March 12, 2007 - A New York City network of community health centers implemented electronic health records (EHRs) as part of its mission to promote equitable access to high-quality care for a socially and culturally diverse patient population.
Case Study
March 12, 2007 - A team of innovators created home-like environments in small "Green Houses" and more than met their objectives for improving clinical quality as well as quality of life.
Case Study
March 12, 2007 - Marshfield Clinic of Wisconsin's experience suggests that information systems, care management, process redesign, and physician involvement are important to improving the quality and efficiency of care in response to pay-for-performance incentives.
Case Study
March 12, 2007 - Washington State's Health Care Authority, which coordinates the Prescription Drug Program for the state's Medicaid, public employee, and worker compensation programs, is using an integrated approach to value-based pharmaceutical purchasing.
State Profile
March 9, 2007 - South Dakota's Partners for Prevention Project seeks to enhance access to dental care for its youngest and poorest children.
State Profile
March 9, 2007 - The Wisconsin Health Information Organization (WHIO), a coalition of managed care companies, employer groups, health plans, physician associations, hospitals, and doctors, is building a database of health care information intended to enhance the transparency, quality, and efficiency of the health care system.
State Profile
January 26, 2007 - This toolkit, based on the experiences of a workgroup of Medicaid managed care organizations, provides strategies for reducing racial and ethnic health disparities.
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January 26, 2007 - This toolkit is designed to support the efforts of long-term care advocacy groups--concerned citizens who work together to promote change in nursing home and other long-term care settings.
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December 4, 2006 - The Local Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs toolkit is designed to help state and local Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs improve their performance as advocates for residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.
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November 13, 2006 - A new toolkit can help hospitals and other health care organizations implement a patient safety program that takes a dual approach: dedicated staff members interview other clinical staff about potential safety issues, while volunteer former patients interview current patients to solicit their views on hospital safety.
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September 27, 2006 - A new manual on the Fund Web site guides those interested in developing a statewide single-point-of-access system for young children at risk for developmental or behavioral problems.
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September 21, 2006 - Created by a group of medical students, the ImproveHealthCare.org Web site aims to inform the next generation of physicians about the major issues in health care today and their effects on the practice of medicine.
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August 1, 2006 - In an archived Web conference, participants discuss strategies that clinicians can use to perform developmental surveillance and screening.
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July 17, 2006 - A new DVD, "Putting Quality into Practice: Physicians in Their Own Voices," features the perspectives of physicians who have adopted quality measurement and improvement tools.
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May 8, 2006 - Step-by-step guidance to help pediatricians redesign their office systems to improve preventive and developmental services.
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