Quality and Care Delivery

Increasingly, HSC research focuses on quality improvement and measurement; adoption of information technology; patient-provider relationships; payment policy, care delivery related to chronic conditions; and public health activities.

Title	Date	Document Info
Care Patterns in Medicare and Their Implications for Pay for PerformanceHoangmai H. Pham, Deborah Schrag, Ann S. O'Malley, Beny Wu, Peter B. Bach	March 15, 2007	Journal Article New England Journal of Medicine
Recalibrating Medicare Payments for Inpatient CarePaul B. Ginsburg	Nov. 16, 2006	Journal Article New England Journal of Medicine
Hospital-Physician Portals: The Role of Competition in Driving Clinical Data ExchangeJoy M. Grossman, Thomas Bodenheimer, Kelly L. McKenzie	November/December 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
The Impact of Quality-Reporting Programs on Hospital OperationsHoangmai H. Pham, Jennifer Coughlan, Ann S. O'Malley	September/October 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
Preparing for the Unknown, Responding to the Known: Communities and Public Health PreparednessAaron Katz, Andrea Staiti, Kelly L. McKenzie	July/August 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
When the Price Isn't Right: How Inadvertent Payment Incentives Drive Medical CarePaul B. Ginsburg, Joy M. Grossman	Aug. 9, 2005	Journal Article Health Affairs
Delivery of Preventive Services to Older Adults by Primary Care PhysiciansHoangmai H. Pham, Deborah Schrag, J. Lee Hargraves, Peter B. Bach	July 27, 2005	Journal Article Journal of the American Medical Association
Primary Care Doctors Who Treat Blacks and WhitesPeter B. Bach, Hoangmai H. Pham, Deborah Schrag, Ramsey C. Tate, J. Lee Hargraves	Aug. 5, 2004	Journal Article New England Journal of Medicine
How Prepared are Americans for Public Health Emergencies? Twelve Communities Weigh InMegan McHugh, Andrea Staiti, Laurie E. Felland	May/June 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
What is Driving Hospitals' Patient-Safety Efforts?Kelly Devers, Hoangmai H. Pham, Gigi Y. Liu	March/April 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
Can Hospitals and Physicians Shift the Effects of Cuts in Medicare Reimbursement to Private Payers?Paul B. Ginsburg	Oct. 8, 2003	Journal Article Health Affairs
Referral Gridlock: Primary Care Physicians and Mental Health ServicesSally Trude, Jeffrey Stoddard	June 2003	Journal Article Journal of General Internal Medicine
Financial Incentives and Physicians' Perceptions of Conflict of Interest and Ability to Arrange Medically Necessary ServicesJeffrey Stoddard, Marie C. Reed, Jack Hadley	January 2003	Journal Article Journal of Ambulatory Care Management
Assessments of Medical Care by Enrollees in For-Profit and Nonprofit Health Maintenance OrganizationsHa T. Tu, James D. Reschovsky	April 25, 2002	Journal Article New England Journal of Medicine
Does Career Dissatisfaction Affect the Ability of Family Physicians to Deliver High-Quality Care?Jennifer DeVoe, George E. Fryer, J. Lee Hargraves, Robert L. Phillips, Larry A. Green	March 2002	Journal Article Journal of Family Practice
Power of Information: Closing the Gap Between Research and PolicyRichard Sorian, Terry Baugh	March/April 2002	Journal Article Health Affairs
Written Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Health of the House Committee on Ways and Means	Feb. 28, 2002	Testimony
Does Managed Care Enable More Low Income Persons to Identify a Usual Source of Care?Peter J. Cunningham, Sally Trude	July 2001	Medical Care
Physicians' Assessments of Their Ability to Provide High Quality Care in a Changing Health Care SystemJames D. Reschovsky, Marie C. Reed, David Blumenthal, Bruce Landon	March 2001	Medical Care