A series of studies led by former Harkness Fellows in Health Care Policy and Practice focus on international health system issues and offers lessons for the U.S. The articles address:
- the effectiveness of U.S. and German chronic care management models (Health Care Financing Review);
- New Zealand's patients' complaints system, a means of quickly resolving complaints and promoting safety and quality improvements (Health Affairs);
- three nations’ experiences with "health courts," in which adjudicators rely on experts to determine compensation, based on a standard other than negligence (Social Science and Medicine);
- the background, history, and approach of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Health Care Quality Indicators Project (International Journal for Quality in Health Care);
- quality indicators for diabetes care, developed as part of the Health Care Quality Indicators Project (International Journal for Quality in Health Care);
- international patient safety indicators, developed under the Health Care Quality Indicators Project (International Journal for Quality in Health Care);
- measures for primary care, prevention, and health promotion, developed under the Health Care Quality Indicators Project (International Journal for Quality in Health Care);
- use of electronic health records in ambulatory care settings and hospitals in seven countries (International Journal of Medical Informatics);
- the likely effect of the U.K. government's promotion of competition among National Health Service providers (BMJ);
- the outcomes of a heart failure management program in Germany (Health Care Financing Review);
- the effects and unintended consequences of pay-for-performance programs in England and California (Annals of Family Medicine); and
- prescription drug utilization and expenditures in British Columbia (Health Services Research).
