August 18, 2008 -
Watch presentations from this Commonwealth Fund-supported conference, held in partnership with the Massachusetts Data Consortium, the The National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO), the Regional All Payer Healthcare Information Council (RAPHIC), and the New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice. Find all sessions in the Multimedia Center.
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August 18, 2008 -
Watch presentations from this Commonwealth Fund-supported conference, held in partnership with the Massachusetts Data Consortium, the The National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO), the Regional All Payer Healthcare Information Council (RAPHIC), and the New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice. Find all sessions in the Multimedia Center.
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August 18, 2008 -
Watch presentations from this Commonwealth Fund-supported conference, held in partnership with the Massachusetts Data Consortium, the The National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO), the Regional All Payer Healthcare Information Council (RAPHIC), and the New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice. Find all sessions in the Multimedia Center.
Play »
August 18, 2008 -
Watch presentations from this Commonwealth Fund-supported conference, held in partnership with the Massachusetts Data Consortium, the The National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO), the Regional All Payer Healthcare Information Council (RAPHIC), and the New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice. Find all sessions in the Multimedia Center.
Play »
August 18, 2008 -
Watch presentations from this Commonwealth Fund-supported conference, held in partnership with the Massachusetts Data Consortium, the The National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO), the Regional All Payer Healthcare Information Council (RAPHIC), and the New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice. Find all sessions in the Multimedia Center.
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July 30, 2008 -
The second National Scorecard from the Commission on a High Performance Health System reveals that the country is losing ground on key measures of health system performance. This video offers a preview of the findings and analysis from Scorecard authors and commission members.
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July 14, 2008 -
A new series of health-related webcasts for journalists debuted last week with a spotlight on the growing problem of the underinsured--people who have insurance but are still at risk for substantial out-of-pocket expenses. "Talking Health" is presented by the Association of Health Care Journalists, The Commonwealth Fund, and the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism.
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June 13, 2008 -
Watch an e-forum, with synched slides and audio, from a May 12, 2008 Commonwealth Fund/Alliance for Health Reform briefing, "Racial and Ethnic Disparities: States and Feds to the Rescue?"
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June 12, 2008 -
This video previews the findings of the first-ever state-by-state health system "scorecard" on children's health care.
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June 12, 2008 -
This video previews the findings of "How Many Are Underinsured? Trends Among U.S. Adults, 2003 and 2007," a Commonwealth Fund study published in Health Affairs that revealed a dramatic rise in the number of Americans who have health coverage that does not adequately protect them from high medical expenses.
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May 22, 2008 -
Many argue that the fee-for-service payment system in the United States leads to more care, but has failed to create high-quality and efficient care. Francois de Brantes offers a viable alternative--a new payment model based on a set of evidence-informed case rates, or ECRs.
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April 4, 2008 -
Watch a trailer for a Commonwealth Fund-supported episode of FRONTLINE, where correspondent T.R. Reid examines the health care systems of other advanced capitalist democracies--U.K., France, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, and Taiwan--to see what tried and tested ideas might help the U.S. reform its health care system. The show began airing April 15, 2008. To watch the program online, go to the FRONTLINE Web site at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundtheworld/.
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March 26, 2008 -
Melinda Abrams, M.S., senior program officer for the Program on Patient-Centered Primary Care, reviews the benefits of medical homes as well as how The Commonwealth Fund is helping to address outstanding questions about reimbursement, office redesign, and standardization.
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