The Alliance For Health Reform: Quality of care

The following is a list of briefings, documents, and publications that have been ranked by the Alliance for Health Reform in order of relevance, 10 being "Exclusively Related" to the issue, to 5 being "Somewhat Related" to the issue. Webcasts, transcripts and resource materials can be downloaded for each briefing listed.
Rank	Type	Description
10	Briefing	Rural Health: Laying the Foundation for Health Reform, 10/30/2009 Health care delivery poses unique challenges in rural communities. Provider shortages are particularly acute in rural America, where levels of educational achievement are generally lower and there are fewer opportunities to receive medical training. Unemployment and uninsurance rates are higher in rural areas than elsewhere. What provisions in the various reform proposals affect rural health care? What particular challenges need to be overcome in order to improve care delivery in rural areas? What aspects of health reform will require special accommodation in rural areas? Are delivery systems in rural areas currently able to handle the influx of new patients coverage expansion would bring? How does HIT factor into rural reform? To answer these questions and more, the Alliance for Health Reform hosted a briefing with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on October 30.
10	Briefing	SCORING SAVINGS: How Can Quality Improvement Reduce Health Care Costs?, 7/13/2009 As the health reform debate heats up in summertime Washington, one key consideration is how to provide better value for the health care dollars spent. This briefing, cosponsored by the United Health Foundation, addressed questions such as: How can the private sector contribute to a slowing of national health care expenditures? Are there examples of models that have been implemented in the marketplace and have demonstrated they can save money? If incorporated into reform, how much of an impact would they have on the federal budget? Click Read More for webcast, podcast, speakers' PowerPoints and other downloadable resource materials.
10	Briefing	Primary Care Innovation: The Patient-Centered Medical Home , 9/22/2008 It is widely accepted that the U.S. health care system, although touted by some as the “best system in the world,” has room for improvement. Care is often fragmented and lacks coordination, which compromises quality and efficiency. Incentives for providers have not caught up with the demographics of chronic care. Can health care be refocused from acute care services to the management of chronic conditions? Is payment reform the first step in restructuring health care delivery? What part can private integrated delivery systems play? Are different models needed in large group practices and smaller ones? What challenges face policymakers in the current climate of health care reform? To address these and related questions, the Alliance for Health Reform and The Commonwealth Fund sponsored a September 22 briefing.
10	Briefing	Innovations in Patient Care: Lessons from the Field , 7/11/2008 A growing body of research points to the positive impact of nurses on coordinating care, reducing hospital readmissions and improving clinical outcomes – all with a potential to reduce costs. What is the state of the evidence on nursing and quality improvement? What can be done to address the nursing shortage? To address these and related questions, the Alliance for Health Reform, with support from the United Health Foundation, sponsored a July 11 briefing.
10	Briefing	Comparative Effectiveness: Can We Get Better Health Value for the Dollars We Spend?, 4/4/2008 Comparative effectiveness research holds out the tantalizing prospect of making it easier for patients and their doctors to choose the best treatment. Who should conduct such research -- government, the private sector or some combination? Who should decide which interventions to evaluate? Who will pay for it? This briefing, cosponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, addressed these and related questions.
10	Briefing	Can We Contain Health Care Costs Without Compromising Quality?, 1/28/2008 With health care spending topping two trillion dollars in 2006, currently at 16 percent of gross domestic product and expected to rise to 20 percent by 2015, it is no surprise that most Americans are dissatisfied with the total cost of care. But who or what are the biggest culprits in a high cost system of care, and what can be done to contain costs? This briefing, sponsored by The Commonwealth Fund and the Alliance, addressed these and related questions.
10	Briefing	AIMING HIGHER: Results from a State Scorecard on Health System Performance , 6/15/2007 Following up on last year’s national scorecard on the U.S. health system performance, The Commonwealth Fund has developed a state scorecard to assess state variations in key areas of access, quality, hospital use and cost, equity and health outcomes. Results of the state-level comparisons were reviewed and analyzed at a luncheon briefing sponsored by the Fund and the Alliance for Health Reform.
10	Briefing	WHICH TREATMENT WORKS BETTER? A Look at Ways to Improve the Quality of Medical Decisions, 4/27/2007 There is mounting research highlighting poor quality of care and inefficient spending in our health care system. At the same time, diagnostic and treatment options proliferate at an accelerating pace.
10	Briefing	SCHIP and BEYOND: Improving Health Care Coverage and Quality for Children, 3/12/2007 Dollar for dollar, providing better health care for children represents one of the best returns on investment available in the U.S. This involves not only better monitoring of quality and making quality improvements, but also enrolling eligible children in health programs such as SCHIP and Medicaid. And it means ensuring that health care systems – including safety net providers and health insurers – are responsive to the unique health needs of children.
10	Briefing	Pay-for Performance and Medicare: Moving from the Drawing Board to the Doctor's Office, 12/15/2006 As the nation’s largest payer for health care services, the Medicare program has a major effect on payments to providers. Its ability to align incentives through pay-for-performance will have implications for the health delivery system at large. A recent Institute of Medicine report made recommendations for implementation of “P4P” under Medicare.
10	Briefing	Measuring up: A Comprehensive Scorecard for America's Health System, 10/11/2006 A new assessment by The Commonwealth Fund finds that deficiencies in the nation’s health care system cost 100,000 to 150,000 lives and $50 to $100 billion annually. The scorecard compares national averages for the U.S. to national and international benchmarks for 37 indicators. The U.S. received a composite score of 66 out of 100. On one quality measure, mortality, the U.S. ranked 14th out of 19 countries.
10	Briefing	Rewarding Quality Performance: The Multidisciplinary Approach, 5/12/2006 As frontline providers, nurses are key partners in all initiatives that aim to improve the quality of care delivered to patients. What are the central ways that nurses contribute to pay-for-performance programs? How do successful programs combine the efforts of many types of health professionals to meet quality goals? What does the future hold for nurses in quality improvement efforts?
10	Briefing	Patient Safety: Why It's Getting More Visibility, 4/7/2006 The enactment of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act last year sets the stage for health care providers to be able to report medical errors confidentially to designated entities known as Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs). How will these PSOs operate? What is the status of ongoing safety efforts, such as the 100,000 Lives campaign, to substantially decrease hospital mortality?
10	Briefing	Pay-for-Performance: Taking Health Care Quality Improvement to the Next Level, 7/15/2005 Pay-for-performance programs have been touted by some as a way to improve the overall quality of care provided to patients, while being criticized by others who fear unintended consequences in attempting to change physician behavior. Both the private and public sector are experimenting with incorporating pay-for-performance into a number of areas of reimbursement policy. In this Alliance for Health Reform and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation briefing, the issues and challenges surrounding pay-for-performance were discussed.
10	Briefing	How Good is the Quality of Care in Medicare? , 5/6/2005 The federal government’s responsibility to provide access to health care for the nation’s 41 million Medicare beneficiaries implies another obligation: to spend taxpayer dollars wisely. This means assuring that the $250 billion+ spent for Medicare goes for services that are safe, timely and effective. How well is the Medicare program meeting these goals? Why is there an inverse relationship between how much is spent per Medicare beneficiaries across the states and the quality of care rankings for those states? Why are there unexplained variations in care at the end of life? What is the relationship between staffing levels and quality? What should be done to boost the quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries while assuring the most effective use of resouces?
10	Document	Materials List, 5/10/2010 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Word Document: 34 kb)
10	Document	Sourcelist, 5/10/2010 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Word Document: 34 kb)
10	Briefing Transcript	Transcript, 5/10/2010 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Word Document: 169 kb)
10	Document	Agenda, 3/4/2010 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 539 kb)
10	Document	Source List, 7/13/2009 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Word Document: 45 kb)
10	Document	Scoring Savings Agenda, 7/13/2009 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Word Document: 32 kb)
10	Briefing Transcript	SCORING SAVINGS: How Can Quality Improvement Reduce Health Care Costs?, 7/13/2009 (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 160 kb)
10	Document	SCORING SAVINGS: How Can Quality Improvement Reduce Health Care Costs?, 7/13/2009 (Word Document: 33 kb)
10	Briefing Transcript	Primary Care Innovation: The Patient-Centered Medical Home , 9/22/2008 - Source: Adobe PDF (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 180 kb)
10	Briefing Transcript	Innovations in Patient Care: Lessons from the Field, 7/11/2008 - Source: Adobe Acrobat PDF (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 221 kb)
10	Document	Panelist Responses to Unasked Written Questions, 5/1/2008 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 72 kb)
10	Briefing Transcript	Comparative Effectiveness: Can We Get Better Health Value for the Dollars We Spend?, 4/4/2008 - Source: Kaisernetwork.org (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 176 kb)
10	Document	DISCUSSANT BIOGRAPHIES, 12/7/2007 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 76 kb)
10	Document	SELECTED EXPERTS, 12/7/2007 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 101 kb)
10	Briefing Transcript	Transcript: Measuring Up: A Comprehensive Scorecard for America's Health System, 10/11/2006 (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 210 kb)
10	Document	Pay-for-Performance: A Promising Start, 2/1/2006 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 507 kb)
10	Issue Brief	Comparative Effectiveness: Better Value for the Money?, 8/8/2008 Comparative effectiveness research offers the attractive prospect of cutting costs while improving the quality of health care. What exactly do comparative effectiveness studies compare? What research of this type is already underway in the U.S. and in other countries? What could we do to stimulate more of it? This issue brief, written by Alliance senior health policy associate Lisa Swirsky, addresses these questions and others. Sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 129 kb)
10	Other Publication	Rewarding Quality Performance: The Role of Nursing, 3/3/2007 Quality improvement programs could achieve even better results if they paid more attention to the contribution of nurses, concludes a new Alliance for Health Reform briefing summary. (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 174 kb)
9	Briefing	The Role of Independent Commissions in Controlling Costs and Enhancing Value: International Lessons, 11/6/2009 This briefing examined the quasi-governmental authorities that Germany, the Netherlands and France have established to control health care costs, oversee quality, and regulate insurance and provider payment. The topic is timely as Congress considers setting up a new high-level entity to make recommendations to Congress on reducing health care costs and improving quality. Cosponsored by The Commonwealth Fund.
9	Briefing	Expanding Access to Care: More than Just an Insurance Card?, 8/10/2009 Health care access, particularly access to primary care, is on the minds of all who are following health reform efforts in Congress. President Obama and Democrats and Republicans from both houses agree that any reform plan must increase access. But how can that goal be accomplished, particularly in a time when reducing health care costs and increasing quality are also priorities? What provisions exist in the health reform proposals that speak directly to expanding access to health care? To address these and related questions, the Alliance for Health Reform and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation sponsored an Aug. 10 briefing. Click Read More for webcast, podcast, speakers' PowerPoints and other downloadable resource materials.
9	Briefing	Dental Health: Nurturing the Health Care System’s Neglected Stepchild , 7/25/2008 More than 100 million Americans have no insurance to help cover dental needs. With SCHIP reauthorization on the horizon and the chance that elements of last year’s vetoed SCHIP proposal—which included provisions for dental care—may be revived, oral health issues are front and center. What is the best way to include dental health in the larger health reform debate? How should payment to dental health providers be improved? How can dental workforce shortage issues be addressed? To address these and related questions, the Alliance for Health Reform and the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured sponsored a July 25 briefing.
9	Briefing	Health Information Technology and Its Future: More Than the Money , 6/20/2008 Health information technology (IT) offers the potential to save lives, improve efficiency and increase the overall quality of our health care delivery system. Can it also save money? Not by itself, says a recent report from the Congressional Budget Office. This briefing, cosponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, considered the idea that adoption of health information technology is about much more than saving money.
