| Hot Topic: Access to Emergency Services |
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| Crowding in the nation’s emergency departments (EDs) can impede access to the timely care that is necessary during a medical emergency. In light of the coverage expansions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act or ACA), an influx of newly insured individuals may strain an already struggling emergency system. Studies funded under the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) program are analyzing different
facets of the ED crowding problem and exploring possible solutions to improve access.
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| HCFO Releases a New Findings Brief Examining Changes in Emergency Department Access Between 2001 and 2005 |
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| HCFO released a new findings brief based on a study led by Yu-Chu Shen, Ph.D., that examined how geographic access to emergency departments (EDs), measured by driving time, changed from 2001 to 2005.
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| New Data for Researchers |
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| The National Center for Health Statistics released a new data brief on visits to primary care delivery sites. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality released two reports on hospital charges and stroke survival after hospital treatment.
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| Grantee Spotlight: Douglas Conrad, Ph.D., M.B.A. |
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| Douglas Conrad, Ph.D., M.B.A., has been the principal investigator on five HCFO studies. His most recent project examined the effect of quality scorecards and quality incentive payments in physician group practices.
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| New Grantee Publications |
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| News and Events |
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HCFO Grantee Ashish Jha, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, was profiled in the September/October 2010 issue of the Journal for Healthcare Quality
in the journal's "Interview with a Quality Leader" feature.
On November 2, HCFO grantee Niteesh K. Choudhry, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor, Harvard Medical School and associate physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital, presented at the Health Affairs briefing: Value-Based Insurance Design.
On November 2, HCFO grantee Matthew L. Maciejewski, Ph.D. research career scientist, Durham VA Medical Center, and associate professor, Duke University School of Medicine, presented at the Health Affairs briefing: Value-Based Insurance Design.
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