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Hospital Readiness for Population-based Accountable Care

Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 CST

This guide provides hospital leaders with a snapshot of hospitals’ current readiness to participate in an ACO, as well as a tool with which to gauge their own organizations’ relative preparedness for ACO participation.

Managing Population Health: The Role of the Hospital

Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 CST

To meet patient needs in the current market, hospitals have traditionally focused their efforts on caring for individuals and personalizing care for each person admitted to their facility.

Maulik Joshi, DrPH, authors Study: Hospital EHR Adoption Increases, But Gaps Widen

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 CST

The share of hospitals that have at least a basic electronic health record system increased to 26.6% in 2011 – a significant jump from the 15.1% of hospitals with EHRs in 2010.

Health Care Leaders Action Guide to Effectively Using HCAHPS

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 CST

This guide describes how HCAHPS data should be used in context with other information about organizational performance. It highlights cultural elements necessary to build a firm foundation for HCAHPS success. Once these foundational elements have been considered, the guide outlines a 5-step approach to using HCAHPS effectively to improve the patient experience, quality and safety.

A Guide to Strategic Cost Transformation in Hospitals and Health Systems

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 CST

As health care moves to a value-based business model, health care payments will likely be reduced, while care efficiency, quality, outcomes and access will be expected to improve. To continue meeting community health care needs in the new delivery and payment environment, hospitals and health system leaders need to think strategically about managing cost.

Improving Perinatal Safety

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 CST

Early elective deliveries have been proven to increase the risk of adverse health outcomes post delivery for both mother and child. As a result, many hospitals and health systems are trying to eliminate elective deliveries before 39 weeks. This guide provides a framework for the quality improvement project, metrics to measure progress and leading case examples.

HRET Releases Updated Health Disparities Toolkit

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST

The toolkit has been updated to reflect recent federal legislation requiring the collection of sex and disability information. It also provides hospitals, health systems, clinics, and health plans information and resources for systematically collecting...

Eliminating Health Care Disparities: Implementing the National Call to Action Using Lessons Learned

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST

This guide looks at nine hospitals and health systems and summarizes each organization's key successes toward providing equity in care in one of the three areas: increasing the collection of race, ethnicity, and language preference data...

2012 AHA Health Care System Transformation Fellowship

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST

Health Care System Transformation Fellowship is an intensive six-month program that provides participants with a road map of how to design and plan for new care delivery and payment models, such as medical homes, bundled payments and clinical ...

Making an Impact 2011

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST

Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) remains committed to our vision and mission of leveraging research and education to create healthy communities and providing hospitals with the knowledge, strategies, and tools to transform health care.