9	Briefing	Health Care in the 2008 Elections: Where Do the Candidates Stand on Promoting a High-Performance Health System?, 3/14/2008 This event featured advocates for the health plans of Sens. Clinton, Obama and McCain describing key features of their candidates' plans and how the plans differ. A leadoff presentation by Sara Collins of The Commonwealth Fund offered the Fund's guidance for health reform proposals, with estimates of future savings if efficiencies proposed by the Fund were to be combined with universal health coverage. Cosponsored by The Commonwealth Fund.
9	Briefing	Who Cares What Patients Think?, 12/4/2006 The growing complexity of our health care system, and time demands on providers, can cause patients’ non-obvious needs to get lost in the shuffle. Sometimes, the result can be less-than-optimal care. In response, providers are trying to be more responsive to patients’ cultural traditions, family situations, personal preferences and values. Some have tagged this movement “patient-centered care.”
9	Briefing	What Other Nations Can Teach Us About a More Patient-Centered Health Care System, 11/4/2005 The symposium is part of The Commonwealth Fund's Eighth International Symposium on Health Care Policy. Leading country experts presented innovative examples of how health care system policies and initiatives are improving the quality of care in Germany, the United Kingdom and Canada.
9	Briefing	TOWARD A HIGH PERFORMANCE HEALTH SYSTEM: Public-Private Efforts to Make Health Care Safer and More Effective, 10/3/2005 It is clear that by many measures, Americans are not receiving commensurate value for the health care dollars they spend. Is it possible to simultaneously improve health coverage and quality, while generating savings for health care consumers, employers, government and health care providers? What are the characteristics of a high performance health system? What realistic steps does the private sector need to take, contrasted with government bodies, to move the U.S. toward such a system?
9	Briefing	HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Here, Now and Tomorrow, 9/16/2005 Wider use of health information technology has been touted as one way to improve the quality of care and reduce medical errors, while reducing the continued rapid growth of health care spending. Providers across the country are already adopting new health IT systems, and many patients have welcomed the trend. What are the latest developments in private-sector systems linking providers across different health care settings? What should the federal government’s role be in identifying barriers and opportunities for the health IT systems, in the face of privacy and security concerns? What are analysts saying about projected costs and savings associated with the implementation and widespread use of electronic medical records?
9	Briefing	MAKING THE CONNECTION: Helping Health Care Providers Collaborate Via Health Information Networks , 5/9/2005 Health care information about individual patients is one of the least automated aspects of the U.S. economy. Promoting greater access to secure, easily shared electronic health records for all Americans has strong support from the Administration and both parties in Congress. What are the latest practical approaches being implemented in the field today to connect disparate pieces of our vast health care sectors for information sharing? What is necessary to achieve broad data exchange while protecting patient privacy and improving consumer choice and control?
9	Briefing	CHECKING UP: What Are Your Hospital’s Vital Stats?, 4/11/2005 A newly launched website known as “Hospital Compare” (www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov) is the most comprehensive attempt yet by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to display voluntary, self-reported information by hospitals on steps that can be taken to reduce the impact of three major causes of morbidity and mortality – heart attack, heart failure, and pneumonia – in a consumer-friendly format.
9	Document	Stuart Guterman Presentation, 5/10/2010 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (PowerPoint: 313 kb)
9	Document	Nick Wolter Presentation, 5/10/2010 - Source: Billings Clinic (PowerPoint: 1,613 kb)
9	Document	Don Berwick Presentation, 3/17/2010 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (PowerPoint: 11,231 kb)
9	Document	Janet Corrigan Presentation, 3/17/2010 (PowerPoint: 275 kb)
9	Document	Jim Conway Presentation, 3/17/2010 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (PowerPoint: 1,420 kb)
9	Document	Lucian Leape Presentation, 3/17/2010 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (PowerPoint: 285 kb)
9	Document	Hospital Governance and The Quality of Care, 1/1/2010 - Source: Health Affairs (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 117 kb)
9	Document	Cathy van Beek Presentation, 11/6/2009 (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 217 kb)
9	Document	Deborah Devaux's Presentation, 8/10/2009 (PowerPoint: 334 kb)
9	Document	Sharon Long's Presentation, 8/10/2009 (PowerPoint: 438 kb)
9	Document	Susan Dentzer's Presentation, 8/10/2009 (PowerPoint: 807 kb)
9	Document	Nancy Dickey's Presentation, 8/10/2009 (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 1,991 kb)
9	Briefing Transcript	Expanding Access to Care: More than Just an Insurance Card?, 8/10/2009 (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 198 kb)
9	Document	Expanding Access to Care: More than Just an Insurance Card? , 8/10/2009 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 72 kb)
9	Document	Research on the Comparative Effectiveness of Medical Treatments, 12/17/2008 - Source: Congressional Budget Office (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 1,094 kb)
9	Briefing Transcript	Latino Health and National Health Reform, 8/13/2008 - Source: Kaisernetwork.org (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 146 kb)
9	Briefing Transcript	Dental Health: Nurturing the Health Care System’s Neglected Stepchild, 7/25/2008 - Source: Adobe Acrobad PDF (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 221 kb)
9	Document	Audrey Nelson Presentation, 7/11/2008 (PowerPoint: 3,346 kb)
9	Document	Mary Naylor Presentation, 7/11/2008 (PowerPoint: 6,483 kb)
9	Briefing Transcript	Health Information Technology and Its Future: More Than the Money, 6/20/2008 - Source: Kaisernetwork.org (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 209 kb)
9	Document	Profiles of German and Dutch Health Care Systems, 4/11/2008 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 54 kb)
9	Document	Carolyn Clancy Presentation, 4/4/2008 - Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (PowerPoint: 1,966 kb)
9	Document	Karen Ignagni Presentation, 4/4/2008 - Source: America's Health Insurance Plans (PowerPoint: 170 kb)
9	Document	Wilhelmine Miller Presentation, 4/4/2008 - Source: Institute of Medicine (PowerPoint: 843 kb)
9	Document	The Grass is Not Always Greener: A Look at National Health Care Systems Around the World, 3/28/2008 - Source: Cato Institute (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 276 kb)
9	Document	What are the Presidential Candidates Saying about CE Research in Their Health Care Plans?, 3/26/2008 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 74 kb)
9	Briefing Transcript	Health Care in the 2008 Elections, 3/14/2008 - Source: Kaisernetwork (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 217 kb)
9	Document	Sara Collins Presentation, 3/14/2008 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (PowerPoint: 204 kb)
9	Document	The Science of Improvement, 3/12/2008 - Source: JAMA (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 58 kb)
9	Document	Can MCOs Partner with Manufacturers for Comparative Effectiveness Research?, 3/1/2008 - Source: American Journal of Managed Care (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 135 kb)
9	Document	A Comparative Analysis of Avoidable Mortality in Three Nations and Their World Cities, 3/1/2008 - Source: European Journal of Public Health (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 98 kb)
9	Document	Achieving a High-Performance Health Care System: What the U.S. Can Learn From Other Countries, 3/1/2008 - Source: American College of Physicians (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 241 kb)
9	Document	In the Literature: Measuring the Health of Nations, 2/1/2008 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 68 kb)
9	Document	Creating a Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, 2/1/2008 - Source: American Institutes for Research/MedPAC (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 348 kb)
9	Document	Knowing What Works in Health Care: A Roadmap for the Nation - Report Brief, 1/24/2008 - Source: Institute of Medicine (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 1,492 kb)
9	Document	AGENDA, 12/7/2007 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 47 kb)
9	Document	Nursing Home Quality Twenty Years After the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987, 12/1/2007 - Source: Kaiser Family Foundation (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 860 kb)
9	Document	Long-Term Care Services and Supports: The Future Role and Challenges for Medicaid, 11/28/2007 - Source: Kaiser Family Foundation (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 1,507 kb)
9	Document	Testimony of Arvid Muller (Service Employees International Union), 11/15/2007 - Source: Senate Special Committee on Aging (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 430 kb)
9	Document	Testimony of Kerry Weems (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services), 11/15/2007 - Source: Senate Special Committee on Aging (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 106 kb)
9	Document	Testimony of David Zimmerman (University of Wisconsin), 11/15/2007 - Source: Senate Special Committee on Aging (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 38 kb)
9	Document	Testimony of Sarah Slocum (Michigan State Long Term Care Ombudsman), 11/15/2007 - Source: Senate Special Committee on Aging (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 28 kb)
9	Document	Statement of Bruce Yarwood (American Health Care Association), 11/15/2007 - Source: House Ways and Means Committee, Subcommittee on Health (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 64 kb)
9	Document	Quality Initiatives in Long Term Care - Driving the AHCA/NCAL Agenda, 11/1/2007 - Source: American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 181 kb)
9	Document	And Who Will Take Care of Mom and Dad?, 11/1/2007 - Source: Nursing Homes Magazine (Word Document: 48 kb)
9	Document	Chartpack: Multinational Comparisons of Health Systems Data, 2007, 11/1/2007 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (PowerPoint: 192 kb)
9	Document	The Complexities of Comparative Effectiveness, 10/25/2007 - Source: Biotechnology Industry Organization (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 273 kb)
9	Document	Government-Funded Comparative Effectiveness Research, 10/24/2007 - Source: Advanced Medical Technology Association (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 115 kb)
9	Document	In Brief: Comparing Long-Term Care in Germany and the United States, 10/1/2007 - Source: AARP (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 458 kb)
9	Document	How to Improve Nursing Homes - One Expert's 30-Year View, 10/1/2007 - Source: Aging Today Magazine (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 46 kb)
9	Document	Blue Perspective: Improving Health Care Value, 9/24/2007 - Source: BlueCross BlueShield Association (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 46 kb)
9	Document	Essential Elements of a Technology and Outcomes Assessment Initiative, 9/19/2007 - Source: JAMA (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 64 kb)
9	Document	In Holland, Some See Model for U.S. Health-Care System, 9/6/2007 - Source: Wall Street Journal (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 78 kb)
9	Document	Nursing Homes: Business as Usual, 9/6/2007 - Source: Consumer Reports (Word Document: 70 kb)
9	Document	Quality End of Life Care for Individuals with Dementia in Assisted Living and Nursing Homes, 8/1/2007 - Source: Alzheimer's Association (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 140 kb)
9	Document	Key Players Assess State of Long Term Care, 7/1/2007 - Source: Provider Magazine (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 181 kb)
9	Document	Getting Better Value for Our Health Spending, 7/1/2007 - Source: National Institute for Health Care Management (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 111 kb)
9	Document	Care Coordination Gaining Momentum in Germany, 7/1/2007 - Source: Health Policy Monitor (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 189 kb)
9	Document	America's Health Rankings 2006, 6/15/2007 - Source: United Health Foundation (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 4,404 kb)
9	Document	2006 National Healthcare Quality Report, 6/15/2007 - Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 4,737 kb)
9	Briefing Transcript	Results from a State Scorecard on Health System Performance, 6/15/2007 (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 204 kb)
9	Document	SELECTED SOURCES: Quality Care and Comfort at the End of Life, 6/6/2007 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 101 kb)
