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“REALIZINGTHE POSSIBILITIES OF 21ST CENTURY

Performance Improvement 2005. “Realizingthe Possibilities of 21st Century Health Care”

GOAL 5: Improve the quality of health care services Objective 5.1 Reduce medical errors Objective 5.2 Increase the appropriate use of effective health care services by medical providers Objective 5.3 Increase consumer and patient use of health care quality information Objective 5.4 Improve consumer and patient protections Objective 5.5
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GOAL 5 - IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE

Performance Improvement 2005. Goal 5 - Improve the Quality of Health CARE Services

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“REALIZING THE POSSIBILITIES OF 21ST CENTURY

Performance Improvement 2006. “Realizing the Possibilities of 21st Century Health Care"

GOAL 5: Improve the quality of health care services Objective 5.1 Reduce medical errors
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GOAL 5 - IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE

Performance Improvement 2006. Goal 5 - Improve the Quality of Health CARE Services

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IMPLEMENTING CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY

Performance Improvement 2005. Implementing Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (clas) in Health CARE

The purpose of this project was to conduct a case study on a managed care organization and to document the processes for implementing the Culturally Linguistic and Appropriate Services (CLAS) standards. The results of the project documented both enabling factors and potential barriers to the implementation of the CLAS standards. As the results of
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Center for Organization and Delivery Studies

Performance Improvement 2003. Center for Organization and Delivery Studies

AHRQ Market File: Feasibility Project Report
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Racial, Ethnic and Primary Language Data: An

Performance Improvement 2006. Racial, Ethnic and Primary Language Data: An Assessment of State Laws, Regulations and Practices Affecting Their Collection and Reporting by Health Insurers and Managed Care Plans

While acknowledging the importance of racial and ethnic (r/e) data collection in identifying r/e disparities in access to and quality of health care, and in monitoring and ensuring progress towards elimination of such disparities, representatives of many health insurers and managed care organizations (MCOs) have not collected such data, due at lea
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Performance Improvement 2003

Performance Improvement 2003

Performance Improvement 2003: Evaluation Activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is the ninth annual report to Congress summarizing prior fiscal year evaluation efforts. The purpose of this report is to provide Congress with outcome-oriented evaluation findings for the Department’s programs, policies, and strategies. The re
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Designing Subsidized Health Coverage Programs to

Designing Subsidized Health Coverage Programs to Attract Enrollment: A Review of the Literature and a Synthesis of Stakeholder Views

Final Report Lynn Quincy Patricia Collins Kristin Andrews Christal Stone Submitted to: ASPE/HHS 200 Independence Ave., S.W. Washington, DC  20201 Project Officer: Donald Cox
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Evaluation of HHS Delivery System Reform Efforts

Evaluation of HHS Delivery System Reform Efforts and Affordable Care Act Provisions: Consolidated Evaluation Design Recommendations

By: Robert Mechanic, MBA, Jennifer Perloff Phd, Darren Zinner Phd, Moaven Razavi Phd, Michael J. Keane Dr. P.H Abstract The purpose of this project is to provide a thought piece about what type of coordinated framework might be developed for evaluating the evidence HHS will receive from the multiple delivery system reform initiatives planne
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Evaluation of the Medicaid Health Home Option for Beneficiaries with Chronic Conditions: Annual Report - Year Two

Brenda C. Spillman, Elizabeth Richardson, Anna Spencer and Eva Allen Urban Institute   Abstract
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Feasibility of Expanding Self-Directed Services to People with Serious Mental Illness

This report provides a review of available information on self-directed care (SDC) programs in mental health care settings and discusses potential policy implications of large-scale implementation of SDC programs serving persons with serious mental illness. Although SDC holds great promise to address deficiencies in mental health care, SDC also ha
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Medicaid and Permanent Supportive Housing for Chronically Homeless Individuals: Emerging Practices From the Field

This is one of two reports examining the use of Medicaid to cover services for individuals experiencing chronic homelessness, particularly in Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH). It describes existing practices in the field of communities currently serving homelessness and formerly homeless individuals Medicaid beneficiaries.
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A Primer on Using Medicaid for People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness and Tenants in Permanent Supportive Housing

This is one of two reports examining the use of Medicaid to cover services for individuals experiencing chronic homelessness, particularly in Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH). It provides a “how-to” guide on the various ways that Medicaid can cover such services, including the Medicaid authorities and new options provided under the Affordabl
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Examination of Clinical Trial Costs and Barriers

Examination of Clinical Trial Costs and Barriers for Drug Development

Pharmaceutical companies conduct clinical trials for many reasons. The most obvious goal of clinical trials is to demonstrate safety and efficacy to gain Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval. FDA provides guidance to developers about what constitutes acceptable clinical trials and appropriate outcomes. Improving the drug development process
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The Affordable Care Act and Asian Americans and

The Affordable Care Act and Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

The Affordable Care Act includes several provisions that are expected to significantly improve health outcomes for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. New estimates from RAND suggest that 2.0 million Asian Americans who would otherwise be uninsured will be covered or eligible for coverage by 2016 through the expansion of Medicaid eligibility an
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Performance Improvement 2009 and program

Performance Improvement 2009

This report fulfills a statutory obligation of the Department of Health and Human Services. Section 241 of the Public Health Service Act directs the Secretary to inform Congress annually concerning findings from evaluations conducted by the Department. As required, the report is submitted to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committ
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Performance Improvement 2008

Performance Improvement 2008

This Performance Improvement series of reports takes its name from the primary goal of carrying out evaluations – to improve the performance of programs meant to serve the greatest needs of the community. Performance Improvement 2008, the latest of these reports, makes available the most recently completed evaluations of the Department of Health
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Performance Improvement 2007

Performance Improvement 2007

This Performance Improvement 2007 report provides a brief summary of each of the evaluations completed by the Health and Human Services (HHS) during Fiscal Year 2006 (October 1, 2005 to September 30, 2006). All Performance Improvement reports, the full database of summaries or abstracts of the more than 8,000 current, ongoing, and past studies, an
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Environmental Scan to Identify the Major Research

Environmental Scan to Identify the Major Research Questions and Metrics for Monitoring the Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Safety Net Hospitals

The purposes of this environmental scan are to develop a conceptual framework, review and discuss the major research questions and hypotheses, and identify the “ideal” set of metrics for understanding the effects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on safety net hospitals. This report is part of a larger effort by the Office of the Assistant Secre
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