Quality/Equality newsroom
| Nov 17, 2008 |
A New Report Shows How to Reform the Expensive and Dangerous Way We Pay for Health Care
The Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement's latest report is urging fixes that could save billions of dollars and make expanding health insurance to the uninsured more affordable. |
| Oct 16, 2008 |
How Engaged are American Consumers in Their Health and Health Care?
The level of patient activation—a person’s ability to manage their health and health care—varies considerably in the U.S. population, with less than half of adults (41.4%) at the highest level, according to a... |
| Aug 28, 2008 |
Health Plans Ramp Up Hospital-Physician Price and Quality Transparency Tools
Health plans are increasingly developing tools to help people more easily understand the price and quality of their health care, but few people to date are taking advantage of this information, according to a study released by the Center for Studying Health System... |
| Aug 21, 2008 |
More Americans Seeking Health Information, Especially on the Internet
In 2007, 56 percent of American adults sought information about a personal health concern from a source other than their doctor, up from 38 percent in 2001, according to a national study released by the Center for Studying Health System Change. |
| Jun 18, 2008 |
Physician Adoption of Electronic Health Records Still Extremely Low, But Medicine May be at a Tipping Point
A large survey of physicians shows practice size and setting continue as major factors influencing EHR adoption rates. |
| Jun 5, 2008 |
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Announces $300-Million Commitment to Dramatically Improve Quality of U.S. Health Care
RWJF makes a $300-million commitment to dramatically improve the quality of health care in 14 communities across America. |
| May 21, 2008 |
PROMETHEUS Payment Set to Test New Method of Paying Providers for High-Quality Health Care
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) commits $6.4 million in grants to further develop and test a new model for health care payment that will reward hospitals and physicians to coordinate and provide high-quality care. |
| May 1, 2008 |
Finding Answers Awards More Than $2.5 Million to Develop Interventions Aimed at Reducing Gaps in Health Care Among U.S. Racial and Ethnic Groups
Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) housed at the University of Chicago, is awarding more than $2.5 million to 10 organizations that are working to eliminate racial and ethnic health... |
| Apr 7, 2008 |
Chronically Ill Patients Get More Care, Less Quality, Says Latest Dartmouth Atlas
According to a report from the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Medicare pays many hospitals and their doctors more than the most efficient and effective health care institutions to treat chronically ill people, yet gets worse results. |
| Apr 1, 2008 |
Consumers, Health Care Purchasers, Physicians, and Health Insurers Announce Agreement on Principles to Guide Physician Performance Reporting
Leading consumer, employer and labor organizations today announced a comprehensive national agreement with leading physicians groups and health insurers on principles to guide how health plans measure doctors' performance and report the information to consumers. |