9	Document	Statement for the Record (American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging), 5/2/2007 - Source: Senate Special Committee on Aging (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 215 kb)
9	Document	Testimony of Kathryn Allen (Government Accountability Office), 5/2/2007 - Source: Senate Special Committee on Aging (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 950 kb)
9	Document	Testimony of Mary Ousley (American Health Care Association), 5/2/2007 - Source: Senate Special Committee on Aging (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 103 kb)
9	Document	Testimony of Alice Hedt (NCCNHR), 5/2/2007 - Source: Senate Special Committee on Aging (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 48 kb)
9	Document	Health Reform - One Year After Implementation, 5/1/2007 - Source: Health Policy Monitor (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 136 kb)
9	Document	Setting a Higher Bar: Improving Quality and Safety in Health Care, 4/19/2007 - Source: America's Health Insurance Plans (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 252 kb)
9	Document	Report of the Quality Care Committee, 3/6/2007 - Source: Service Employees International Union - Local 1199 (Word Document: 205 kb)
9	Document	Report to Ranking Minority Member, Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate , 3/1/2007 - Source: Government Accountability Office (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 2,816 kb)
9	Document	Letter to Mississippi Congressional Delegation, 2/27/2007 - Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 334 kb)
9	Document	Green Houses Provide a Small Group Setting Alternative to Nursing Homes, 1/1/2007 - Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Word Document: 118 kb)
9	Briefing Transcript	Transcript: Pay-for-Performance and Medicaid: Moving from the Drawing Board to the Doctor's..., 12/15/2006 (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 197 kb)
9	Briefing Transcript	Transcript: Who Cares What Patients Think?, 12/4/2006 (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 183 kb)
9	Document	Value-Based Coverage Policy in the United States and the United Kingdom, 11/29/2006 - Source: National Health Policy Forum (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 173 kb)
9	Document	In the Literature: On the Front Lines of Primary Care, 10/2/2006 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 61 kb)
9	Document	National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance: Complete Chartpack, 9/1/2006 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 315 kb)
9	Document	Framework for a High Performance Health System for the United States, 8/1/2006 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 176 kb)
9	Document	Libby Roughead Presentation: Australia's National Medicines Policy, 6/23/2006 - Source: University of South Australia (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 9,267 kb)
9	Document	Australia's Nat'l Medicines Policy: Providing an Integrated Policy Platform for Pharmaceuticals, 6/23/2006 - Source: Elizabeth Roughead, University of South Australia School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences (Word Document: 104 kb)
9	Briefing Transcript	Rewarding Quality Performance: The Multidisciplinary Approach, 5/12/2006 - Source: Kaisernetwork.org (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 211 kb)
9	Document	Barry Straube Presentation: The Imperative for Quality & Efficiency, 5/12/2006 - Source: Barry Straube, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 1,192 kb)
9	Document	Jack Needleman Presentation: Nursing and Pay for Performance, 5/12/2006 - Source: Jack Needleman, UCLA School of Public Health (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 30 kb)
9	Document	Regina Berman Presentation: Healthcare Team Committed to Quality, 5/12/2006 - Source: Regina Berman, Hackensack University Medical Center (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 714 kb)
9	Document	Rob Colones Presentation: McLeod Health, A Cornerstone of South Carolina Medical Care , 5/12/2006 - Source: Rob Colones, McLeod Regional Health Center (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 482 kb)
9	Document	Stephen Mayfield Presentation: Pursuing Excellence by Improving Care and Safety, 4/7/2006 - Source: American Hospital Association (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 808 kb)
9	Document	Thomas Nolan Presentation: 100,000 Lives Campaign, 4/7/2006 - Source: Institute for HealthCare Improvement (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 141 kb)
9	Document	Mary Ann Fuchs Presentation: Duke University Hospital Focus on Care Quality and Patient Safety, 4/7/2006 - Source: Duke University Hospital and Health System (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 248 kb)
9	Briefing Transcript	Patient Safety: Why It's Getting More Visibility, 4/7/2006 - Source: Kaisernetwork.org (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 264 kb)
9	Document	Health Grades Quality Study: Third Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study, 4/1/2006 - Source: Health Grades (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 311 kb)
9	Document	The U.S. Health Care Divide: Disparities in Primary Care Experiences by Income, 4/1/2006 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 216 kb)
9	Document	Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Update on the Quality of American Health Care , 4/1/2006 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 191 kb)
9	Document	AHRQ Quality Indicators: Guide to Patient Safety Indicators, 2/20/2006 - Source: AHRQ (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 1,828 kb)
9	Document	CAHPS Hospital Survey, 2/1/2006 - Source: CAHPS (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 58 kb)
9	Document	Get Palliative Care, 1/1/2006 - Source: Center to Advance Palliative Care (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 118 kb)
9	Document	A Need to Transform the US Health Care System: Improving Access, Quality, and Efficiency , 10/1/2005 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 512 kb)
9	Document	Summary of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005, 7/29/2005 - Source: CRS (Word Document: 30 kb)
9	Document	Terris King Presentation: CMS Pay for Performance Programs , 7/15/2005 - Source: CMS (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 33 kb)
9	Document	Margaret O'Kane Presentation: Making the Case for Pay-for-Performance, 7/15/2005 - Source: National Committee for Quality Assurance (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 499 kb)
9	Document	Jeffrey Hanson Presentation: Pay-for-Performance Taking Health Care Quality to the Next Level, 7/15/2005 - Source: Bridges to Excellence (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 73 kb)
9	Briefing Transcript	Pay-for-Performance: Taking Health Care Quality Improvement to the Next Level, 7/15/2005 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 195 kb)
9	Briefing Transcript	How Good is the Quality of Care in Medicare?, 5/6/2005 - Source: Kaisernetwork.org (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 239 kb)
9	Document	Michael McMullen Presentation: Hospital Compare: A consumer quality tool, 4/11/2005 - Source: CMS (PowerPoint: 8,550 kb)
9	Document	Margaret OKane Presentation: The Transformative Effect of Quality Reporting, 4/11/2005 - Source: National Committee on Quality Assurance (PowerPoint: 2,431 kb)
9	Document	Health Care Quality: Improving Patient Safety by Promoting Medical Errors Reporting, 3/24/2005 - Source: CRS (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 171 kb)
9	Document	Implementing a Continuum of Palliative Care, 4/1/2004 - Source: Supportive Care Coalition (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 80 kb)
9	Document	Skilled Nursing Facilities Payment Regulation Language, 8/8/2002 - Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (Word Document: 27 kb)
9	Document	Appropriateness of Minimum Nurse Staffing Ratios in Nursing Homes, 12/1/2001 - Source: Abt Associates Inc. (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 42 kb)
9	Document	OBRA '87 Summary, 1/1/2000 - Source: National Long Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 230 kb)
9	Issue Brief	Access to Care: Beyond an Insurance Card, 11/5/2009 If tens of millions of American gain health coverage, can the current health system meet the new demand? This issue brief looks at why so many now live in physician shortage areas, and what can be done to help ensure access to care after reform. Written by Deanna Okrent, Alliance senior health policy associate. Supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 136 kb)
9	Issue Brief	Health Information Technology: More Than the Money, 10/21/2008 Some health policy analysts believe that the main importance of health information technology lies in its potential for improving health care quality and reducing disparities. This issue brief explores the quality improvement aspects of health IT, and some barriers to its wider adoption. Supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 128 kb)
9	Issue Brief	Linking Providers Via Health Information Networks, 12/21/2006 As many as 98,000 Americans die each year due to preventable medical mistakes. Health information technology could help reduce mistakes, but adoption by health care providers has been slow. This issue brief describes what's needed to link providers via information networks, and what barriers must be overcome. Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 308 kb)
9	Issue Brief	Pay-for-Performance: A Promising Start, 2/1/2006 "Pay-for-Performance" programs attempt to reward quality health care by setting different payment levels for providers based on how well they meet benchmarks for quality and efficiency. More than 100 pay-for-performance programs were up and running in the U.S. as of September 2005. This issue brief describes how the programs work, why they were established and what challenges need to be addressed going forward. (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 513 kb)
9	Offsite Document	Taking the Pulse of Health Care Systems: Experiences of Patients in Six Countries, 11/3/2005 - Source: Health Affairs (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	The State of Health Care Quality 2006: Executive Summary, 1/1/2006 - Source: National Committee for Quality Assurance Adobe Acrobat PDF
9	Offsite Document	Improving Nursing Home Enforcement: Findings from Enforcement Case Studies, 3/22/2007 - Source: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Division of Health Care Policy and Research Adobe Acrobat PDF
9	Offsite Document	OBRA 1987 and the Quality of Nursing Home Care (AHRQ), 3/1/2006 - Source: Agency for Healthcare Research Quality (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Testimony of John Schnelle (Vanderbilt University), 11/15/2007 - Source: House Ways and Means Committee, Subcommittee on Health (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	At Many Homes, More Profit and Less Nursing (New York Times), 9/23/2007 - Source: New York Times (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Dementia Care Practice Recommendations (Alzheimer's Association), 12/7/2007 - Source: Alzheimer's Association (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Hillary Clinton's Health Care Quality Agenda, 3/1/2008 - Source: HillaryClinton.com (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Testimony of Carolyn M. Clancy, MD, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 6/12/2007 - Source: Subcommittee on Health, House Committee on Ways and Means (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Testimony of Gail Shearer, Consumers Union, 6/12/2007 - Source: Subcommittee on Health, House Committee on Ways and Means (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Comparison Shopping, 1/10/2008 - Source: The Economist (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	A Test of Bad Health (Op-Ed), 10/18/2007 - Source: New York Times (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	The War on (Expensive) Drugs (Op-Ed), 8/30/2007 - Source: Wall Street Journal (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Comparative Effectiveness of Health Interventions: Strategies to Change Policy and Practice, 10/18/2007 - Source: ECRI Institute (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	In Massachusetts, Universal Coverage Strains Care, 4/5/2008 - Source: New York Times (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	2007 National Healthcare Quality Report, 2/1/2008 - Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Abstract - A Story of Culture Creation: The Alois Alzheimer Center, 7/1/2007 - Source: Alzheimer's Care Today (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Continued Progress: Hospital Use of Information Technology, 2/27/2007 - Source: AHA Adobe Acrobat PDF
9	Offsite Document	CBO Questions Savings from Digital Health Care Records, 5/22/2008 - Source: Wall Street Journal (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Health Information Technology: Can HIT Lower Costs and Improve Quality?, 1/1/2005 - Source: The RAND Corporation Adobe Acrobat PDF
