Health Care Quality

A Private Foundation Working Toward a High Performance Health System

EHR-Based Care Coordination Performance Measures in Ambulatory Care

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Making Sense of Multiple Delivery System Reform Efforts

November 17, 2011 - The list of efforts under way to improve health care delivery way is impressive. The Commonwealth Fund's Anthony Shih says these efforts are synergistic strategies moving us toward a more organized delivery system.

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Reducing Hospital Readmissions: Lessons from Top-Performing Hospitals

Providence St. Vincent Medical Center: Improving Efficiency by Standardizing Care and Ensuring Access

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Incorporating Clinical Decision Support into Nursing Home Health IT

January 23, 2012 - This Commonwealth Fund–supported study examined some of the steps necessary to incorporate the the INTERACT clinical transition tools into nursing homes' health information technology systems.

Exploring Wellness Incentives For Employees

January 20, 2012 - This Commonwealth Fund–supported study explores the equity concerns associated with wellness incentives, an increasingly popular way for employers to encourage participation in prevention programs, which can both improve workers' overall health and reduce costs.

Events

Webinar on ACO Formation

January 17, 2012 - This 90-minute webinar on January 19 at 2 p.m., E.S.T., drew on a series of Commonwealth Fund case studies on accountable care organizations by Elliot Fisher, M.D., M.P.H., and colleagues at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Care Policy and Practice.

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Quality Matters - December 2011/January 2012

A look at the development and use of patient-reported outcome measures, and an interview with Eugene Nelson, D.Sc., M.P.H., director of the Population Health Measurement Program at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice.