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
Innovations in Preventing and Managing Chronic Conditions: What's Working in the Real World? Alwyn Cassil	June 2010	Issue Brief No. 132
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
Episode-Based Payments: Charting a Course for Health Care Payment Reform Hoangmai H. Pham, Paul B. Ginsburg, Timothy K. Lake, Myles Maxfield	January 2010	Policy Analysis No. 1
Are Electronic Medical Records Helpful for Care Coordination? Experiences of Physician Practices Ann S. O'Malley, Joy M. Grossman, Genna R. Cohen, Nicole M. Kemper, Hoangmai H. Pham	Dec. 29, 2009	Journal ArticleJournal of General Internal Medicine
Financial and Health Burdens of Chronic Conditions Grow Ha T. Tu, Genna R. Cohen	April 2009	Tracking Report No. 24
Price and Quality Transparency of Medical Services	April 2, 2009	Congressional Testimony
Information Gap: Can Health Insurer Personal Health Records Meet Patients' and Physicians' Needs? Joy M. Grossman, Teresa Zayas-Cabán, Nicole M. Kemper	March/April 2009	Journal ArticleHealth Affairs
Primary Care Physicians' Links to Other Physicians Through Medicare Patients: The Scope of Care Coordination Hoangmai H. Pham, Ann S. O'Malley, Peter B. Bach, Deborah Schrag	Feb. 17, 2009	Journal ArticleAnnals of Internal Medicine
More Nonelderly Americans Face Problems Affording Prescription Drugs Laurie E. Felland, James D. Reschovsky	January 2009	Tracking Report No. 22
Patient Experience with Coordination of Care: The Benefit of Continuity and Primary Care Physician as Referral Source Ann S. O'Malley, Peter J. Cunningham	Jan. 6, 2009	Journal ArticleJournal of General Internal Medicine
Living on the Edge: Health Care Expenses Strain Family Budgets Peter J. Cunningham, Carolyn Miller, Alwyn Cassil	December 2008	Research Brief No. 10
Rising Rates of Chronic Health Conditions: What Can Be Done? Alwyn Cassil	November 2008	Issue Brief No. 125
Do Reimbursement Delays Discourage Medicaid Participation by Physicians? Peter J. Cunningham, Ann S. O'Malley	Nov. 18, 2008	Journal ArticleHealth Affairs
Provider Payment Incentives and Delivery System Reform Paul B. Ginsburg	October 2008	Book Chapter
How Engaged Are Consumers in Their Health and Health Care, and Why Does It Matter Judith H. Hibbard, Peter J. Cunningham	October 2008	Research Brief No. 8
Despite Regulatory Changes, Hospitals Cautious in Helping Physicians Purchase Electronic Medical Records Joy M. Grossman, Genna R. Cohen	September 2008	Issue Brief No. 123
Paying Hospitals on the Basis of Nursing Intensity Paul B. Ginsburg	May 2008	Journal ArticlePolicy, Politics and Nursing Practice
Do Primary Care Physicians Treating Minority Patients Report Problems Delivering High-Quality Care? James D. Reschovsky, Ann S. O'Malley	April 22, 2008	Journal ArticleHealth Affairs
Public Health Workforce Shortages Imperil Nation's Health Debra A. Draper, Robert E. Hurley, Johanna Lauer	April 16, 2008	Research Brief No. 4
The Role of Nurses in Hospital Quality Improvement Debra A. Draper, Laurie E. Felland, Allison Liebhaber, Lori Melichar	March 2008	Research Brief No. 3
Health Plans Target Advanced Imaging Services Ann Tynan, Robert A. Berenson, Jon B. Christianson	February 2008	Issue Brief No. 118
Clinical Information Technology Adoption Varies Across Physician Specialties Catherine Corey, Joy M. Grossman	September 2007	Data Bulletin No. 34
Physicians Moving to Mid-Sized, Single-Specialty Practices Allison Liebhaber, Joy M. Grossman	August 2007	Tracking Report No. 18
Physicians' Experience Using Commercial E-Prescribing Systems Joy M. Grossman, Anneliese M. Gerland, Marie C. Reed, Cheryl Fahlman	April 3, 2007	Journal ArticleHealth Affairs
Consumer Tolerance for Inaccuracy in Physician Performance Ratings: One Size Fits None Matthew M. Davis, Judith H. Hibbard, Arnold Milstein	March 2007	Issue Brief No. 110
Predictors of the Growing Influence of Clinical Practice Guidelines Ann S. O'Malley, Hoangmai H. Pham, James D. Reschovsky	March 27, 2007	Journal ArticleJournal of General Internal Medicine
Revising Medicare's Physician Fee Schedule—Much Activity, Little Change Paul B. Ginsburg, Robert A. Berenson	March 22, 2007	PerspectiveNew England Journal of Medicine
Private Payer Roles in moving to More Efficient Health Spending Paul B. Ginsburg	March 15, 2007	Book Chapter
Care Patterns in Medicare and Their Implications for Pay for Performance Hoangmai H. Pham, Deborah Schrag, Ann S. O'Malley, Beny Wu, Peter B. Bach	March 15, 2007	Journal ArticleNew England Journal of Medicine
Physician Financial Incentives: Use of Quality Incentives Inches Up, but Productivity Still Dominates James D. Reschovsky, Jack Hadley	January 2007	Issue Brief No. 108
Recalibrating Medicare Payments for Inpatient Care Paul B. Ginsburg	Nov. 16, 2006	Journal ArticleNew England Journal of Medicine
