Current
Research & News
 Atul
Gawande, MD, MPH is 2011 TRUST Award
Recipient
HRET
Accepting Applications for the 10th Class of the
AHA-NPSF Patient Safety Fellowship
HRET
Board Appoints Five New
Members
New
Grants Awarded to HRET to Study Delivery System
Innovation and Improvement
Convening
Providers and Policy Makers on Innovative
Payment and Delivery Models
HPOE
Guides Reach Wide Audience in 2010
Recent Articles &
Publications
A
Call to Action: Creating a Culture of
Health
A
Guide to Financing Strategies for
Hospitals
Best
Practices to Improve Hand
Hygiene
HSR
Theme Issue on Payment Reform
February
Issue of HSR
Atul Gawande, MD, MPH
is 2011 TRUST Award Recipient
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HRET has selected
Atul Gawande, MD, MPH as the recipient of the
2011 TRUST Award. Established in 2003, the TRUST
Award honors individuals who have exhibited
visionary leadership in the health care field
and who symbolize HRET’s mission of leveraging
research and education to make a dramatic impact
in policy and practice. Dr. Gawande is a general
and endocrine surgeon at Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, Associate Professor at the Harvard
School of Public Health and Harvard Medical
School, and a staff writer at The New
Yorker magazine. “The Selection Committee
praised Dr. Gawande for his surgical talents and
for being an innovator in driving change through
safe practices” said Al Stubblefield, president,
Baptist Health Care and chair of the HRET Board
of Trustees. “Dr. Gawande’s uniqueness as a
writer to connect with the consumer and provider
community is just one example of many showcasing
his influence in the field.” HRET President
Maulik S. Joshi, DrPH said, “Dr. Gawande’s
writings on the use of surgical checklists, the
costs of health care and health reform, and the
overall quality of health care have elevated the
social consciousness of these significant
issues.” HRET will honor Dr. Gawande at a
reception on July 17 in San Diego, CA, during
the AHA/Health Forum Leadership Summit. For more
information about the Trust Award, please
contact Jennifer Shaw at jshaw@aha.org.
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HRET Accepting
Applications for the 10th Class of the AHA-NPSF
Patient Safety Leadership
Fellowship
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Space is available in
the 2011-2012 AHA-NPSF Patient Safety Leadership
Fellowship, co-sponsored by AHA and the National
Patient Safety Foundation. Currently entering
its 10th anniversary year, the
Fellowship is a year-long learning experience
for clinical and administrative leaders who are
dedicated to improving quality and patient
safety. Through a highly participatory learning
experience, fellows gain leadership competencies
and learn advanced practices in patient safety
and quality improvement. Visit http://www.ahafellowships.org/
for details. |
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HRET Board Appoints
Five New
Members
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Rhonda
Anderson, RN, DNSc, FAAN,
FACHE
Chief Executive
Officer
Cardon Children’s Medical Center,
Banner Health
Dr. Anderson has extensive
experience in staff nursing, education, health
care management roles, performance measurement,
and patient safety. |
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Mary
Blunt
Administrator
Sentara
Norfolk General Hospital
Ms. Blunt oversees a
525-bed tertiary care hospital and level I
trauma center and previously served as vice
president of operations at various Sentara
hospitals and president of Sentara Life Care.
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T.R.
Reid
Author
Mr. Reid has become
one of the nation’s best-known reporters through
his coverage of global affairs for The
Washington Post, his books and documentary
films, and his commentaries for National Public
Radio. |
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Michael G.
Rock, MD
Chief Medical
Officer
Mayo Rochester Hospitals/Mayo
Foundation
Michael Rock serves as a
consultant to the Department of Orthopedic
Surgery at Mayo, is a professor of orthopedics
at the College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, and has
teaching/examining privileges in Biomedical
Engineering at Mayo Graduate School.
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Maryjane
Wurth
President
Illinois Hospital
Association
Prior to joining IHA in 2009, Ms.
Wurth served as chief operating officer of the
Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS)
and as president and CEO of HANYS Solutions, a
HANYS subsidiary. |
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All five new Board
members start three-year terms in January 2011.
Click
here for the complete HRET Board
roster. |
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New Grants Awarded to
HRET to Study Delivery System Innovation and
Improvement
| Dramatic changes to
the U.S. health care system are occurring more
quickly than ever before thanks to health
reform. Through two new projects funded by The
Commonwealth Fund, HRET will provide actionable
information to hospital and health system
leaders that will be critical in coming months.
