April 7, 2008 - Arkansas provides health care benefits through plans offered to state and public school employees and their families, covering approximately 120,000 people.
State Profile
April 7, 2008 - Oklahoma is developing a Public Health Oklahoma Client Information System (PHOCIS) that will allow the state to draw detailed information from a variety of public health interventions.
State Profile
April 7, 2008 - Providing affordable coverage is a key component of Massachusetts' recent health reform, which includes an individual mandate to buy health insurance.
State Profile
April 7, 2008 - Utah Clicks is an innovative online resource that makes applying for state aid easier by reducing the burden on families applying for state programs, as well as providing an integrated front-end interface for various types of assistance that are often disconnected.
State Profile
April 7, 2008 - The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services works collaboratively with the Missouri Primary Care Association to collect and report patient demographic data to better assess patient migration patterns.
State Profile
March 20, 2008 - A quality improvement program implemented at a large nonprofit health system relied on performance reporting, financial incentives, and a nursing intervention to promote evidence-based care for heart failure patients and to lower readmissions among these patients.
Case Study
February 27, 2008 - Despite the threat of an economic downturn, some states are moving forward with coverage expansions. In this issue, we highlight three states that have taken different approaches to reduce the number of uninsured in environments with limited public funds.
State Profile
January 24, 2008 - Hudson River HealthCare's experience in multiple quality improvement collaboratives and in meeting its requirements as a federally qualified health center has proved beneficial in its efforts to provide high-quality, patient-centered care.
Case Study
January 14, 2008 - This toolkit provides comprehensive guidance to health plans, hospitals, and other health care providers on how to collect information about patients' race, ethnicity, and preferred language, and how to do so with efficiency and respect.
Tool
December 24, 2007 - States' efforts to improve patient safety have grown in number and scope in recent years--prompted by rising health care budgets and evidence of the excessive costs associated with medical errors.
State Profile
November 29, 2007 - Multidisciplinary improvement teams at a medical center in Charleston, W. Va., implemented new care processes, supported by "change agents" and rapid-response data reporting, that led the hospital to achieve benchmark performance across multiple indicators of health care quality.
Case Study
October 11, 2007 - Wisconsin is incorporating incentives for healthy behaviors into BadgerCare Plus, an expansion of its SCHIP program.
State Profile
October 11, 2007 - Healthy San Francisco (HSF) is a new program that provides medical homes to the city's uninsured adults. It was launched in July at two health centers, expanded to 20 additional clinics September 17, and is expected to go citywide on January 2, 2008.
State Profile
October 11, 2007 - Among states, there is growing interest in offering incentives to those enrolled in public health plans to promote healthy behaviors.
State Profile
October 11, 2007 - In an effort to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in health care, Washington State has joined New Jersey in requiring cultural competency training for certain health care professionals.
State Profile