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
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
Price and Quality Transparency of Medical Services	April 2, 2009	Congressional Testimony
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
Primary Care Physicians' Links to Other Physicians Through Medicare Patients: The Scope of Care CoordinationHoangmai H. Pham, Ann S. O'Malley, Peter B. Bach, Deborah Schrag	Feb. 17, 2009	Journal Article Annals of Internal Medicine
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
Recalibrating Medicare Payments for Inpatient CarePaul B. Ginsburg	Nov. 16, 2006	Journal Article New England Journal of Medicine
Referral Gridlock: Primary Care Physicians and Mental Health ServicesSally Trude, Jeffrey Stoddard	June 2003	Journal Article Journal of General Internal Medicine
Reforming Provider Payment—The Price Side of the EquationPaul B. Ginsburg	Oct. 6, 2011	Journal Article New England Journal of Medicine
Revising Medicare's Physician Fee Schedule—Much Activity, Little ChangePaul B. Ginsburg, Robert A. Berenson	March 22, 2007	Perspective New England Journal of Medicine
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
Rising Rates of Chronic Health Conditions: What Can Be Done?Alwyn Cassil	November 2008	Issue Brief No. 125
Seeking Health Care Information: Most Consumers Still on the SidelinesHa T. Tu, J. Lee Hargraves	March 2003	Issue Brief No. 61
Tapping the Unmet Potential of Health Information TechnologyAnn S. O'Malley	March 24, 2011	Journal Article New England Journal of Medicine
The Impact of Quality-Reporting Programs on Hospital OperationsHoangmai H. Pham, Jennifer Coughlan, Ann S. O'Malley	September/October 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
The Role of Nurses in Hospital Quality ImprovementDebra A. Draper, Laurie E. Felland, Allison Liebhaber, Lori Melichar	March 2008	HSC Research Brief No. 3
Transmitting and Processing Electronic Prescriptions: Experiences of Physician Practices and PharmaciesJoy M. Grossman, Dori A. Cross, Ellyn R. Boukus, Genna R. Cohen	Nov. 21, 2011	Journal Article Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
Triple Jeopardy: Low Income, Chronically Ill and Uninsured in AmericaMarie C. Reed, Ha T. Tu	February 2002	Issue Brief No. 49