9	Offsite Document	A Surgical Checklist to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality in a Global Population, 1/29/2009 - Source: The New England Journal of Medicine (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	More Medicaid Means Less Quality Health Care, 4/21/2007 - Source: Heritage Foundation Adobe Acrobat PDF
9	Offsite Document	Guided Care: Better Care for Older People With Chronic Conditions, 2/5/2010 - Source: Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Adobe Acrobat PDF
9	Offsite Document	Early Experiences With Consumer Engagement Initiatives To Improve Chronic Care, 1/1/2009 - Source: Health Affairs (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Is Patient Activation Associated With Future Health Outcomes and Healthcare Utilization Among Patients With Diabetes, 10/1/2009 - Source: Journal of Ambulatory Care Management (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Stories from the Sharp End: Case Studies of Safety Improvement, 1/1/2006 - Source: Milbank Quarterly (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Insurers Tout Disease Management Programs, but Critics Are Wary, 7/20/2010 - Source: The Washington Post (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Insurers Tout Disease Management Programs, but Critics Are Wary, 7/20/2010 - Source: The Washington Post (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Performance Measures Using Electronic Health Records: Five Case Studies, 5/12/2008 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Charting Nursing’s Future, 6/8/2008 - Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Adobe Acrobat PDF
9	Offsite Document	Highlights of Selected Federal Legistlation Impacting the Nursing Shortage, 5/1/2008 - Source: Center to Champion Nursing in America Adobe Acrobat PDF
9	Offsite Document	Blowing Open the Bottleneck: Designing New Approaches to Increase Nurse Education Capacity , 5/1/2008 - Source: Center to Champion Nursing in America Adobe Acrobat PDF
9	Offsite Document	Fact Sheet, 6/20/2008 - Source: Center to Champion Nursing in America Adobe Acrobat PDF
9	Offsite Document	INQRI Program Overview, 7/11/2008 - Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Health System Reform Agenda, 2/1/2008 - Source: American Nurses Association (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Key Themes and Hightlights from the NHQR, 3/27/2008 - Source: AHRQ (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	A 2020 Vision of Patient-Centered Primary Care, 10/14/2005 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Organizing the U.S. Health Care Delivery System for High Performance, 8/7/2008 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	New Survey: 82 Percent of American Think Health Care System Needs Major Overhaul, 8/7/2008 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Fundamental Reform of Payment for Adult Primary Care: Comprehensive Payment for Comprehensive C, 3/15/2007 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Toward Higher-Performance Health Systems: Adults' Health Care Experiences in Seven Countries, 2, 11/1/2007 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Testimony--Achieving Person-Centered Primary Care: The Patient-Centered Medical Home, 7/28/2008 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Closing the Divide: How Medical Homes Promote Equity in Health Care: Results From The Commonwea, 6/27/2007 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Joint Principles of the Patient-Centered Medical Home, 3/1/2007 - Source: American Academy of Pediatrics Adobe Acrobat PDF
9	Offsite Document	Patient-Centered Medical Home Model Position Statement , 8/13/2008 - Source: American College of Emergency Physicians (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	AHIP Board of Directors Releases Principles on Patient-Centered Medical Home, 6/25/2008 - Source: America's Health Insurance Plans (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	‘Medical home’ shifts emphasis to patient-centered care, 3/10/2008 - Source: Business Insurance (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Getting What We Pay For: Innovations Lacking in Provider Payment Reform for Chronic Disease Car, 6/1/2008 - Source: Center fo rStudying Health System Change (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Healthcare Payment Reform: From Principles to Action, 6/1/2008 - Source: Healthcare Financial Management Association (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Who not How: The Real First Step in Health Care Reform, 7/31/2008 - Source: Manhattan Institute (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Physician Practice Connections- Patient-Centered Medical Home, 1/8/2008 - Source: National Committee for Quality Assurance (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Healthcare Payment Reform: Creating Conditions for More Efficient Health Delivery, 4/10/2008 - Source: The Health Industry Forum Adobe Acrobat PDF
9	Offsite Document	Health Care Reform: Design Principles for a Patient-Centered, Consumer-Based Market, 4/23/2008 - Source: the Heritage Foundation (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	A House Is Not A Home: Keeping Patients At The Center Of Practice Redesign, 9/10/2008 - Source: Health Affairs (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Continuous Innovation In Health Care: Implications Of The Geisinger Experience, 9/10/2008 - Source: Health Affairs (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Measuring The Medical Home Infrastructure In Large Medical Groups, 9/10/2008 - Source: Health Affairs (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	The Need to Test the Patient-Centered Medical Home, 8/20/2008 - Source: The Journal of the American Medical Association (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Trying to Save by Increasing Doctors' Fees, 7/21/2008 - Source: The New York Times (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	No Place Like Home — Testing a New Model of Care Delivery, 9/18/2008 - Source: The New England Journal of Medicine (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Building a Medical Neighborhood for the Medical Home, 9/18/2008 - Source: The New England Journal of Medicine (Unknown File Type)
9	Offsite Document	Patient Centered Medical Home: Highlights, 1/11/2008 - Source: American Academy of Family Physicians Adobe Acrobat PDF
9	Offsite Document	We're not home yet, 4/21/2008 - Source: Modern Healthcare (Unknown File Type)
8	Briefing	Consumer Choice in Health Care: How Could Reform Affect Our Choices? How Could We Make Better Choices?, 6/25/2009 Now that health reform is being discussed in earnest on Capitol Hill, some wonder if we will be able to maintain our existing choices under a reformed health care system. Others maintain that our choices will grow, not shrink, as a result of reform, especially for the uninsured and the underinsured. Yet another viewpoint: Most Americans have choices now, but we don’t have enough information to make well-informed choices. This briefing, which was open to media only, brought together nationally known health policy experts for a conversation on consumer choice in health care. Cosponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
8	Briefing	Reforming the Health Care Delivery System: A Team Approach, 3/27/2009 There is an emerging consensus that health reform must encompass ways to improve quality and value in the system, and one of the prime targets for reform is the way care is delivered. Some health care organizations have combined thoughtful use of technology and better use of personnel to improve preventive care and treatment of chronic disease, obtain better outcomes, and offer additional job satisfaction to their health care workforce. This briefing, sponsored by the Alliance, Kaiser Permanente and the AFL-CIO, explored ways to enhance a team approach to care.
8	Briefing	Long-Term Care: Exploring the Possibilities, 3/9/2009 Almost every day, we learn of a new hearing or briefing about ways to improve our health care system. The White House, Congress, advocates and stakeholders are fully engaged. The elephant in the room during those discussions is long-term care. Despite being so large, it suffers from the possibility of being ignored. This March 9 forum, supported by the SCAN Foundation, brought together opinion leaders and stakeholders to explore options for the future of long-term care in the reform debate. Participants considered key policy questions on how to move from testing models at the edges to implementing feasible options through health reform.
8	Briefing	Helping 125 Million Americans: Improving Care for Chronic Conditions, 3/28/2008 An estimated 125 million individuals in the United States have a chronic illness, disability or functional limitation. Chronic diseases are the number one cause of death and disability in the United States and account for three quarters of the nation’s health spending. What models for improving care coordination exist and how can they be more widely implemented? Is there evidence that improved treatment of chronic care can reduce costs? Or increase costs? This briefing, cosponsored with Novartis and the National Institute for Health Care Management, addresses these and related questions.
8	Briefing	STATE COVERAGE INITIATIVES: Will Moving Toward Universal Coverage Make the System Work Better for Everyone?, 10/26/2007 There is mounting evidence that the U.S. system is often financially inefficient and delivers poor quality. There is also research suggesting that having so many people without insurance can adversely affect the quality of care for everyone, even those with insurance. A new report by The Commonwealth Fund sets forth principles for providing universal coverage in ways that could promote a high performance health care system. Several states are already trying to reform their health care systems. How is implementation of universal coverage progressing in Massachusetts? How are negotiations moving forward in California and Pennsylvania to pass health care reform legislation? In addition to improving access and quality, what else should states do to improve the health and health care of their citizens? This briefing, sponsored by The Commonwealth Fund and the Alliance, addressed these and other important questions.
8	Briefing	QUALITY CARE AND COMFORT AT THE END OF LIFE: Changes Needed?, 6/8/2007 The American health system is focused on curing, and spends billions of dollars on treatment at the end of life. But now more than 40 million adult Americans suffer with life-altering, chronic health conditions. They and their families are often more concerned with pain management, comfort care, and coordinating care as they transition from setting to setting. As people live longer with grave chronic illness are they getting quality care? Where in the delivery of care spectrum should palliative care come into play? Sponsored by the Alliance and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
8	Briefing	Treatment of Severe Chronic Illness: What Explains Cost and Quality Variations? Should We Be Concerned?, 9/8/2006 Some Medicare beneficiaries receive significantly more hospital-based services during the last two years of life than do other beneficiaries. The number of physician visits for Medicare beneficiaries can also vary greatly. What accounts for this variation? Do patients receiving more services tend to get better care, or not? Should policymakers take steps to more closely examine the relationship between spending and the volume of services provided at different facilities?
8	Briefing	Balancing the Equation: Ending Disparities in Health Care Delivery for Racial and Ethnic Minorities, 12/9/2005 Disparities in health care have been well documented: Nonwhites have higher rates of infant mortality, death from heart disease, incidence of diabetes and HIV/AIDS and are less likely to receive appropriate immunization than are whites. What role can public programs play in ending health disparities? What roles do geography, socio-economic status, and health insurance status play in perpetuating disparities? What is the private sector doing to address this issue? What more can be done?
8	Briefing	WEIGHING THE EVIDENCE: Conducting Reviews of Pharmaceuticals in Four Countries, 4/22/2005 Publicly funded health programs, large employers and managed care plans all are working to learn more about how the costs and benefits of one drug compare with those of another. At the same time, these payers of health care want to make sure that their beneficiaries have access to new pharmaceuticals that offer measurable improvements over older products. What evidence gets reviewed in deciding (or recommending) whether a drug gets covered? How open to public scrutiny is the review process? Which stakeholders are most closely involved? Are decisions ever revisited or reversed? How do review methods differ among different countries?
8	Briefing	The Reality and Potential of Evidence-Based Medicine, 1/12/2005 Evidence-based medicine offers a win-win proposition: improve the quality and effectiveness of care while at the same time identifying opportunities to reduce waste of valuable health care resources. But what evidence should employers, health care providers and consumers pay attention to? And how should this information be disseminated to those who need it?
