This article co-authored with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, examines the distinct and complementary roles practice facilitators and care managers play in redesigning and improving primary care delivery. Practice facilitators coordinate practice quality improvement and redesign...

As part of a national initiative called Elev8, Atlantic Philanthropies provided funds to community organizations to work with five Chicago schools to provide a wide range of programs and economic services to families. A multi-year evaluation of the initiative found a small group of parents who...

This article discusses the implications of diagnostic errors for comparative effectiveness research (CER). It notes the potential role of CER studies for improving diagnosis and treatment decisions and the value of expanding the CER agenda to address misdiagnosis.

This Highlight examines the measurement of medical homeness in selected demonstration projects. It also describes the development of the Medical Home Index: Revised Short Form, an adaptation of the Medical Home Index, for use in evaluating the demonstration projects.

This brief, the last of three case studies examining key operational aspects of coordinated care initiatives in Medicaid, focuses on Rhode Island's Chronic Care Sustainability Initiative. This multi-payer, patient-centered medical home initiative includes the one Medicaid health plan in the...

This study examined the use of physician, inpatient hospital, home health, and outpatient surgery for Americans more than 50 years of age. The study found that overall health and changes in health are more strongly correlated with seeking and using health care over time than financial status or...