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
Leapfrog Patient-Safety Standards are a Stretch for Most HospitalsKelly Devers, Gigi Y. Liu	February 2004	Issue Brief No. 77
Limited Information Technology for Patient Care in Physician OfficesMarie C. Reed, Joy M. Grossman	September 2004	Issue Brief No. 89
Living on the Edge: Health Care Expenses Strain Family BudgetsPeter J. Cunningham, Carolyn Miller, Alwyn Cassil	December 2008	HSC Research Brief No. 10
More Nonelderly Americans Face Problems Affording Prescription DrugsLaurie E. Felland, James D. Reschovsky	January 2009	Tracking Report No. 22
Most Medicare Outpatient Visits are to Physicians with Limited Clinical Information TechnologyJoy M. Grossman, Marie C. Reed	July 2005	Data Bulletin No. 30
Paying for Quality: Health Plans Try Carrots Instead of SticksBradley C. Strunk, Robert E. Hurley	May 2004	Issue Brief No. 82
Physician Financial Incentives: Use of Quality Incentives Inches Up, but Productivity Still DominatesJames D. Reschovsky, Jack Hadley	January 2007	Issue Brief No. 108
Physician Practices, E-Prescribing and Accessing Information to Improve Prescribing DecisionsJoy M. Grossman, Ellyn R. Boukus, Dori A. Cross, Genna R. Cohen	May 2011	HSC Research Brief No. 20
Physician Visits After Hospital Discharge: Implications for Reducing ReadmissionsAnna Sommers, Peter J. Cunningham, Deborah Alvarez	December 2011	NIHCR Research Brief No. 6
Physicians and Care Management: More Acceptance than You ThinkMarie C. Reed, Kelly Devers, Bruce Landon	January 2003	Issue Brief No. 60
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
Physicians Moving to Mid-Sized, Single-Specialty PracticesAllison Liebhaber, Joy M. Grossman	August 2007	Tracking Report No. 18
Physicians Slow to Adopt Patient E-mailAllison Liebhaber, Joy M. Grossman	September 2006	Data Bulletin No. 32
Physicians Slow to E-mail Routinely with PatientsEllyn R. Boukus, Joy M. Grossman, Ann S. O'Malley	October 2010	Issue Brief No. 134
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
Private Payer Roles in moving to More Efficient Health SpendingPaul B. Ginsburg	March 15, 2007	Book Chapter
Provider Payment Incentives and Delivery System ReformPaul B. Ginsburg	October 2008	Book Chapter
Public Health Workforce Shortages Imperil Nation's HealthDebra A. Draper, Robert E. Hurley, Johanna Lauer	April 16, 2008	HSC Research Brief No. 4
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