8	Document	Juy Hibbard Presentation, 3/5/2010 (PowerPoint: 2,616 kb)
8	Document	Chad Boult Presentation, 3/5/2010 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (PowerPoint: 508 kb)
8	Document	Don Kemper Presentation, 3/5/2010 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (PowerPoint: 4,753 kb)
8	Document	Mike Sokol Presentation, 3/5/2010 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (PowerPoint: 637 kb)
8	Document	Source List, 3/4/2010 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Word Document: 41 kb)
8	Document	Speaker Biographies, 3/4/2010 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Word Document: 31 kb)
8	Document	Patient Safety At Ten: Unmistakable Progress, Troubling Gaps, 1/1/2010 - Source: Health Affairs (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 504 kb)
8	Document	The Revolving Door of Rehospitalization From Skilled Nursing Facilities, 1/1/2010 - Source: Health Affairs (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 154 kb)
8	Document	National Patient Safety Agency: combining stories with statistics to minimise harm, 11/21/2009 - Source: British Medical Journal (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 321 kb)
8	Document	Approved: 2010 National Patient Safety Goals, 10/1/2009 - Source: The Joint Commission (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 2,234 kb)
8	Briefing Transcript	Consumer Choice in Health Care, 6/25/2009 (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 127 kb)
8	Document	Reforming the Health Care Delivery System: A Team Approach, 3/27/2009 (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 65 kb)
8	Document	Selected Experts, 3/27/2009 (Word Document: 44 kb)
8	Briefing Transcript	Briefing: Reforming the Health Care Delivery System: A Team Approach, 3/27/2009 (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 361 kb)
8	Document	New Patient Safety Organizations Can Help Health Providers Learn From and Reduce Patient Safety Events, 3/1/2009 - Source: Journal of Patient Safety (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 54 kb)
8	Document	Primary Care Innovation: The Patient-Centered Medical Home, 9/22/2008 - Source: Microsoft Word (Word Document: 32 kb)
8	Briefing Transcript	Helping 125 Million Americans: Improving Care for Chronic Conditions, 3/28/2008 - Source: Kaisernetwork.org (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 215 kb)
8	Briefing Transcript	Health Information Technology and Privacy, 2/29/2008 (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 225 kb)
8	Document	Presidential Candidates on Health Care, 2/22/2008 - Source: The Brookings Institution (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 178 kb)
8	Document	A High Performance Health System in the US: An Ambitious Agenda for the Next President, 11/1/2007 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 995 kb)
8	Document	A Roadmap to Health Insurance for All, 10/18/2007 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 485 kb)
8	Document	Transforming Nursing Homes, 9/1/2007 - Source: InformeDesign (University of Minnesota) (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 798 kb)
8	Document	Culture Change in Nursing Homes - Consumer Fact Sheet, 8/1/2007 - Source: National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 42 kb)
8	Document	Preliminary Research Supports Nursing Home Culture Change Movement, 8/1/2007 - Source: Pioneer Network (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 111 kb)
8	Document	Comparing Nursing Home Rules Yields 10 Lessons From 50 States, 8/1/2007 - Source: Aging Today (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 52 kb)
8	Document	What Culture Change Is, and Why an Aging Nation Cares, 8/1/2007 - Source: Aging Today (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 46 kb)
8	Document	Public Perceptions of SCHIP, 8/1/2007 - Source: Public Opinion Strategies (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 132 kb)
8	Document	Pioneer Network - Fact Sheet, 8/1/2007 - Source: Pioneer Network (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 57 kb)
8	Document	Pioneer Network - Values and Principles, 8/1/2007 - Source: Pioneer Network (Word Document: 31 kb)
8	Document	Aiming Higher: A State Scorecard on Health System Performance, 6/15/2007 - Source: Cathy Schoen (PowerPoint: 2,341 kb)
8	Document	Building State-Based High Performing Systems of Care, 6/15/2007 - Source: Christopher F. Koller (PowerPoint: 245 kb)
8	Document	Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention: Addressing the Nation's Leading Killers 2007, 6/15/2007 - Source: Center for Disease Control (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 303 kb)
8	Document	The Care of Patients with Severe Chronic Illness: An Online Report on the Medicare Program , 6/15/2007 - Source: Dartmouth Atlas Project (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 6,080 kb)
8	Document	Advancing Quality Improvement Research: Challenges and Opportunities--Workshop Summary, 6/15/2007 - Source: National Academy of Sciences (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 563 kb)
8	Document	In the Driver's Seat, 6/15/2007 - Source: American Executive (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 29 kb)
8	Document	Washington's Healthiest State Campaign, 6/15/2007 - Source: Washington Health Foundation/United Health Foundation (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 93 kb)
8	Document	Managing Medical Resources, 6/13/2007 - Source: JAMA (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 67 kb)
8	Briefing Transcript	Quality of Care and Comfort at the End of Life: Changes Needed?, 6/8/2007 (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 210 kb)
8	Document	Teno - Embracing NH as the Place of Care and Site of Death for Older, Frail Americans, 6/8/2007 - Source: Joan Teno, M.D. (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 861 kb)
8	Document	Meier - Palliative Care in Hospitals, 6/8/2007 - Source: Diane Meier, M.D. (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 154 kb)
8	Document	Stuart - Hospice and Home Care, 6/8/2007 - Source: Brad Stuart, M.D. (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 42 kb)
8	Document	McConnell - Barriers to Quality End of Life Care for People with Dementia, 6/8/2007 - Source: Stephen McConnell, Ph.D. (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 142 kb)
8	Document	Resident Outcomes in Small-House Nursing Homes: Analysis of Green House Project, 6/1/2007 - Source: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 115 kb)
8	Document	Aiming Higher: Results from a State Scorecard on Health System Performance (Exec Summary), 6/1/2007 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 783 kb)
8	Briefing Transcript	Which Treatment Works Better? A Look at Ways to Improve the Quality of Medical Decisions, 4/27/2007 (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 210 kb)
8	Document	Regional Quality Improvement Initiative, 4/1/2007 - Source: Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 39 kb)
8	Document	Data Brief: The AHRQ's National Healthcare Quality Report 2006, 3/1/2007 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 328 kb)
8	Document	Health Care Coverage in America: Understanding the Issues and Proposed Solutions, 3/1/2007 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 854 kb)
8	Document	A Campaign to Improve Quality of Life For Residents & Staff, 2/28/2007 - Source: Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 147 kb)
8	Document	Nursing Home Culture Change Regulatory Compliance - Questions & Answers, 12/21/2006 - Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 67 kb)
8	Document	Darby's Presentation: Who Cares What Patients Think?, 12/4/2006 (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 97 kb)
8	Document	Davis's Presentation: Who Cares What Patients Think?, 12/4/2006 (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 102 kb)
8	Document	Karp's Presentation: Who Care's What Patients Think?, 12/4/2006 (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 2,326 kb)
8	Document	An Evaluation of the Advanced Illness Management (AIM) Program: Increasing Hospice Utilization, 11/6/2006 - Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 161 kb)
8	Briefing Transcript	What Other Nations Can Teach Us About A More Patient Centered Health Care System, Part I, 11/4/2006 - Source: Kaisernetwork.org (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 143 kb)
8	Briefing Transcript	What Other Nations Can Teach Us About A More Patient Centered Health Care System, Part II, 11/4/2006 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 110 kb)
8	Briefing Transcript	What Other Nations Can Teach Us About A More Patient Centered Health Care System, Part III, 11/4/2006 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 132 kb)
8	Document	NHPCO's Facts and Figures: 2005 Findings, 11/1/2006 - Source: National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 1,220 kb)
8	Document	Fixing America's Hospitals, 10/16/2006 - Source: Newsweek (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 1,665 kb)
8	Document	Cassel Presentation: Measuring Up: A comprehensive Scorecard for America's Health System, 10/11/2006 (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 430 kb)
8	Document	Schoen Presentation: Measuring Up: A comprehensive Scorecard for America's Health System, 10/11/2006 (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 150 kb)
8	Document	Miller Presentation: Measuring Up: A comprehensive Scorecard for America's Health System, 10/11/2006 (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 24 kb)
8	Document	Source List: Treatment of Severe Chronic Illness, 9/8/2006 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Word Document: 41 kb)
8	Document	Out of Isolation: A Vision for Long-Term Care in America, 9/1/2006 - Source: National Commission for Quality Long-Term Care (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 303 kb)
8	Document	Framework for a High Performance Health System in the United States, 8/1/2006 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 176 kb)
8	Document	PACE is a Model for Excellence in End-of-Life Care, 7/1/2006 - Source: Support Care Coalition (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 189 kb)
8	Document	The Medicare Hospice Payment System: A Preliminary Consideration of Potential Refinements, 6/1/2006 - Source: RAND Health (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 129 kb)
8	Document	Radical Redesign of Nursing Homes: Applying the Green House Concept in Tupelo, MS, 6/1/2006 - Source: The Gerontologist (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 270 kb)
8	Document	Project Overview and Findings from Year One, 4/13/2006 - Source: CMS/Premier Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration Project (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 349 kb)
8	Document	Sourcelist: PATIENT SAFETY: Why It's Getting More Visibility, 4/7/2006 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Word Document: 40 kb)
8	Document	Medicare's hospice benefit for Alzheimer's beneficiaries: frequently asked questions, 1/1/2006 - Source: Alzheimer's Association (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 154 kb)
8	Document	Key MHQP Accomplishments, 1/1/2006 - Source: MHQP (Word Document: 79 kb)
8	Document	Overview of AHRQ’s CAHPS Program, 1/1/2006 - Source: AHRQ (Word Document: 37 kb)
8	Document	Hospital Quality Initiative Overview, 12/1/2005 - Source: CMS (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 33 kb)
8	Document	Palliative Care, 11/1/2005 - Source: Center to Advance Palliative Care (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 71 kb)
8	Document	Culture Change in For-Profit Nursing Homes - Leslie Grant, 11/1/2005 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Word Document: 52 kb)
8	Document	Steve Schoenbaum Presentation: A High Performance Health System for the US - The Challenge, 10/3/2005 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 556 kb)
8	Document	James Mongan Presentation: Health Care in the US - A Tale of Two Systems, 10/3/2005 - Source: Dr. James Mongan, Partners HealthCare (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 10 kb)
8	Document	Gary Yates Presentation: Sentara Healthcare - A Case Study, 10/3/2005 - Source: Dr. Gary Yates, Sentara Healthcare (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 878 kb)
8	Briefing Transcript	Toward a High Performance Health System, 10/3/2005 - Source: Kaisernetwork.org (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 314 kb)
8	Briefing Transcript	Health Information Technology: Here, Now, and Tomorrow, 9/16/2005 - Source: Kaisernetwork.org (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 195 kb)
8	Document	Richard Hillestad Presentation: Can Information Technology Transform Health Care? , 9/16/2005 - Source: RAND Health (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 267 kb)
8	Document	George Halvorson Presentation:Access to Data is the Essential Foundation for Health Care Reform, 9/16/2005 - Source: Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 170 kb)
8	Document	Sourcelist: Pay-for-Performance: Taking Health Care Quality Improvement to the Next Level, 7/15/2005 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Word Document)
8	Document	Quality Improvement Roadmap, 7/1/2005 - Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 108 kb)
8	Document	Quality of care in the Medicare program, 6/1/2005 - Source: MedPAC (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 178 kb)
8	Document	Carol Diamond Presentation: Making the Connection-Helping Providers Collaborate via Health IT , 5/9/2005 - Source: Connecting for Health (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 815 kb)
8	Briefing Transcript	Making the Connection: Helping Health Care Providers Collaborate via Health IT , 5/9/2005 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 202 kb)
8	Document	Sourcelist: How Good is the Quality of Care in Medicare?, 5/6/2005 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Word Document: 79 kb)
8	Document	Improving Quality through Nursing, 5/1/2005 - Source: Policy Challenges in Modern Health Care (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 68 kb)
8	Briefing Transcript	CHECKING UP: What Are Your Hospital’s Vital Stats?, 4/11/2005 - Source: Kaisernetwork.org (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 169 kb)
8	Document	End-of-Life Care: An Agenda for Policy Improvement (selected), 2/1/2005 - Source: Clinics in Geriatric Medicine (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 206 kb)
8	Document	Palliative Care Stories, 1/1/2005 - Source: Center to Advance Palliative Care (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 184 kb)
8	Document	Experiences with Your Doctor Survey: MHRQ Survey, 1/1/2005 - Source: MHRQ (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 212 kb)
