 2010 - This case study looks at the National Center for Patient Safety formed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in 1999 to foster an organizational culture of patient safety within its 153 hospitals and 783 community-based clinics.

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The Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project: Supporting Mental Health Treatment in Primary Care

March 3, 2010 - Massachusetts has successfully demonstrated the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project, a program that provides timely telephonic psychiatric and clinical guidance to primary care providers treating children with mental health problems. This study looks into the development and implementation of the project.

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Western Baptist Hospital: Problem Solving with Pneumonia Care Performance Improvement Teams

January 29, 2010 - This case study looks at the Western Baptist Hospital, one of the top-performing hospitals in the country in the pneumonia care process-of-care, or "core" measures.

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Rhode Island's Pediatric Practice Enhancement Project: Parents Helping Parents and Practitioners

January 15, 2010 - This case study looks at Rhode Island’s Pediatric Practice Enhancement Project which trains and places parent consultants into pediatric primary and specialty care practices to help families with children and youth with special health care needs coordinate and access the health system, as well as other services (e.g., social services, education, housing).

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Scott & White Healthcare: Opening Up and Embracing Change to Improve Performance

January 8, 2010 - This case study looks at Scott & White, the largest multispecialty health care system in the state of Texas, which delivers a comprehensive continuum of care to its health plan members and constituents.

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Texas Health Harris Methodist–Cleburne: A System Approach to Surgical Improvement

December 24, 2009 - This case study focuses on Texas Health's achievement in providing recommended treatment related to surgical care. The hospital has relied on concurrent review, changes to care processes, and preprinted order sets to improve.

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Project ECHO Expands Access to Specialty Care for Rural Patients

November 30, 2009 - This case study looks at an innovative project in New Mexico that uses telemedicine, case-based learning, and disease management techniques to expand access to care for patients with hepatitis C and other chronic, complex conditions.

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