One project will produce a series of at least
four data briefs covering topics including the
impact of health information technology on
quality and efficiency, the impact of population
health and other factors on hospitals’ efforts
to reduce readmissions, and the relationship
between service integration and hospital/health
system performance. A second project will survey
hospitals and health systems on their readiness
to participate in accountable care
organizations. The project will survey system
leaders on their organizations’ ability to
provide integrated care services, enable
communication among all providers involved in a
patient’s care, and manage financial risk,
receive bundled payment, and calculate and
distribute shared savings to providers. For more
information on these projects, contact Megan
McHugh at mmchugh@aha.org.
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Convening Providers
and Policy Makers on Innovative Payment and
Delivery Models
| What are facilitators
and challenges to participating in new models of
care? Through support from The Commonwealth Fund
and in partnership with the American Medical
Group Association and the Medical Group
Management Association, HRET is engaging
providers and policy makers in a dialogue about
the design and implementation of innovative
health care payment and delivery models. The
project will convene an invitational panel of
20-25 representatives of diverse provider
organizations, federal agencies, health services
research organizations, and health care
foundations. The panel will discuss several
complex issues, such as incentives for provider
participation, partnerships across different
types of providers, risk-adjustment of payments,
accountability, and quality benchmarks. The
project will produce a summary report offering
recommendations to the Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services and other policy makers
on the design and implementation of new payment
and care delivery models. Click
here for more information on the project.
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HPOE Guides Reach
Wide Audience in
2010
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There were more than
26,000 downloads of Hospitals in Pursuit of
Excellence (HPOE) guides in 2010. Using
Workforce Practices to Drive Quality
Improvement: A Guide for Hospitals and
the AHA Synthesis Report on Accountable Care
Organizations received over 4,500 downloads
each, and the Health Care Leader Action
Guide to Reduce Avoidable Readmissions
received over 6,700 downloads. For more
information, and to access these valuable
resources, visit http://www.hpoe.org/. |
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A Call to
Action: Creating a Culture of
Health
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In a new report,
the AHA’s Long-Range Policy Committee issues a
call to action for hospitals to be leaders in
creating a culture of health. Focusing on the
“wellness” pillar of the AHA’s Health For Life
roadmap for improving America’s health care
system, the report highlights practices that
hospitals use with their own employees, examples
of promising practices and how-to
recommendations to help hospitals continue to be
leaders of health in their communities.
“Hospitals are closely interwoven with the
communities they serve. Therefore it is
paramount for hospital and health system
employees to be example role models for healthy
living and fitness in those same communities,”
said AHA Chairman John Bluford, 2010 chair of
the committee. The AHA and its American Society
for Healthcare Human Resources Administration
will host a free webinar on the report Feb. 23.
To register, click
here. |
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A Guide
to Financing Strategies for
Hospitals
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Given economic and
industry trends related to the worldwide
financial markets, the nation's economy, and
U.S. health care reform, access to external
capital has become more important than ever for
hospitals. Reform and market changes are
accelerating hospitals' need for capital to fund
physician employment and integration,
information technology, facility modernization
and expansion, and other initiatives. Successful
health care organizations will need to make
substantial capital investments in each of these
areas. A
Guide to Financing Strategies for Hospitals -
With Special Consideration for Smaller
Hospitals explores strategies that can
help hospitals achieve the best possible capital
access. While the guide provides considerations
related specifically to smaller organizations,
such as rural hospitals, critical access
hospitals, or stand-alone community hospitals,
the strategies are applicable to all health care
organizations, including multihospital systems,
regional systems, and hospitals that are part of
a larger system. Click
here to download the guide.
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Best Practices to
Improve Hand
Hygiene
HSR Theme
Issue on Payment
Reform
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While hopes are high
that innovations connected to health reform
legislation will improve health care quality and
value, there are still many unknown factors
around the best ways to deploy many new reforms.
HSR, through support from the Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality, presents a
special theme issue on payment reform. The issue
explores ways to best design and implement
reforms and focuses on four major challenges. Click
here for more information and to access the
theme issue. |
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February Issue of
HSR
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The new February
issue of HSR features articles on
outcomes and quality, nursing homes,
high-deductible health plans, insurance
coverage, and research methods. The February
HSR includes a special issue, Using
State-Level Evidence to Inform National Policy:
Research from the State Health Access Reform
Evaluation (SHARE) Program. For more
information, and to access articles, visit http://www.hsr.org/.
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