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Evaluation of the Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2) Teams Pilot: Final Report. 5.2.1 Challenges of the SC2 Approach from the Perspective of the Cities

As discussed elsewhere in this report, cities experienced challenges with the pilot related to some team members’ skills not aligning well with city priority areas and the inability of some federal staff to move beyond a monitoring role with the city. In our discussions with city and federal stakeholders, two additional challenges were observed

Evaluation of the Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2) Teams Pilot: Final Report. Features of the SC2 Approach That Made Federal Assistance More Effective

Federal agencies could target their efforts to cities’ needs . Just as the pilot cities saw the SC2 approach as a more direct and productive connection to the federal government, federal agencies regarded the SC2 approach as a more direct means of understanding local needs and targeting efforts to address them. This was particularly true for ag

Evaluation of the Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2) Teams Pilot: Final Report. 2.3 Selection and Placement of SC2 Team Members

During the summer of 2011, following the assessment process and selection of the six pilot cities, the DPC worked with the participating federal agencies to assemble the SC2 teams. Each pilot city had a SC2 team consisting of a team lead and additional federal experts who worked full-time, part-time, or in an advisory role for the engagement. A sm

Diabetes: A National Plan for Action. Treatment

The availability of high-quality diabetes care services is crucial to support persons with diabetes in their efforts to manage the disease and prevent complications. Agencies within HHS support a variety of programs intended to measure and inform the quality of diabetes care in the United States.

Performance Improvement 2013-2014. What Facilitates or Obstructs Implementing Primary Stroke Center Policy and How does Policy Affect Rural Health Systems?

This study looked at the implementation of State policies aimed at the development of primary stroke centers. In 2004, the American Stroke Association developed the Stroke System of Care, a series of recommendations to improve treatment of stroke. One recommendation encouraged states to support legislated or regulated primary stroke center designa

Performance Improvement 2010. Advance Health Information Technology

Although electronic health records for newborns need to interoperate with newborn screening information systems, a HRSA-funded review at Johns Hopkins University indicated that the critical clinical care centers collecting newborn health screening information had minimal integration and interoperability with the health information systems of publ

Performance Improvement 2010

This report, Performance Improvement 2010, the 16th annual report in this series, describes the findings from 113 studies completed during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009. The study summaries and the publicly available database from which they are drawn are to be found at http://aspe.hhs.gov/pic/performance.

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Performance Improvement 2008. Do States Meet Federal Fraud and Abuse Prevention Requirements for State Children's Health Insurance Programs?

The study assessed the extent to which six States that had a State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP): established methods and procedures that met Federal fraud and abuse prevention, detection, and investigation requirements; assessed these States' oversight of SCHIP contractors; and assessed oversight by CMS of States regarding these fun

Performance Improvement 2008. How Can State-Level Health Information Exchanges Advance Interoperability?

This project synthesized field research and provided recommendations for strengthening and expanding health information exchange (HIE), capitalizing on the important contributions of state-level initiatives. Nearly all states have these initiatives which are public-private collaborations that support interoperable health information exchange to re

Performance Improvement 2008. What Information Resources Do Individuals Use When Seeking Nursing Home Care?

Researchers examined how consumers both gauged the value of nursing home information provided by Federal and State government and private organizations and how they chose appropriate nursing homes. Selecting a nursing home is a daunting task. Little data exists about how people make this important decision. Researchers searched the internet for in

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

AcademyHealth. “The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on the Safety Net.” Washington, DC: AcademyHealth, April 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. “The Safety Net Monitoring Initiative: Fact Sheet.” August 2003. Available at [ http://archive.ahrq.gov/data/safetynet/netfact.pdf] . American Hospital Association. “TrendWat

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Environmental Scan to Identify the Major Research Questions and Metrics for Monitoring the Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Safety Net Hospitals. 8. Differences in Responses to Health Reform by Type of Safety Net Hospital

As mentioned above, safety net hospitals include not only public hospitals, but also many academic medical centers and private hospitals. These distinctions may be less meaningful and important than in the past, as many safety net hospitals—regardless of ownership—have pursued similar strategies in recent years of reducing costs, expanding int

2. Other ACA Provisions That Will Mitigate

Environmental Scan to Identify the Major Research Questions and Metrics for Monitoring the Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Safety Net Hospitals. 2. Other ACA Provisions That Will Mitigate Increased Demand

The extent of the increase in demand for care will also depend in part on decisions that states make in implementing the reforms. Of particular importance is whether state governments decide to expand Medicaid coverage to adults— which is no longer mandatory, based on the Supreme Court’s 2012 decision on the constitutionality of the ACA. As of

Performance Improvement 2007. How Can the United States Make Sure That It Has a Qualified Workforce to Provide Services to Those Needing Long-Term Care?

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Performance Improvement 2007. How Is Influenza Vaccine Produced and Disseminated in the United States?

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Performance Improvement 2002. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

Mission To provide analytical support and advice to the Secretary on policy development and assist the Secretary with the development and coordination of department wide program planning and evaluation activities. Evaluation Program

Performance Improvement 2002. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Mission To generate and disseminate information that improves the health care system. Evaluation Program The Evaluation Program within the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) provides information on the Agencys effectiveness in meeting its long‑term goals and priorities, the efficiency of the Agencys program performance t

Performance Improvement 2002

Performance Improvement 2002: Evaluation Activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is the eighth annual report to Congress summarizing previous 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. It

Performance Improvement 2000. Public Health Infrastructure

Examining Data Sharing Among State Governmental Health Agencies

Performance Improvement 2000. Human Services Policy

Adolescent Decision Making: Implications for Prevention Programs

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