8	Document	Bringing Culture Change to Louisiana Nursing Homes/Report From the Frontlines of Culture Change, 11/9/2004 - Source: Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 54 kb)
8	Document	Family Perspectives on End-of-Life Care at the Last Place of Care, 1/7/2004 - Source: Journal of the American Medical Association (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 94 kb)
8	Document	Improving Response to Life-Threatening Illness, 1/1/2004 - Source: Health Progress (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 167 kb)
8	Document	Redefing and Reforming Health Care for the Last Years of Life, 1/1/2004 - Source: RAND Health (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 185 kb)
8	Document	Approaching Death: Improving Care at the End of Life (executive summary), 1/1/1997 - Source: Institute of Medicine (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 769 kb)
8	Toolkit	A Toolkit: Health Insurance Cooperatives, 10/16/2009 Health insurance cooperatives, or co-ops, have drawn attention as an alternative way for Americans to buy health insurance. Owned by their members, co-ops are seen by some as more palatable than a government-run public plan. What exactly are health insurance co-ops? What’s been their track record? Why do they succeed, or fail? Why do proponents like them, and what objections do opponents have? This new toolkit from the Alliance for Health Reform addresses these questions and others and also includes fast facts, links to 31 resources including case studies, story ideas for reporters, 34 selected experts with contact information, links to 17 selected websites, and a glossary. (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 196 kb)
8	Offsite Document	Capturing Value: Increasing Efficiency in Health Care, 3/1/2006 - Source: National Institute for Health Care Management Adobe Acrobat PDF
8	Offsite Document	Expert Voices: More Care Is Not Better Care, 1/1/2005 - Source: National Institute for Health Care Management Adobe Acrobat PDF
8	Offsite Document	The Care of Patients with Severe Chronic Illness, 5/1/2006 - Source: Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences Adobe Acrobat PDF
8	Offsite Document	The Impact of Quality-Reporting Programs on Hospital Operations, 9/1/2006 - Source: Journal of Health Affairs (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	“The grade is: 66 out of 100: Commonwealth gives U.S. healthcare a sickly ranking, 10/25/2006 - Source: Modern Health Care (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	Rewarding Superior Quality Care: The Premier Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration, 1/1/2006 - Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Adobe Acrobat PDF
8	Offsite Document	Adoption of Patient-Centered Care Practices by Physicians, 12/1/2003 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund Adobe Acrobat PDF
8	Offsite Document	Hearing the Patient’s Voice? Factors Affecting the Use of Patient Survey Data in Quality Improv, 12/1/2005 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund Adobe Acrobat PDF
8	Offsite Document	Journal of Ambulatory Care Management Special Issue: Technology for Patient-Centered, Collabora, 9/1/2006 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund Adobe Acrobat PDF
8	Offsite Document	Measuring Patients’ Experiences with Individual Primary Care Physicians , 1/1/2006 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund Adobe Acrobat PDF
8	Offsite Document	On the Front Lines of Primary Care: Primary Care Doctors’ Office Systems, Experiences, and View, 11/2/2006 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund Adobe Acrobat PDF
8	Offsite Document	Mirror, Mirror On the Wall: An Update on the Quality of American Health Care Through the Patien, 4/1/2006 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund Adobe Acrobat PDF
8	Offsite Document	Achieving a New Standard in Primary Care for Low-Income Populations: Case Studies of Redesign a, 8/1/2004 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	CAHPS Hospital Survey Chartbook: What Patients Say About Their Experiences With Hospital Care, 3/1/2006 - Source: AHRQ and the National CAHPS Benchmarking Database Adobe Acrobat PDF
8	Offsite Document	A 2020 Vision of Patient-Centered Primary Care, 4/18/2005 - Source: Journal of Internal Medicine and The Commonwealth Fund (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	What Consumers Say About the Quality of Their Health Plans and Medical Care, 9/1/2006 - Source: AHRQ and the National CAHPS Benchmarking Database Adobe Acrobat PDF
8	Offsite Document	Effective Health Care, 1/1/2006 - Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	Drug Effectiveness Review Project, 1/1/2006 - Source: Oregon Health and Science University (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments for Low Bone Density (Including Osteoporosis), 1/1/2006 - Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Adobe Acrobat PDF
8	Offsite Document	HHS Selects 12 Communities for Medicare HER Incentive Project, 6/11/2008 - Source: iHealth Beat (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	Commentary: Information Tech for Health Care, 5/27/2008 - Source: Washington Times (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	Electronic Documentation Calls for Standardized Nursing Language, 5/1/2008 - Source: NurseZone.com (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	Electronic Prescribing: Becoming a Mainstream Practice, 6/10/2008 - Source: eHealth Initiative and Center for improving Medication Management Adobe Acrobat PDF
8	Offsite Document	Evidence on the Costs and Benefits of Health Information Technology, 5/20/2008 - Source: Congressional Budget Office Adobe Acrobat PDF
8	Offsite Document	Federal Health IT Office Unveils Five-Year Strategic Plan, 6/4/2008 - Source: iHealth Beat (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	The Green House Concept, 2/1/2007 - Source: NCB Capital Impact/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	The Building Blocks of Health Reform: Achieving Universal Coverage and Health System Savings, 5/13/2008 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	American College of Cardiology Supports E-Prescription Mandate, 6/3/2008 - Source: iHealth Beat (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities: A Quality Improvement Initiative in Medicaid Managed..., 1/1/2007 - Source: Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	Massachusetts Health Reform Tracking Survey, 7/1/2007 - Source: Kaiser Family Foundation Adobe Acrobat PDF
8	Offsite Document	Medicare: Starting Now on the Path to Higher Value, 2/28/2008 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	Enhancing Value in Medicare: Demonstrations and other initiatives to improve the program, 2/1/2007 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	Michelle Obama: ‘Let’s Move’ on Childhood Obesity, 2/10/2010 - Source: Washington Post (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	Telemedicine-Based Diabetes Management Program Focusing on Education and Eye Exams Improves Self-Management Capabilities and Outcomes for Low-Income Rural Patients, 4/1/2009 - Source: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	Unmet Needs: Teaching Physicians to Provide Safe Patient Care, 1/1/2010 - Source: Lucian Leape Institute at the National Patient Safety Foundation Adobe Acrobat PDF
8	Offsite Document	Impact of Medication Adherence on Hospitalization Risk and Healthcare Cost, 6/1/2005 - Source: Medical Care (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	To Err is Human – To Delay is Deadly, 5/1/2009 - Source: Consumers Union Adobe Acrobat PDF
8	Offsite Document	The Ironic Business Case For Chronic Care In The Acute Care Setting, 1/1/2009 - Source: Health Affairs (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	Rising Health Pressures in an Economic Recession: A 360-Degree Look at Four Communities, 8/6/2009 - Source: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured Adobe Acrobat PDF
8	Offsite Document	Transforming Healthcare: A Safety Imperative, 12/1/2009 - Source: Quality and Safety in Health Care (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	Rehospitalizations among Patients in the Medicare Fee-for-Service Program, 4/2/2009 - Source: The New England Journal of Medicine (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	Ten Years Later: Look To Nurses As Champions of Patient Safety, 12/10/2009 - Source: Kaiser Health News (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	Excess Length of Stay, Charges, and Mortality Attributable to Medical Injuries During Hospitalization, 10/8/2003 - Source: Kaiser Health News (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	Hospital Errors on the Rise, 1/8/2010 - Source: Sacramento Business Journal (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	Unsung Heroes Work Hard to Cut Hospital-Acquired Infections, 1/21/2010 - Source: CNN (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	Patient Safety: Conversation to Curriculum, 1/25/2010 - Source: The New York Times (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	Mission Medicare, 11/1/2009 - Source: Modern Healthcare (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care: Germany , 7/3/2009 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund Adobe Acrobat PDF
8	Offsite Document	National Authority for Health: France, 7/15/2009 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund Adobe Acrobat PDF
8	Offsite Document	A Survey Of Primary Care Physicians In Eleven Countries, 2009, 11/5/2009 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	Maternity Care and Consumer-Driven Health Plans, 6/1/2007 - Source: Kaiser Family Foundation (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	Part D Standards Aim to Encourage e-Prescribing, 4/28/2008 - Source: American Medical News (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	The Role of Nurses in Hospital Quality Improvement, 3/1/2008 - Source: Center for Studying Health System Change (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	Annual Report: MA Health Care Quality and Cost Council (Executive Summary), 4/1/2008 - Source: Massachusetts Health Care Quality and Cost Council (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	Advanced Practice Nurses Seek Wider Scope in 24 States, 4/21/2008 - Source: Massachusetts Health Care Quality and Cost Council (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	Coordinating Care - A Perilous Journey through the Health Care System, 3/6/2008 - Source: New England Journal of Medicine (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	Community Care of North carolina: Improving Care Through Community Health Networks, 7/15/2008 - Source: Annals of Family Medicine (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	The Teamlet Model of Primary Care, 9/15/2007 - Source: Annals of Family Medicine Adobe Acrobat PDF
8	Offsite Document	Building Teams in Primary Care: Lessons Learned, 7/15/2007 - Source: California HealthCare Foundation Adobe Acrobat PDF
8	Offsite Document	The Role of Nurses in Hospital Quality Improvement, 4/1/2008 - Source: Center for Studying Health System Change Adobe Acrobat PDF
8	Offsite Document	Rewarding Quality Performance: The Role of Nursing, 4/15/2007 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform Adobe Acrobat PDF
8	Offsite Document	Checklist Reduces Deaths in Surgery, 1/20/2009 - Source: The New York Times (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	Get Organized: How to Streamline Health Care Delivery, 4/28/2008 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	Excerpts from The Patient Life: Can Consumers Direct Health Care?, 6/25/2009 - Source: American Journal of Law and Medicine (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	Improving Quality Health Care: The Role of Consumer Engagement, 6/25/2009 - Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Adobe Acrobat PDF
8	Offsite Document	Living Within Limits - Practical Lessons and Moral Choices: Where Economics Meets Ethics, 6/25/2009 - Source: Princeton University Adobe Acrobat PDF
8	Offsite Document	Health Care Rationing Rhetoric Overlooks Reality, 6/25/2009 - Source: The New York Times (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	Putting Patients at the Center, 6/25/2009 - Source: Roll Call (Unknown File Type)
8	Offsite Document	Is United HealthCare Looking Out For the Patient?, 6/25/2009 - Source: Newsday (Unknown File Type)
7	Document	Training and Employment Funds Tackle Infection Prevention, 2/15/2009 - Source: Emplyer News (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 813 kb)
7	Document	Speaker Biographies, 7/11/2008 (Word Document: 32 kb)
7	Document	The Advanced Dental Hygiene Practitioner, 7/1/2008 - Source: American Dental Hygienists' Association (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 117 kb)
7	Document	Diabetes control is harder for Hispanics: Lack of access to care plays role, study finds, 6/26/2008 - Source: Winston-Salem Journal (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 50 kb)
7	Document	Health Care Providers' Perceived Versus Actual Cultural Competency Levels With Latino Patients, 4/25/2008 - Source: Wichita State University (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 146 kb)
7	Document	ADA Statement before Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, 2/14/2008 - Source: ADA (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 38 kb)
7	Document	Envisioning the Future: The 2008 Presidential Candidates' Health Reform Proposals, 1/1/2008 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 665 kb)
7	Document	We Can Do Better--Improving the Health of the American People, 11/20/2007 - Source: The New England Journal of Medicine (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 212 kb)
7	Document	Speaker Biographies, 10/18/2007 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 77 kb)
7	Document	What is Comprehensive Cancer Care?, 6/1/2007 - Source: National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 37 kb)
7	Document	Do rules hamper remedies for pain?, 5/21/2007 - Source: Seattle Times (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 42 kb)
7	Document	U.S. Healthcare Politics Poll, 3/1/2007 - Source: CBS News/New York Times (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 127 kb)
7	Document	CRS Report for Congress: Pay-for-performance in Health Care, 12/12/2006 - Source: Congression Research Service (CRS) (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 189 kb)
7	Document	Sourcelist: Who Cares What Patients Think?, 12/4/2006 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Word Document: 41 kb)
7	Document	Comparitive Effectiveness Forum: Executive Summary, 11/30/2006 - Source: The Health Industry Forum (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 465 kb)
