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An Alliance for Health Reform Toolkit produced with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
An Alliance for Health Reform Toolkit produced with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Compassionate and cost effective is how Memorial Healthcare System, based in Hollywood, Fla., describes an innovative program to improve the health of the community it serves in southern Broward County. Memorial's Health Intervention with Targeted Services (HITS) program also aims to reduce…
This toolkit presents Muskegon County's Community Health Needs Assessment process and results, as well as a toolkit that can be applied for other communities' assessments.
This article discusses how clinically at-risk and socially disadvantaged populations may not be fully incorporated into current accountable care models and suggests a framework to overcome these challenges.
This is a collection of resources around computerized physician order entry to assist in implementation and adoption. It features checklists, stories from the field, project management templates, sample policies and procedures, and information on how to obtain medical staff commitment. Most of the…
Purpose. This study assesses the impact of advance directives on end-of-life costs, drawing on administrative data from a single health care organization located in Milwaukee (Independent Care Health Plan, or iCare). Background. As part of ongoing Medicaid and Medicare rate reform efforts, greater…
This commentary was written by Daren R. Anderson, MD, vice president and chief quality officer, Community Health Center, Inc., Middletown, Conn., and J. Nwando Olayiwola, MD, chief medical officer, community Health Center, Inc.
The Health Disparities Cancer Collaborative implemented six components of the chronic care model to increase cancer screening and follow-up among underserved populations from 2003–05.