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
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
Patient Experience with Coordination of Care: The Benefit of Continuity and Primary Care Physician as Referral SourceAnn S. O'Malley, Peter J. Cunningham	Jan. 6, 2009	Journal Article Journal of General Internal Medicine
Paying for Quality: Health Plans Try Carrots Instead of SticksBradley C. Strunk, Robert E. Hurley	May 2004	Issue Brief No. 82
Paying Hospitals on the Basis of Nursing IntensityPaul B. Ginsburg	May 2008	Journal Article Policy, Politics and Nursing Practice
Paying More for Primary Care: Can It Help Bend the Medicare Cost Curve?James D. Reschovsky, Arkadipta Ghosh, Kate A. Stewart, Deborah Chollet	March 2012	Commonwealth Fund Issue Brief
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 Reimbursement and Participation in MedicaidPeter J. Cunningham	Sept. 23, 2010	Testimony
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
Physicians' Assessments of Their Ability to Provide High Quality Care in a Changing Health Care SystemJames D. Reschovsky, Marie C. Reed, David Blumenthal, Bruce Landon	March 2001	Medical Care
Physicians' Experience Using Commercial E-Prescribing SystemsJoy M. Grossman, Anneliese M. Gerland, Marie C. Reed, Cheryl Fahlman	April 3, 2007	Journal Article Health Affairs
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
Power of Information: Closing the Gap Between Research and PolicyRichard Sorian, Terry Baugh	March/April 2002	Journal Article Health Affairs
Predictors of the Growing Influence of Clinical Practice GuidelinesAnn S. O'Malley, Hoangmai H. Pham, James D. Reschovsky	March 27, 2007	Journal Article Journal of General Internal Medicine