7	Document	Public Views on Shaping the Future of the U.S. Health System, 8/1/2006 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 183 kb)
7	Document	National Coverage Determinations with Data Collection as a Condition of Coverage, 7/14/2006 - Source: Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (Word Document: 81 kb)
7	Document	Capps, Davis Introduce Legislation to Improve the Care of Cancer Patients, 5/24/2006 - Source: Rep. Lois Capps (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 39 kb)
7	Document	Sourcelist: Rewarding Quality Performance, 5/12/2006 (Word Document: 35 kb)
7	Document	ITL: Will Physician-Level Measures of Clinical Performance Be Used in Medical Malpractice Liti, 4/19/2006 - Source: Journal of the American Medical Association (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 39 kb)
7	Document	Center for Medicare and Medicaid sercives (CMS)/ Premier Hospital Quality and incentive Demonst, 4/13/2006 - Source: Premier (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 350 kb)
7	Document	Rewarding Performance in Medicaid Managed Care, 3/1/2006 - Source: Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. (CHCS) (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 152 kb)
7	Document	Hospital-acquired Infections in Pennsylvania, 3/1/2006 - Source: PHC4 (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 120 kb)
7	Briefing Transcript	The Reality and Potential of Evidence-Based Medicine, 1/12/2006 - Source: Kaisernetwork.org (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 193 kb)
7	Document	Reporting Hospital Quality Data for Annual Payments Update (RHQDAPU), 1/1/2006 - Source: CMS (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 30 kb)
7	Document	Rewarding Superior Quality Care: The Premier Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration Centers, 1/1/2006 - Source: CMS (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 20 kb)
7	Document	Medicare Pay for Performance, 1/1/2006 - Source: Premier (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 166 kb)
7	Briefing Transcript	Ending Disparities in Health Care Delivery for Racial and Ethnic Minorities, 12/9/2005 - Source: Kaisernetwork.org (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 181 kb)
7	Document	Medicare Says Bonuses Can Improve Hospital Care , 11/15/2005 - Source: The New York Times (Word Document: 32 kb)
7	Document	Medicare Demonstration Shows Hospital Quality of Care Improves With Payment Tied to Quality, 11/14/2005 - Source: CMS (Word Document: 62 kb)
7	Document	The Medicare Care Management Performance Demonstration, 11/1/2005 - Source: CMS (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 26 kb)
7	Document	Living Long in Fragile Health: The New Demographics Shape End of Life Care, 11/1/2005 - Source: Hastings Center Report (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 1,544 kb)
7	Document	Sourcelist: Toward a High Performance Health System , 10/3/2005 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Word Document: 41 kb)
7	Document	Commission on High Performance Health System Releases Chartbook Assesing the US Health System , 10/3/2005 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Word Document: 52 kb)
7	Document	A Tale of Two Health Systems, 10/1/2005 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Word Document: 63 kb)
7	Document	Sourcelist: Health Information Technology: Here, Now, and Tomorrow, 9/16/2005 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Word Document: 40 kb)
7	Document	Quality Matters - September Update from The Commonwealth Fund, 9/1/2005 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Word Document: 129 kb)
7	Document	Sourcelist: Making the Connection: Helping Health Care Providers Collaborate via Health IT , 5/9/2005 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Word Document: 33 kb)
7	Briefing Transcript	Weighing the Evidence: Conducting Reviews of Pharmaceuticals in Four Countries, 4/22/2005 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 211 kb)
7	Document	Sourcelist: CHECKING UP: What Are Your Hospital’s Vital Stats?, 4/11/2005 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Word Document: 32 kb)
7	Document	Pursing Perfection: Team Effort, 2/7/2005 - Source: Modern Healthcare (Word Document: 34 kb)
7	Document	Sourcelist: The Reality and Potential of Evidence-Based Medicine, 1/12/2005 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Word Document: 28 kb)
7	Document	Gail Shearer Presentation: Bringing Evidence-Based Medicine to Consumers, 1/12/2005 - Source: Consumers Union (PowerPoint: 2,308 kb)
7	Document	An Invitation To Make Health Care Work For All Americans, 1/1/2005 - Source: Citizens Health Care Working Group (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 556 kb)
7	Document	Geographic Variation In Health Care and the Problem of Measuring Racial Disparities, 1/1/2005 - Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 911 kb)
7	Document	The Value of Private Sector Health Care Choices in Medicare Advantage, 11/2/2004 - Source: America's Health Insurance Plans (Word Document: 401 kb)
7	Document	Culture Change in Nursing Homes - Stephen Shields, 10/4/2004 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Word Document: 57 kb)
7	Document	Patterns of Functional Decline at the End of Life, 5/14/2003 - Source: Journal of the American Medical Association (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 110 kb)
7	Document	Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities In Health Care, 1/1/2003 - Source: Institute of Medicine (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 979 kb)
7	Document	Dental Care Considerations for Young Children, 6/1/2002 - Source: Special Care in Dentistry (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 90 kb)
7	Offsite Document	Most Want Health Reform But Fear Its Side Effects, 6/25/2009 - Source: The Washington Post (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	Highlighting Key Issues in Health Reform, 6/25/2009 - Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	The New Old Age: How Old Is Too Old for Lifesaving Surgery?, 6/25/2009 - Source: The New York Times (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	The GOP's Health-Care Alternative, 6/25/2009 - Source: The Wall Street Journal (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	Choice in Medical Care: When Should the Consumer Decide?, 6/25/2009 - Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Adobe Acrobat PDF
7	Offsite Document	Disease Management: Panacea, Another False Hope, or Something in Between?, 5/15/2007 - Source: Annals of Family Medicine (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	Innovation in Primary Care -- Staying One Step ahead of Burnout, 11/27/2008 - Source: New England Journal of Medicine (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	Nurse-Staffing Levels and the Quality of Care in Hospitals, 5/30/2002 - Source: New England Journal of Medicine (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	Racial Trends in the Use of Major Procedures among the Elderly, 8/18/2005 - Source: New England Journal of Medicine (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	Medicare and Chronic Conditions, 7/21/2005 - Source: New England Journal of Medicine (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	Health People 2010 Oral Health Chapter, 11/1/2000 - Source: Department of Health and Human Services (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	Soapbox; Feel no pain? Your Nurse Does, 7/18/2004 - Source: New York Times (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	Hospitalists Use Teamwork To Improve Care, Increase Efficiency in Hospitals, 11/18/2008 - Source: Medical News Today (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	In Chronic Condition: Experiences Of Patients With Complex Health Care Needs, 11/13/2009 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	How Health Care Costs Contribute to Income Disparity in the United States, 3/20/2009 - Source: McKinsey Global Institute (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	Is the NHS properly regulated?, 10/15/2009 - Source: BBC News (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	Medicare Commission Proposal And MedPAC Data Shape Reform, 9/29/2009 - Source: Kaiser Health News (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	Medicare Governance And Provider Payment Policy , 10/2/2009 - Source: Health Affairs (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	Global Health System Roadmap: Germany, 6/6/2009 - Source: International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	Global Health System Roadmap: France, 10/10/2009 - Source: International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	Evidence That Value-Based Insurance Can Be Effective, 1/21/2010 - Source: Health Affairs (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	Ending the Physician Payment Crisis: Another Reason for Major Medicare Reform, 5/20/2008 - Source: WebMemo: The Heritage Foundation (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	Saving Medicare, 5/15/2008 - Source: American Enterprise Institute (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	Medicare’s Bad News: Is Anyone Listening?, 4/16/2008 - Source: American Enterprise Institute (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	What happens to health benefits after retirement?, 2/1/2007 - Source: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	Enhancing Public Hospitals’ Reporting of Data on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Care, 1/30/2007 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	National Health Plan Collaborative Enters Phase Two of its Work to Improve the Quality of He..., 8/22/2007 - Source: National Health Plan Collaborative Adobe Acrobat PDF
7	Offsite Document	Using Data on Race and Ethnicity to Improve Health Care Quality for Medicaid Beneficiaries, 6/1/2006 - Source: Center for Health Care Strategies (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	Who Is at Greatest Risk for Receiving Poor-Quality Health Care?- CORRESPONDENCE, 7/15/2006 - Source: NEJM (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	Improving Children's Health: A Chartbook about the Roles of Medicaid and SCHIP, 1/1/2007 - Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	Who is at greatest risk for receiving poor quality health care?, 3/1/2006 - Source: NEJM Adobe Acrobat PDF
7	Offsite Document	Improving Quality and Achieving Equity: The Role of Cultural Competence in Reducing Racial and , 10/1/2006 - Source: CMWF Adobe Acrobat PDF
7	Offsite Document	Audio Interview: P4P- Recomendation of the Inst of Med, with Dr. E. Fisher and Dr. K. Davis, 9/21/2006 - Source: The New England Journal of Medicine (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	The Emerging Context for Advances In Comparative Effectiveness Assessment, 3/1/2007 - Source: Health Affairs (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	Fact Sheet: Health Care Transparency: Empowering Consumers to Save on Quality Care, 8/22/2006 - Source: The White House: President George W. Bush (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	Ambulatory Care Surveys, 11/20/2006 - Source: AHRQ (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	CAHPS Health Plan Survey 3.0, 1/18/2006 - Source: AHRQ (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	CEO Survival Guide to Pay for Performance- Executive Summary, 1/1/2006 - Source: QNF Executive Institute (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	Creating Accountable Care Organizations: The Extended Hospital Medical Staff, 12/5/2006 - Source: Health Affairs (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	Bill H.R.6804- Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (Introduced in House), 12/7/2006 - Source: Library of Congress- Thomas (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	Opening Doors on Disease Management, 8/16/2006 - Source: HealthDecisions.org – Health Savings Accounts (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	Frist Highlights AHRQ's Efforts to Improve Quality of Health Care, 2/9/2006 - Source: Bill Frist, M.D. United States Senator, Tennessee (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	Consumer Reports Medical Website Gives Evidence & Treatment Ratings to Make Informed Decisions, 5/17/2005 - Source: Consumer Reports (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	Q&As about the NIMH Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STARD) Study , 3/23/2006 - Source: National Institute of Mental Health* (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	Q&As about the NIMH Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness Study (CATIE), 9/1/2005 - Source: National Institute of Mental Health (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	New Survey Form May Help Patients Rate the Quality of their Doctors, 9/1/2006 - Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	MHQP 2005 Statewide Patient Experience Survey Results Adult PCP Survey Item Frequencies, 1/1/2005 - Source: MHQP Adobe Acrobat PDF
7	Offsite Document	Improving Communication – Improving Care, 1/1/2006 - Source: American Medical Association Adobe Acrobat PDF
7	Offsite Document	National Healthcare Quality Report , 1/1/2005 - Source: AHRQ Adobe Acrobat PDF
7	Offsite Document	Advancing Quality Through Collaboration: The California Pay for Performance Program, 2/1/2006 - Source: Integrated Healthcare Association Adobe Acrobat PDF
7	Offsite Document	CAHPS Program and Principles: Frequently Asked Questions, 11/20/2006 - Source: CAHPS and AHRQ (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	Physician Focused Quality Initiative, 4/12/2006 - Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	The Promises and Pitfalls of Evidence-Based Medicine, 1/1/2005 - Source: Journal of Health Affairs (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	The 100 000 Lives Campaign: Setting a Goal and a Dedline for Improving Health Care Quality, 1/18/2006 - Source: The Journal of the American Medical Association (Unknown File Type)
7	Offsite Document	Measuring Hospital Quality: What Physicians Do? How Patients Fare? Or Both?, 7/5/2006 - Source: The Journal of the American Medical Association (Unknown File Type)
6	Briefing	Prospects for Health Care: Where Will New Congressional Leadership Take Us?, 12/8/2006 Come January, we can expect to see some new approaches to health legislation. Sen. Harry Reid, incoming Senate majority leader, says one of his top three priorities will be more funding for stem cell research. House Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi wants a vote early on to roll back the prohibition against the federal government negotiating prescription drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries. And these are just two of the health issues likely to be debated in the new Congress. The White House too will have a definite voice in the debates to come.
