April 21, 2008 - In order to achieve significant gains in quality and efficiency, the health care delivery system--the way providers are organized and care is delivered--will need fundamental and systemic changes, say health care and health policy leaders.
April 11, 2008 - In the face of sobering reports of highly variable health care delivery across the nation, as reported in The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System's State Scorecard, nine states have been selected to participate in the State Quality Improvement Institute, an intensive, competitively-selected effort to help states plan and implement concrete action plans to improve performance across targeted quality indicators.
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March 18, 2008 - Enrollment in consumer-driven and high-deductible health plans increased in 2007, but still makes up a small segment of the overall insurance market, according to the third EBRI/Commonwealth Fund Consumerism in Health Care Survey released today.
March 3, 2008 - In New York City, black babies with very low birth weights (less than 1500 grams, or 3 pounds, 5 ounces) are more likely to be born in hospitals with high risk-adjusted neonatal death rates, according to a Commonwealth Fund-supported study in the March issue of Pediatrics.
February 12, 2008 - Michael V. Drake, M.D., chancellor of the University of California, Irvine (UCI), has been elected to the Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors. His membership on the Board will take effect in April 2008.
February 4, 2008 - In a letter, 'America's Passing Gear,' in the January/February issue of Health Affairs, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer John E. Craig, Jr. calls for health care foundations to examine their goals and strategies.
January 28, 2008 - When asked to consider the health reform proposals of the 2008 presidential candidates, most leaders in health care and health policy favor plans that build on the nation's current mixed system of public and private group insurance, a new survey finds.
January 15, 2008 - Eighty-one percent of Americans believe that in order to help reach the goal of health insurance for all, employers should either provide health insurance to their workers or contribute to the cost of their coverage, according to survey data released today by The Commonwealth Fund.
January 8, 2008 - Rising out-of-pocket expenses and stagnant incomes increased the financial burden of health care for more Americans between 2001 and 2004, especially for the privately insured, according to a national study supported in part by the Commonwealth Fund and published in the January/February edition of Health Affairs.
January 8, 2008 - The United States places last among 19 countries when it comes to deaths that could have been prevented by access to timely and effective health care, according to new research supported by The Commonwealth Fund and published in the January/February issue of Health Affairs.
December 18, 2007 - Guaranteed health insurance for all combined with several federal policy options to achieve health care system savings could result in $1.5 trillion in reduced spending over 10 years, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report prepared by Fund staff and the Lewin Group for study by the Fund's Commission on a High Performance Health System.
November 19, 2007 - Health care providers, insurance companies and drug makers should make information about prices available to the public, according to a new survey of leaders in health care and health policy.
November 15, 2007 - Ensuring that everyone in the United States has health insurance is essential, but it is not enough to drive the kind of reform the health system needs, according to a new report released today by the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System.
November 1, 2007 - At a time when the U.S. spends more than double what other countries spend for medical care—$6,697 per capita in 2005—a new Commonwealth Fund seven-nation survey finds that U.S. patients are more likely to report experiencing medical errors, to go without care because of costs, and to say that the health care system needs to be rebuilt completely.