Quality

Forum Session — December 2, 2011
Mission Possible? Saving on Health Care Costs by Reducing Unnecessary Services
Author: Michele J. Orza, ScD

Forum Session — November 18, 2011
Feverish Activity: Global, National, and Local Lessons Learned from the 2009 H1N1 Flu Pandemic
Author: Michele J. Orza, ScD

Forum Session — October 28, 2011
Preventing Hospital Readmissions: How Can Care Transitions for Medicare Beneficiaries Be Improved?
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Issue Brief No. 843 — May 26, 2011
Home, but Not Alone: Evidence-Based Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visitation
Author: Eileen Salinsky, Consultant

Forum Session — April 8, 2011
Pioneering Transformation: Treating Chronic and Complex Disease in Underserved Areas
Author: Lisa Sprague

Forum Session — March 18, 2011
Caring for Patients with Advanced and Serious Illnesses: Changing Medical Practice and Patient Expectations
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

The Basics — November 30, 2010
The Elder Justice Act: Addressing Elder Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Forum Session — October 22, 2010
Calls for Patient-Centered Care: Physician and Hospital Response
Author: Lisa Sprague

Forum Session — October 1, 2010
Patient-Centered Care: What Consumers and Families Want
Author: Lisa Sprague

Forum Session — April 16, 2010
Transforming Health Care Delivery: Insights from the New Orleans Safety Net
Authors: Jessamy Taylor & Michele J. Orza, ScD

The Basics — March 29, 2010
The State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Forum Session — March 25, 2010
Ensuring Nursing Home Quality: Continuing Challenges to Oversight and Enforcement of Nursing Home Reform
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Background Paper No. 71 — December 2, 2009
The Role of Ombudsmen in Assuring Quality for Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities: Straining to Make Ends Meet
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Forum Session — April 8, 2009
Health Care-Associated Infections: Is There an End in Sight?
Author: Lisa Sprague

Issue Brief No. 830 — March 13, 2009
Health Care-Associated Infections: Is There an End in Sight?
Author: Lisa Sprague

Background Paper — March 28, 2007
Health Care Price Transparency and Price Competition
Author: Mark Merlis, Consultant

Background Paper — November 2001
Meeting Employees' Information Needs in an Evolving Health Care Marketplace
Author: Lise Rybowski, Consultant

Forum Session — September 26, 2000
Bad News/Good News in the Asthma Epidemic: Prevalence Jumps Sharply, But Symptoms Can Be Controlled
Author: Richard Hegner

Background Paper — September 2000
The Asthma Epidemic: Prospects for Controlling an Escalating Public Health Crisis
Author: Richard Hegner

Background Paper — April 2000
Applying Science to Public Policy: The Context of the Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health
Author: Richard Hegner

Issue Brief No. 737 — April 15, 1999
Substance Abuse Prevention: Could an Improved D.A.R.E. Program Help Bridge the Gap between Research and Practice?
Author: Coimbra Sirica, Consultant

Forum Session — April 15, 1999
Substance Abuse Prevention: Could an Improved D.A.R.E. Program Help Bridge the Gap between Research and Practice?
Author: Coimbra Sirica, Consultant

Issue Brief No. 718 — April 14, 1998
Dual Diagnoses: The Challenge of Serving People with Concurrent Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Problems
Author: Richard Hegner

Forum Session — April 14, 1998
Dual Diagnoses: The Challenge of Serving People with Concurrent Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Problems
Author: Richard Hegner

Issue Brief No. 717 — April 3, 1998
Increasing the Federal Cigarette Tax: A Means of Reducing Consumption?
Authors: Lauren Tran & Richard Hegner

Forum Session — April 3, 1998
Increasing the Federal Cigarette Tax: A Means of Reducing Consumption?
Authors: Lauren Tran & Richard Hegner