Quality Improvement and Measurement

HSC research focuses on a wide range of quality improvement and measurement topics, including hospital quality reporting and pay-for-performance initiatives.

Title	Date	Document Info
Price and Quality Transparency of Medical Services	April 2, 2009	Congressional Testimony
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
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
A Health Plan Work in Progress: Hospital-Physician Price and Quality Transparency Ann Tynan, Allison Liebhaber, Paul B. Ginsburg	August 2008	Research Brief No. 7
The Role of Nurses in Hospital Quality Improvement Debra A. Draper, Laurie E. Felland, Allison Liebhaber, Lori Melichar	March 2008	Research Brief No. 3
Physicians Moving to Mid-Sized, Single-Specialty Practices Allison Liebhaber, Joy M. Grossman	August 2007	Tracking Report No. 18
Commercial Health Plans' Care Management Activities and the Impact on Costs, Quality and Outcomes Debra A. Draper	April 11, 2007	Congressional Testimony
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
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
The Impact of Quality-Reporting Programs on Hospital Operations Hoangmai H. Pham, Jennifer Coughlan, Ann S. O'Malley	September/October 2006	Journal ArticleHealth Affairs
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
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
Paying for Quality: Health Plans Try Carrots Instead of Sticks Bradley C. Strunk, Robert E. Hurley	May 2004	Issue Brief No. 82
What is Driving Hospitals' Patient-Safety Efforts? Kelly Devers, Hoangmai H. Pham, Gigi Y. Liu	March/April 2004	Journal ArticleHealth Affairs
Leapfrog Patient-Safety Standards are a Stretch for Most Hospitals Kelly Devers, Gigi Y. Liu	February 2004	Issue Brief No. 77
Focused Factories? Physician-owned Specialty Facilities Lawrence P. Casalino, Kelly Devers, Linda R. Brewster	November/December 2003	Journal ArticleHealth Affairs,
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
Obstacles to Employers' Pursuit of Health Care Quality J. Lee Hargraves, Sally Trude	September/October 2002	Journal ArticleHealth Affairs
Quality Improvements By Providers: Market Developments Hinder Progress Kelly Devers	September/October 2002	Journal ArticleHealth Affairs
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
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
Minority Physicians' Experiences Obtaining Referrals to Specialists and Hospital Admissions J. Lee Hargraves, Jeffrey Stoddard, Sally Trude	August 9, 2001	Medscape
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