6	Briefing	Beyond the $10 Aspirin: How Well Does Our Hospital Financing System Work? , 1/24/2006 Across the country, hospitals are both a critical part of the U.S. health care safety net and a powerful economic engine. Should there be greater transparency regarding hospital costs and charges? Looking ahead, what does the trend in opening specialty hospitals mean for hospital spending, costs, payments and charges? Is there any clear relationship between what hospitals are paid for services and quality of care?
6	Document	An Interview with Peter Buerhaus, 5/1/2007 - Source: Nursing Economics (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 72 kb)
6	Document	Disease Management: Panacea, Another False Hope, or Something in Between?, 5/1/2007 - Source: Annals of Family Medicine (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 103 kb)
6	Document	Sourcelist: SCHIP and Beyond: Improving Health Care Coverage and Quality for Children, 3/12/2007 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 16 kb)
6	Document	TL: Early Experience with Pay-for-Performance: From Concept to Practice, 10/12/2006 - Source: Journal of the American Medical Association (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 60 kb)
6	Document	Overview of Vermont’s Health Care Reform, 10/1/2006 - Source: State of Vermont Agency of Administration (Adobe Acrobat PDF)
6	Document	Testimony by NGA Executive Director Ray Scheppach before the Medicaid Commission on Medicaid Re, 9/6/2006 - Source: Medicaid Commission on Medicaid Reform (Word Document: 47 kb)
6	Document	Rewarding Provider Performance: Aligning Incentives in Medicare, 9/1/2006 - Source: IOM (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 128 kb)
6	Document	Biotechnology Faces Cost Challenges in Consumer-Driven Healthcare Environment, 5/1/2006 - Source: Tom Morrow, Journal of Managed Care Medicine (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 139 kb)
6	Document	Letter from CMS, 4/5/2006 - Source: Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 246 kb)
6	Document	Hitting Where it Hurts: Congress Considers Incentives, Penalties to Spur Quality, 4/3/2006 - Source: Modern Healthcare (Word Document: 34 kb)
6	Document	Performance Incentive Programs- Chart pack, 4/1/2006 - Source: Center for Health Care Strategies (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 249 kb)
6	Document	Pay for Performance: A Decision Guide for Purchasers, 4/1/2006 - Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 328 kb)
6	Document	Examining the Cost-effectiveness of Early Dental Visits, 4/1/2006 - Source: Pediatric Dentistry (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 111 kb)
6	Document	Chip Kahn Presentation: Modeling Pay-for-Performance, 1/24/2006 - Source: Federation of American Hospitals (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 307 kb)
6	Document	RNs and Pay-for-Performance: The Right Prescription? , 1/1/2006 - Source: Nursing World (Word Document: 54 kb)
6	Document	Sourcelist: Ending Disparities in Health Care Delivery for Racial and Ethnic Minorities, 12/9/2005 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Word Document: 40 kb)
6	Document	Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration Project mentioned in the Wall Street Journal Article, 12/4/2005 - Source: Premier (Word Document: 28 kb)
6	Document	Opinion of the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs, 11/1/2005 - Source: American Medical Association (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 26 kb)
6	Document	Mortality After Acute Myocardial Infarction in Hospitals that Disproportionately Treat Blacks, 10/25/2005 - Source: American Hospital Association (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 460 kb)
6	Document	The Role of States in Improving Health and Health Care for Young Children, 7/1/2005 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 85 kb)
6	Document	Sourcelist: Weighing the Evidence- Conducting Reviews of Pharmaceuticals in Four Countries, 4/22/2005 - Source: Alliance for Health Reform (Word Document: 31 kb)
6	Document	Pursing Perfection: When Quality Means Business, 2/21/2005 - Source: Modern Healthcare (Word Document: 41 kb)
6	Document	Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) 2010, 1/1/2005 - Source: CDC (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 689 kb)
6	Document	The Health Impact of Resolving Racial Disparities: An analysis of US mortality data, 12/1/2004 - Source: American Journal of Public Health (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 246 kb)
6	Document	Excellence Centers to Eliminate Racial/Ethnic Disparities, 5/1/2001 - Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 266 kb)
6	Offsite Document	Uninsured Adults Presenting to US Emergency Departments, 10/22/2008 - Source: JAMA (Unknown File Type)
6	Offsite Document	How Health Reform Legislation Will Affect Medicare Beneficiaries, 3/1/2010 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Unknown File Type)
6	Offsite Document	The LPN: A Practical Way to Alleviate the Nursing Shortage, 5/1/2007 - Source: AFSCME, AFL-CIO Adobe Acrobat PDF
6	Offsite Document	The Surgeon General's Report on Oral Health, 5/25/2000 - Source: Department of Health and Human Services (Unknown File Type)
6	Offsite Document	Economic Stimulus: CDC Moves Forward , 6/19/2009 - Source: CDC (Unknown File Type)
6	Offsite Document	Consumer Choice in the Health Insurance and Provider Markets: A Look at the Evidence Thus Far, 6/25/2009 - Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Adobe Acrobat PDF
6	Offsite Document	Kaiser Backs Microsoft Patient-Data Plan, 6/25/2009 - Source: The New York Times (Unknown File Type)
6	Offsite Document	Room for Debate: Ideas for Fixing Health Care, 6/25/2009 - Source: The New York Times (Unknown File Type)
6	Offsite Document	Health Care Cost Monitor blog, 6/25/2009 - Source: The Hastings Center (Unknown File Type)
6	Offsite Document	Evaluating the Efficiency of California Providers in Caring For Patients with Chronic Illness, 11/16/2005 - Source: Journal of Health Affairs (Unknown File Type)
6	Offsite Document	First-Ever Awards Recognizing Excellence in Incentives and Rewards are Presented , 7/20/2006 - Source: National Business Coalition on Health (Unknown File Type)
6	Offsite Document	Leapfrog Hospital Rewards Program, 10/1/2006 - Source: Leapfrog Group (Unknown File Type)
6	Offsite Document	How Health Plans Partner with Providers Key to Quality, 8/21/2006 - Source: Alliance of Community Health Plans (Unknown File Type)
6	Offsite Document	Continued Quality Improvement in CA Health Care Announced by Integrated Healthcare Association, 7/13/2006 - Source: Integrated Health Care Association (Unknown File Type)
6	Offsite Document	Nat Business Group on Health Issues Recommendations for Employers to Improve Quality and Safety, 10/4/2006 - Source: Market Wire (Unknown File Type)
6	Offsite Document	Facility Surveys, 11/20/2006 - Source: AHRQ (Unknown File Type)
6	Offsite Document	CEO Survival Guide to Pay-for-Performance: Overview of CMS Demonstration Projects, 1/1/2006 - Source: NQF Executive Institute (Unknown File Type)
6	Offsite Document	Quality Matters: Pay-for-Performance in Medicare, 9/1/2006 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Unknown File Type)
6	Offsite Document	Prometheus’ new payment model seeks to reform the toxic health care payment system, 9/1/2006 - Source: The Leapfrog group (Unknown File Type)
6	Offsite Document	Pay-for-Performance, 7/1/2006 - Source: Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. (Unknown File Type)
6	Offsite Document	Harry Reid- Issues: Health Care, 5/6/2006 - Source: Harry Reid Official Websight (Unknown File Type)
6	Offsite Document	Early Experience With High-Deductible and Consumer-Driven Health Plans, 12/7/2006 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Unknown File Type)
6	Offsite Document	How States Are Working with Physicians to Improve the Quality of Children's Health Care, 4/1/2006 - Source: National Academy for State Health Policy and The Commonwealth Fund Adobe Acrobat PDF
6	Offsite Document	Relationship Between Quality of Care and Racial Disparities in Medicare Health Plans, 10/25/2006 - Source: JAMA (Unknown File Type)
6	Offsite Document	Can A Center For Comparative Effectiveness Information Succeed? Perspectives From A Health Care, 11/1/2006 - Source: Health Affairs (Unknown File Type)
6	Offsite Document	Getting to Smart Health Care, 11/1/2006 - Source: Health Affairs (Unknown File Type)
6	Offsite Document	Hillary Clinton's American Health Choices Plan: Quality, Affordable Health Care For Every Ameri, 3/1/2008 - Source: Hillary Clinton For President Adobe Acrobat PDF
6	Offsite Document	John McCain: Straight Talk on Health System Reform, 3/1/2008 - Source: John McCain For President (Unknown File Type)
6	Offsite Document	John McCain on Health Care - Des Moines Rotary Lunch, 10/11/2007 - Source: John McCain For President (Unknown File Type)
5	Document	M.D. Anderson Nurses Find Empowerment in PACTs , 5/31/2008 - Source: University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 64 kb)
5	Document	Examining Pay-for-Performance Measures and Other Trends in Employer-Sponsored Health Care, 5/1/2006 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 32 kb)
5	Document	Hospital Staff from Around the Nation Visits Hackensack University Medical Center to Study Best, 4/20/2006 - Source: Hackensack University Medical Center Press Release (Word Document: 30 kb)
5	Document	Caroline Steinberg Presentation: Physician-Owned Specialty Hospitals , 1/24/2006 - Source: American Hospital Association (PowerPoint: 983 kb)
5	Briefing Transcript	Beyond the $10 Aspirin: How Well Does Our Hospital Financing System Work?, 1/24/2006 - Source: Kaisernetwork.org (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 148 kb)
5	Document	Health-Care Applications, 1/1/2006 - Source: Biotechnology Industry Organization (Word Document: 60 kb)
5	Document	A Health Threat We're Not Treating (Newt Gingrich specialty hospital op-ed), 11/12/2005 - Source: The Washington Post (Word Document: 167 kb)
5	Document	Aetna Letter: Health Savings Accounts - Exceptions for Preventive Prescription Drugs, 5/25/2005 - Source: Aetna (Adobe Acrobat PDF: 325 kb)
5	Offsite Document	State Behavioral Health Innovations: Disseminating Promising Practices- Exec Summary, 8/1/2006 - Source: The Commonwealth Fund Adobe Acrobat PDF
5	Offsite Document	The National Institute for Health Care Management Research and Eductional Foundation, 8/1/2006 - Source: National Institute for Healthcare Management (Unknown File Type)
5	Offsite Document	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Care Consumer Confidence Index, 6/25/2009 - Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Unknown File Type)
5	Offsite Document	Details on Medicare Prescription Drug Deal Remain Murky, 7/13/2009 - Source: Commonwealth Fund (Unknown File Type)
5	Offsite Document	An American Solution: Quality and Affordable Health Care, 7/13/2009 - Source: House Tri - Committee Adobe Acrobat PDF
5	Offsite Document	A Look at Health Care Plans in Congress, 7/13/2009 - Source: Associated Press (Unknown File Type)
5	Offsite Document	2009 Survey of Physician Appointment Wait Times, 7/1/2009 - Source: Merritt Hawkins Adobe Acrobat PDF
5	Offsite Document	Prevention Efforts Provide No Panacea on Health Costs, 6/19/2009 - Source: Wall Street Journal (Unknown File Type)
5	Offsite Document	The Tyranny of Choice, 6/25/2009 - Source: Scientific American Adobe Acrobat PDF
5	Offsite Document	Doctors Aren't In for Medicaid Patients, 7/19/2007 - Source: The Wall Street Journal (Unknown File Type)
5	Offsite Document	Medical Testing Board to Introduce Doctor of Nursing Certification, 6/16/2008 - Source: The Wall Street Journal (Unknown File Type)
5	Offsite Document	Navigating the Implementation Process--Reform Overview, 4/12/2010 - Source: Health Reform GPS (Unknown File Type)

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