Innovations

What are innovations?
In this section, the Fund highlights practical tools, case studies, and innovative state strategies that can help you put sound policy into practice.

Evaluating Staff Morale in Safety Net Medical Home Adoption

January 9, 2012 - With Commonwealth Fund support, Sarah Lewis, M.S.P.H., of the University of Chicago, and colleagues have developed two surveys and a scoring algorithm to capture the experiences of safety net providers and staff as they adopt medical homes.

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A Guide to Developing State Child Health 'Improvement Partnerships'

February 24, 2009 - A new online guide from the Vermont Child Health Improvement Program provides state leaders in child health with step-by-step instructions to developing sustainable collaborations of public and private partners that are dedicated to improving the quality of children's health care.

Evaluating Medical Home Adoption in the Safety Net

July 18, 2011 - With Commonwealth Fund support, Jonathan M. Birnberg, M.D., of the University of Chicago, and colleagues have developed an evaluation scale customized for safety-net clinics.

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Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital: Five Years Without a Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infection

December 28, 2011 - This case study describes the strategies and factors that appear to contribute to the low incidence of CLABSIs at Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital. It is based on information obtained from interviews with key hospital personnel, publicly available information, and materials provided by the hospital in January 2010.

Englewood Hospital and Medical Center: Seven Consecutive Quarters Without a Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infection

December 28, 2011 - This case study describes the strategies and factors that appear to contribute to the low incidence of CLABSIs at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center. It is based on information obtained from interviews with key hospital personnel, publicly available information, and materials provided by the hospital from December 2009 to January 2010.

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California First with Exchange Legislation Under National Reform

March 11, 2011 - As the first state to enact legislation to create a health insurance exchange since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, California is an early example of how the law's vision of state-based exchanges can be implemented.

Utah Health Exchange

March 11, 2011 - The Utah Health Exchange is a Web portal through which small businesses can make a defined contribution—a fixed dollar amount per employee—toward health insurance, and their employees can compare and select health plans from a range of options.

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