May 26, 2005 - Building on a pilot program begun in 2003, Illinois implemented "3-share" coverage in various communities to help small employers provide health insurance to their employees and dependents.
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May 26, 2005 - Wisconsin farmers are pooling their purchasing power to enhance access to affordable coverage.
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May 4, 2005 - Taking the lead from corporate purchasers, state Medicaid agencies now incorporate pay-for-performance and other quality incentives into their agreements with managed care plans.
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April 12, 2005 - This technical report provides a guide to states in assessing the effectiveness of their efforts to strengthen mental health services for young children.
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March 30, 2005 - To prepare clinicians to handle critical situations in labor and delivery, the Harvard Center for Medical Simulation created a simulation-based Labor and Delivery Crisis Resource Management training course designed to increase teamwork and procedural skills among teams of providers.
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March 17, 2005 - Using existing Medicaid policy, Illinois has found a way to reimburse providers who screen for maternal depression.
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March 7, 2005 - The Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton embedded the Baldrige National Quality Award principles of performance excellence into its management and operations through a process of self-assessment, external evaluation, and strategic organizational improvement.
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January 20, 2005 - Missouri Baptist Medical Center aimed to improve outcomes by enhancing its ability to intervene when patients show signs of deterioration and thus prevent emergency response crises like cardiac or respiratory arrest.
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January 20, 2005 - In improving the effectiveness and safety of patient care in its ICU, the Porter Valparaiso Hospital Campus ICU joined the Transformation of the Intensive Care Unit (TICU) national collaborative sponsored by VHA Inc.
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January 20, 2005 - The Veterans Administration (VA) instituted an external, voluntary, confidential, and non-punitive Patient Safety Reporting System (PSRS) modeled on NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System.
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January 20, 2005 - Kaiser Permanente instituted a program to promote effective teamwork and communication among care teams working in high-risk areas such as surgery and obstetrics.
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November 19, 2004 - This intervention reduced the rate of inappropriate elective labor induction through implementation of an evidence-based clinical guideline along with performance monitoring, peer review, and patient education.
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August 23, 2004 - Group medical appointments have the potential to increase access to physicians, improve patient satisfaction, and increase physician productivity.
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August 23, 2004 - In 1996, General Motors and the United Auto Workers Union launched a comprehensive preventive health program for employees, LifeSteps, which involves education, health appraisals, counseling, and other interventions.
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August 23, 2004 - To shorten hospitalization for deep vein thrombosis, Henry Ford experimented with the use of an expensive new drug, low molecular weight heparin, and set up a lipid clinic to maximize the benefit of powerful new cholesterol-lowering drugs.
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