The Commonwealth Fund is a private foundation working toward a high performance health system.
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Wednesday, September 9 at 2:00pm
This statement from The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System calls for a comprehensive, integrated approach to health system reform to reverse the negative trends in U.S. health system performance and provide a more secure future for U.S. families and businesses.
This preview of a forthcoming Commonwealth Fund report offers a summary and chartpack outlining the payment and delivery system reform provisions in the bills, as well as their potential impact on health expenditures...
Commonwealth Fund-supported researchers implemented a new well-child care model that uses Internet tools at two pediatric practices within a large HMO. Both parents and providers found the model improved the content and focus of well-child care visits.
Understaffing is a major source of stress for nurses and nursing assistants in the long-term care setting, finds this Commonwealth Fund-supported study. The lack of support raises concerns about the quality of care delivered to an estimated 1.6 million nursing home residents.
Minority patients in the New York City area are significantly less likely than whites to be treated at high-volume hospitals for services for which high volume is associated with better outcomes, finds a Commonwealth Fund-supported study.
Access to Care and Use of Preventive Services by Hispanics: State-Based Variations from 1991 to 2004
Access to doctors and use of mammography, cholesterol testing, and other preventive services improved for both white and Hispanic patients nationally from 1991 to 2004, according to a Commonwealth Fund-supported study...
This Commonwealth Fund issue brief discusses several policies that could begin to move away from the adverse financial incentives embedded in the current system to incentives that encourage better care and better value...
The Commonwealth Fund The Commonwealth Fund State Scorecard, 2009 finds that quality and other measures of care vary widely from state to state. In this video, Commonwealth Fund senior vice president Cathy Schoen and Fund president Karen Davis explain the findings.
Just as workers employed by small businesses are less likely than those in large ones to be offered fringe benefits like pension plans, paid sick leave, and paid vacations, they are also less likely to be offered health insurance...
This case study describes the strategies and factors that appear to contribute to high performance on surgical care improvement measures at Reid Hospital. It is based on information obtained from interviews with key hospital personnel and materials provided by the hospital during the spring of 2009...
This Commonwealth Fund issue brief examines an unprecedented use of state health insurance regulatory authority to promote health system reform...
A new Commonwealth Fund survey of primary care physicians in 11 countries reveals that the United States lags far behind its peers in key measures of access, quality, and use of health IT—undermining doctors' efforts to provide timely, high-quality care.
This Commonwealth Fund survey of primary care physicians in 11 countries reveals that the United States lags far behind its peers in key measures of access, quality, and use of health IT—undermining doctors’ efforts to provide timely, high-quality care.
