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
Hospital Quality Reporting: Separating the Signal from the NoiseEmily Carrier, Dori A. Cross	April 2013	NIHCR Policy Analysis No. 11
High-Intensity Primary Care: Lessons for Physician and Patient EngagementTracy Yee, Amanda E. Lechner, Emily Carrier	October 2012	NIHCR Research Brief No. 9
Physician Visits After Hospital Discharge: Implications for Reducing ReadmissionsAnna Sommers, Peter J. Cunningham, Deborah Alvarez	December 2011	NIHCR Research Brief No. 6
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 CoordinationHoangmai H. Pham, Ann S. O'Malley, Peter B. Bach, Deborah Schrag	Feb. 17, 2009	Journal Article Annals of Internal Medicine
How Engaged Are Consumers in Their Health and Health Care, and Why Does It MatterJudith H. Hibbard, Peter J. Cunningham	October 2008	HSC Research Brief No. 8
A Health Plan Work in Progress: Hospital-Physician Price and Quality TransparencyAnn Tynan, Allison Liebhaber, Paul B. Ginsburg	August 2008	HSC Research Brief No. 7
The Role of Nurses in Hospital Quality ImprovementDebra A. Draper, Laurie E. Felland, Allison Liebhaber, Lori Melichar	March 2008	HSC Research Brief No. 3
Physicians Moving to Mid-Sized, Single-Specialty PracticesAllison Liebhaber, Joy M. Grossman	August 2007	Tracking Report No. 18
Commercial Health Plans' Care Management Activities and the Impact on Costs, Quality and OutcomesDebra A. Draper	April 11, 2007	Congressional Testimony
Consumer Tolerance for Inaccuracy in Physician Performance Ratings: One Size Fits NoneMatthew M. Davis, Judith H. Hibbard, Arnold Milstein	March 2007	Issue Brief No. 110
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
Care Patterns in Medicare and Their Implications for Pay for PerformanceHoangmai H. Pham, Deborah Schrag, Ann S. O'Malley, Beny Wu, Peter B. Bach	March 15, 2007	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
Can Money Buy Quality? Physician Response to Pay for PerformanceThomas 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 PhysiciansHoangmai H. Pham, Deborah Schrag, J. Lee Hargraves, Peter B. Bach	July 27, 2005	Journal Article Journal of the American Medical Association
Paying for Quality: Health Plans Try Carrots Instead of SticksBradley 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 Article Health Affairs
Leapfrog Patient-Safety Standards are a Stretch for Most HospitalsKelly Devers, Gigi Y. Liu	February 2004	Issue Brief No. 77
Focused Factories? Physician-owned Specialty FacilitiesLawrence P. Casalino, Kelly Devers, Linda R. Brewster	November/December 2003	Journal Article Health Affairs,