April 16, 2012 - In this article, experts at The Commonwealth Fund examine the role the law will have in increasing the use of preventive health services. The authors estimate that through expanded access to insurance coverage, reduced financial barriers to care, and improved quality of care delivery, an additional 9.8 million patients will receive recommended preventive services.
In Brief
April 9, 2012 - With Commonwealth Fund support, researchers used Hospital Quality Alliance data on more than 4 million patients at 4,500 hospitals to analyze the effects of different pay-for-performance designs on disparities in care between minority and white patients.
In Brief
April 9, 2012 - The author of this Commonwealth Fund-supported study suggests strategies elder law attorneys can use to advocate for their assisted-living clients when their rights are compromised.
In Brief
April 6, 2012 - This Commonwealth Fund-supported campaign is reinvigorating efforts to improve the quality of care and quality of life for those living or recuperating in America's nursing homes.
Other
April 3, 2012 - This article, based on a Commonwealth Fund/Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality international conference on primary care, shows how strong primary care can provide the groundwork for efforts to improve overall care and population health while also controlling costs.
In the Literature
March 30, 2012 - Public reporting seems to have driven early adoption of diabetes care improvement interventions and the adoption of multiple, simultaneous interventions over time.
In the Literature
March 29, 2012 - An international survey of adults with complex health care needs found wide variations in the degree to which patients are engaged in their own care, from self-managing a health condition to actively participating in treatment decisions.
In the Literature
March 27, 2012 - This study supports use of both the long and short versions of the Care Transitions Measure in national public reporting efforts.
In Brief
March 27, 2012 - In a Commonwealth Fund–supported study conducted at a community nonprofit hospital, researchers examined the Care Transitions Measure’s ability to identify deficiencies in transitional care for older patients being discharged.
In Brief
March 21, 2012 - In this issue brief, researchers used a simulation model to predict the budgetary impact of a permanent increase in Medicare primary care fees.
Issue Brief
March 20, 2012 - Using data from the 2010 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey, encompassing more than 11,000 adults in 11 countries, the authors of this Archives of Internal Medicine study reported the effects that having a care coordinator, better access to primary care, and strong health care provider–patient communication have on care coordination.
In Brief
March 15, 2012 - Older adults living on their own are a vulnerable and growing health care population. In addition to lacking social support and financial security, they often contend with complex multiple chronic conditions and limitation in physical mobility.
In Brief
March 8, 2012 - This new report prepared for The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System offers a series of recommendations to help shore up safety-net hospitals and ensure they can continue to provide high-quality care to low-income, vulnerable patients once the health reform law is fully implemented.
Fund Report
March 5, 2012 - In this Commonwealth Fund-supported study, researchers synthesize the views of experts and stakeholders on what needs to be done to make physician report cards more useful and the challenges that must be overcome to improve them.
In the Literature
February 27, 2012 - The patient-centered medical home has been proposed as a model for transforming primary care and improving efficiency and effectiveness in the health care system. This report outlines and describes the changes that most medical practices would need to make to become patient-centered medical homes.
Fund Report