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It is widely recognized that there is more work needed to eliminate preventable harm in the U.S. ...
The American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) released the Nurse Executive Competencies: P...
This webpage will take to you the complete listing of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's ...
This issue brief continues the program’s examination of state-level community benefit oversight b...
This article discusses how using health adjusted life expectacy could bridge the gap between clin...
This brief focuses on updating significant points concerning community health needs assessment an...
This toolkit helps track community partnerships, assess opportunities for increased engagement an...
This article aims to define the term "healthy communities" based on existing literature on the to...
In California, about 16 percent of the adult population, more than 4 million people, have mental ...
This report indentifies and explains guiding principles to inform the implementation ofCommunity ...
This book provides practical skills for building communities. Chapters three, four and five addre...
This report details the Institute of Medicine's roundtable on population health improvement and d...
This report discusses strategies to help health care leaders prioritize three foundational elemen...
This report identifies steps that policy, public health and community stakeholders can take to pr...
Medicine involves decisions. But for Medicare patients with conditions for which surgery is an op...
A central goal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is to significantly reduce the n...
The Affordable Care Act and state Medicaid reform efforts present opportunities to reengineer hea...
While there is broad agreement on the general concepts defining patient-centered medical homes, l...
Efforts to improve U.S. health care must include payment reforms that encourage greater efficienc...
For the last century, the major causes of disease and death among Americans have changed, shiftin...
Medicaid is the nation's health coverage program for the low-income population, covering , more t...
For the last 15 years, public hospitals have pursued multiple strategies to help maintain financ...
Annual analysis of the health care of a record number of Americans by the National Committee for ...
Accelerating Care Integration Lack of care coordination and integration was identified as a majo...
This toolkit presents Muskegon County's Community Health Needs Assessment process and results, a...
This guide provides techniques, case studies and guiding principles from various fields of expert...
This report discusses the necessity of health information technology to effectively and systemati...
This report discusses the strenghts of community disease prevention offers and presents a framewo...
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have the promise to transform how health care is delivered ...
During this 90 minute session, speakers discussed how to effectively engage patients and their fa...
The National Committee for Quality Assurance starts an accountable care organization accreditati...
An international survey of adults living with health problems and complex care needs found that p...
Treating U.S. veterans with mental illness and substance use disorders is more expensive than car...
The Affordable Care Act includes several provisions designed to encourage greater coordination an...
This white paper introduces an overall approach and tools designed to support two processes: the ...
The business adage "what gets measured gets managed" applies in health care. Two projects focus o...
n response to growing interest from the hospital community in better understanding and improving ...
The rate of "mortality amenable to health care" that is--deaths that are considered preventable w...
A report released jointly by AARP's Public Policy Institute, The Commonwealth Fund and The SCAN F...
The report provides a scientific base and practical guidance fo rengaging public health professio...
This 46-page document reviews the history of Regional Health Improvement Collaboratives and consi...
This report discussses the Center for Disease Control's involvement with Prevention Research Cent...
This report discusses the process of conducting a Health Impact Assessment and proposes a busines...
The Urgency of Health System Reforms to Ensure Respect for Patients' Wishes and Accou...
W hat is patient- and family-centered care? Why does it matter? How does it fit with a hospital's...