Hospital-Physician Portals: The Role of Competition in Driving Clinical Data Exchange Joy M. Grossman, Thomas Bodenheimer, Kelly L. McKenzie	November/December 2006	Journal ArticleHealth Affairs
Clinical Information Technology Gaps Persist Among Physicians Joy M. Grossman, Marie C. Reed	November 2006	Issue Brief No. 106
Physicians Slow to Adopt Patient E-mail Allison Liebhaber, Joy M. Grossman	September 2006	Data Bulletin No. 32
The Impact of Quality-Reporting Programs on Hospital Operations Hoangmai H. Pham, Jennifer Coughlan, Ann S. O'Malley	September/October 2006	Journal ArticleHealth Affairs
Preparing for the Unknown, Responding to the Known: Communities and Public Health Preparedness Aaron Katz, Andrea Staiti, Kelly L. McKenzie	July/August 2006	Journal ArticleHealth Affairs
Growing Availability of Clinical Information Technology in Physician Practices Marie C. Reed, Joy M. Grossman	June 2006	Data Bulletin No. 31
A Decade of Tracking Health System Change Paul B. Ginsburg, Cara S. Lesser	March 2006	Commentary No. 2
Can Money Buy Quality? Physician Response to Pay for Performance Thomas Bodenheimer, Jessica H. May, Robert A. Berenson, Jennifer Coughlan	December 2005	Issue Brief No. 102
When the Price Isn't Right: How Inadvertent Payment Incentives Drive Medical Care Paul B. Ginsburg, Joy M. Grossman	Aug. 9, 2005	Journal ArticleHealth Affairs
Delivery of Preventive Services to Older Adults by Primary Care Physicians Hoangmai H. Pham, Deborah Schrag, J. Lee Hargraves, Peter B. Bach	July 27, 2005	Journal ArticleJournal of the American Medical Association
Most Medicare Outpatient Visits are to Physicians with Limited Clinical Information Technology Joy M. Grossman, Marie C. Reed	July 2005	Data Bulletin No. 30
Limited Information Technology for Patient Care in Physician Offices Marie C. Reed, Joy M. Grossman	September 2004	Issue Brief No. 89
Primary Care Doctors Who Treat Blacks and Whites Peter B. Bach, Hoangmai H. Pham, Deborah Schrag, Ramsey C. Tate, J. Lee Hargraves	Aug. 5, 2004	Journal ArticleNew England Journal of Medicine
Paying for Quality: Health Plans Try Carrots Instead of Sticks Bradley C. Strunk, Robert E. Hurley	May 2004	Issue Brief No. 82
How Prepared are Americans for Public Health Emergencies? Twelve Communities Weigh In Megan McHugh, Andrea Staiti, Laurie E. Felland	May/June 2004	Journal ArticleHealth Affairs
What is Driving Hospitals' Patient-Safety Efforts? Kelly Devers, Hoangmai H. Pham, Gigi Y. Liu	March/April 2004	Journal ArticleHealth Affairs
Emergency Department Diversions: Hospital and Community Strategies Alleviate the Crisis Linda R. Brewster, Laurie E. Felland	March 2004	Issue Brief No. 78
Leapfrog Patient-Safety Standards are a Stretch for Most Hospitals Kelly Devers, Gigi Y. Liu	February 2004	Issue Brief No. 77
Can Hospitals and Physicians Shift the Effects of Cuts in Medicare Reimbursement to Private Payers? Paul B. Ginsburg	Oct. 8, 2003	Journal ArticleHealth Affairs
Has Bioterrorism Preparedness Improved Public Health? Andrea Staiti, Aaron Katz, John F. Hoadley	July 2003	Issue Brief No. 65
Referral Gridlock: Primary Care Physicians and Mental Health Services Sally Trude, Jeffrey Stoddard	June 2003	Journal ArticleJournal of General Internal Medicine
Seeking Health Care Information: Most Consumers Still on the Sidelines Ha T. Tu, J. Lee Hargraves	March 2003	Issue Brief No. 61
Physicians and Care Management: More Acceptance than You Think Marie C. Reed, Kelly Devers, Bruce Landon	January 2003	Issue Brief No. 60
Financial Incentives and Physicians' Perceptions of Conflict of Interest and Ability to Arrange Medically Necessary Services Jeffrey Stoddard, Marie C. Reed, Jack Hadley	January 2003	Journal ArticleJournal of Ambulatory Care Management
Who Do You Trust? Americans' Perspectives on Health Care, 1997-2001 Marie C. Reed, Sally Trude	August 2002	Tracking Report No. 3
Assessments of Medical Care by Enrollees in For-Profit and Nonprofit Health Maintenance Organizations Ha T. Tu, James D. Reschovsky	April 25, 2002	Journal ArticleNew 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 ArticleJournal of Family Practice
Power of Information: Closing the Gap Between Research and Policy Richard Sorian, Terry Baugh	March/April 2002	Journal ArticleHealth Affairs
Written Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Health of the House Committee on Ways and Means	Feb. 28, 2002	Testimony
Triple Jeopardy: Low Income, Chronically Ill and Uninsured in America Marie C. Reed, Ha T. Tu	February 2002	Issue Brief No. 49
Physicians More Likely to Face Quality Incentives than Incentives That May Restrain Care Jeffrey Stoddard, Joy M. Grossman, Liza Rudell	January 2002	Issue Brief No. 48
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 System James D. Reschovsky, Marie C. Reed, David Blumenthal, Bruce Landon	March 2001	Medical Care