At the Summit Healthcare nursing home in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, providing “resident-centered” care has become a top priority.

round the country and the world, resourceful people are finding new ways to improve the quality of their health care systems and make health care more accessible. The Commonwealth Fund supports some of the most promising of those innovations, as described in this Annual Report for 2003. Achieving a High Performance Health System: Fund president Karen Davis describes effective strategies for improving quality, access, and efficiency in the American health care system. The Fund's Mission, Goals, and Strategy Program Highlights, 2003     Improving Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Care     Improving the Quality of Health Care Services     International Program in Health Policy and Practice An Undervalued Species: Private Value-Added Foundations: Fund executive vice president and treasurer John E. Craig, Jr., addresses serious misunderstandings about the role and spending practices of value-added foundations. Treasurer’s Report and Financial Statements The Fund's Founders and Benefactors Directors and Staff Grants Approved, 2002 — 2003     Printable version of entire report (177 pages)