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
Rising Rates of Chronic Health Conditions: What Can Be Done?Alwyn Cassil	November 2008	Issue Brief No. 125
Electronic Medical Records and Communication with Patients and Other Clinicians: Are We Talking Less?Ann S. O'Malley, Genna R. Cohen, Joy M. Grossman	April 2010	Issue Brief No. 131
Innovations in Preventing and Managing Chronic Conditions: What's Working in the Real World?Alwyn Cassil	June 2010	Issue Brief No. 132
Even When Physicians Adopt E-Prescribing, Use of Advanced Features LagsJoy M. Grossman	July 2010	Issue Brief No. 133
Physicians Slow to E-mail Routinely with PatientsEllyn R. Boukus, Joy M. Grossman, Ann S. O'Malley	October 2010	Issue Brief No. 134
Rising Hospital Employment of Physicians: Better Quality, Higher Costs?Ann S. O'Malley, Amelia M. Bond, Robert A. Berenson	August 2011	Issue Brief No. 136
Physicians More Likely to Face Quality Incentives than Incentives That May Restrain CareJeffrey Stoddard, Joy M. Grossman, Liza Rudell	January 2002	Issue Brief No. 48
Triple Jeopardy: Low Income, Chronically Ill and Uninsured in AmericaMarie C. Reed, Ha T. Tu	February 2002	Issue Brief No. 49
Physicians and Care Management: More Acceptance than You ThinkMarie C. Reed, Kelly Devers, Bruce Landon	January 2003	Issue Brief No. 60
Seeking Health Care Information: Most Consumers Still on the SidelinesHa T. Tu, J. Lee Hargraves	March 2003	Issue Brief No. 61
Has Bioterrorism Preparedness Improved Public Health?Andrea Staiti, Aaron Katz, John F. Hoadley	July 2003	Issue Brief No. 65
Leapfrog Patient-Safety Standards are a Stretch for Most HospitalsKelly Devers, Gigi Y. Liu	February 2004	Issue Brief No. 77
Emergency Department Diversions: Hospital and Community Strategies Alleviate the CrisisLinda R. Brewster, Laurie E. Felland	March 2004	Issue Brief No. 78
Paying for Quality: Health Plans Try Carrots Instead of SticksBradley C. Strunk, Robert E. Hurley	May 2004	Issue Brief No. 82
Limited Information Technology for Patient Care in Physician OfficesMarie C. Reed, Joy M. Grossman	September 2004	Issue Brief No. 89
Episode-Based Payments: Charting a Course for Health Care Payment ReformHoangmai H. Pham, Paul B. Ginsburg, Timothy K. Lake, Myles Maxfield	January 2010	NIHCR Policy Analysis No. 1
Hospital Quality Reporting: Separating the Signal from the NoiseEmily Carrier, Dori A. Cross	April 2013	NIHCR Policy Analysis No. 11
Policy Options to Encourage Patient-Physician Shared Decision MakingAnn S. O'Malley, Emily Carrier, Elizabeth Docteur, Alison C. Shmerling, Eugene C. Rich	September 2011	NIHCR Policy Analysis No. 5
Primary Care Workforce Shortages: Nurse Practitioner Scope-of-Practice Laws and Payment PoliciesTracy Yee, Ellyn R. Boukus, Dori A. Cross, Divya R. Samuel	February 2013	NIHCR Research Brief No. 13
Fostering Health Information Technology in Small Physician Practices: Lessons from Independent Practice AssociationsTimothy K. Lake, Tricia Collins Higgins, Paul B. Ginsburg	June 2011	NIHCR Research Brief No. 5