Search johnahartford.org Sort by: Relevance Most Recent Oldest Searched for ncqa | Total Results: 49 Poll Briefing Makes Voices of Older Americans Heard in DC July 31, 2014 - From left, featured experts Peggy O'Kane, Robert Berenson, and Caroline Blaum listen intently. Like so many stakeholders in health care, we at the John A. Hartford Foundation have many of our hopes pinned on enhanced primary care as a way of improving health outcomes, particularly for older Americans who… When the Person in Person-Centered Care Is Your Mother May 12, 2016 - Wally Patawaran's mother, Emma, in Seville, Spain, before her first stroke. "My mother understands everything we're saying." My brother was addressing the latest home health aide, giving her an orientation. She nodded on cue, but it seemed clear that she was giving this latest assignment a look-over before signing… Navigating the Road to Integrated Care for ‘Duals’ April 04, 2013 - Recently, I had the privilege of attending a roundtable discussion to learn more about the work underway to develop integrated care plans for those who are dually eligible beneficiaries of Medicare and Medicaid, often referred to as "duals." The nearly 9 million people in this group are among the most… Age-Friendly Health Systems Insights Looking for Quality in the Wrong Place March 15, 2011 - Last week I attended the first annual meeting of the Long-Term Quality Alliance and listened to Gregg Pawlson (a geriatrician and executive with NCQA) talk about quality measurement. Right now, quality measurement does too little to drive practice towards quality care because it is based only on things that are… Making Electronic Health Records Responsive to Needs of Older Adults (Really Meaningful Use) April 23, 2015 - I was recently in New Orleans and coincidently listened to an interview with Robert Wachter of the University of California, San Francsico talking about health IT and his new book on where the nation stands regarding electronic health records (EHRs). Somehow, the temptations of the French Quarter and the problem… Content of Care and Patient Population Are Crucial in Evaluating Patient-Centered Medical Homes February 27, 2014 - This week, a RAND research team published a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on a three-year evaluation of Patient-Centered Medical Homes in Pennsylvania, funded by the Commonwealth Fund and Aetna. Since, like almost everyone else, we believe in the potential benefits of enhanced primary care… End of Life and Serious Illness: A John A. Hartford Foundation Change AGEnts Issue Brief March 03, 2016 - This is the third in a series of seven issue briefs. The John A. Hartford Foundation Change AGEnts Initiative accelerates sustained practice change that improves the care of older adults. It does this by harnessing the collective power of The John A. Hartford Foundation’s interprofessional community of scholars, clinicians…
