May 21, 2008 - North Dakota faces health care challenges common to many rural areas of the U.S., but the state's health care system appears to be performing better than that in many other states--rural or urban. A new Fund report shows how North Dakota is getting it done.
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March 20, 2008 - A quality improvement program implemented at a large nonprofit health system relied on performance reporting, financial incentives, and a nursing intervention to promote evidence-based care for heart failure patients and to lower readmissions among these patients.
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January 24, 2008 - Hudson River HealthCare's experience in multiple quality improvement collaboratives and in meeting its requirements as a federally qualified health center has proved beneficial in its efforts to provide high-quality, patient-centered care.
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November 29, 2007 - Multidisciplinary improvement teams at a medical center in Charleston, W. Va., implemented new care processes, supported by "change agents" and rapid-response data reporting, that led the hospital to achieve benchmark performance across multiple indicators of health care quality.
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September 20, 2007 - A heart failure program implemented at an independent teaching hospital appears to have lowered readmission and mortality rates for these patients, suggesting that other institutions can improve their health outcomes for this condition.
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August 29, 2007 - Increasing demand for acute care beds led an Ohio health system to establish a network that aimed to improve transitional care between its hospitals and local post-acute care facilities.
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July 19, 2007 - By agreeing to a long-term contract that tied a portion of physician income to electronic medical record adoption, Massachusetts' largest payer and one of its largest health care systems were able to shift their joint quality focus from process of care measurements to patient outcomes.
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July 12, 2007 - Denver Health, a comprehensive and integrated medical system that is Colorado's largest health care safety-net provider, has a national reputation as a high-performance organization
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March 19, 2007 - This case study highlights a community hospital's experience in putting patients and their families at the center of its strategy for improving clinical outcomes, patient experience, and corporate performance.
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March 12, 2007 - A state university created a telehealth network to improve the health of nearby underserved and isolated populations through education, research, and service.
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March 12, 2007 - Iowa's largest integrated health care system converted health literacy research into practice and policy by using multidisciplinary teams to implement proven interventions and tools throughout its organization.
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March 12, 2007 - A New York City network of community health centers implemented electronic health records (EHRs) as part of its mission to promote equitable access to high-quality care for a socially and culturally diverse patient population.
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March 12, 2007 - A team of innovators created home-like environments in small "Green Houses" and more than met their objectives for improving clinical quality as well as quality of life.
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March 12, 2007 - Marshfield Clinic of Wisconsin's experience suggests that information systems, care management, process redesign, and physician involvement are important to improving the quality and efficiency of care in response to pay-for-performance incentives.
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January 24, 2006 - A case study of one hospital's successful strategy for achieving high performance.
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