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Assessing the level of healthcare information technology adoption in the United States: a snapshotEric G Poon
Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 6:1. 2006..Comprehensive knowledge about the level of healthcare information technology (HIT) adoption in the United States remains limited. We therefore performed a baseline assessment to address this knowledge gap...
Decisions, decisions: why the quality of medical decisions mattersDavid Blumenthal
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) . 2004..I explore some key limitations and uncertainties that must be addressed before work in this area can become broadly applicable...- Academic health centers on the front lines: survival strategies in highly competitive marketsD Blumenthal
Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital Partners HealthCare System, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02114, USA
Acad Med 74:1038-49. 1999..The authors summarize the outstanding lessons that all AHCs can learn from the experiences of the AHCs studied, although adding that AHCs in other parts of the country should use caution in looking to the West Coast AHCs for answers... - Preparedness for clinical practice: reports of graduating residents at academic health centersD Blumenthal
Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Staniford St, 9th Floor, Suite 901, Boston, MA 02114, USA
JAMA 286:1027-34. 2001..Medical educators are seeking improved measures to assess the clinical competency of residents as they complete their graduate medical education... - Improving the generation, dissemination, and use of management researchDavid Blumenthal
Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital and Partners HealthCare System Boston, MA, USA
Health Care Manage Rev 28:366-75. 2003 
Doctors in a wired world: can professionalism survive connectivity?David Blumenthal
Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
Milbank Q 80:525-46, iv. 2002..To seize those opportunities, physicians must master new roles and skills and avoid unacceptable conflicts of interest...- Safety in the academic medical center: transforming challenges into ingredients for improvementDavid Blumenthal
Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital and Partners Health System, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Acad Med 81:817-22. 2006.... - Data withholding in genetics and the other life sciences: prevalences and predictorsDavid Blumenthal
Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital Partners HealthCare System, 50 Staniford St, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Acad Med 81:137-45. 2006..To better understand the variety and prevalence of data withholding in genetics and the other life sciences and to explore factors associated with these behaviors... - Is gatekeeping better than traditional care? A survey of physicians' attitudesE A Halm
Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
JAMA 278:1677-81. 1997..Whether gatekeeping achieves these goals remains largely unproven... - Switching to gatekeeping: changes in expenditures and utilization for childrenT G Ferris
Institute for Health Policy, Division of General Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Pediatrics 108:283-90. 2001..Little empirical research describes the impact of switching into a gatekeeping plan on health care expenditures and utilization for children... - Changes in the daily practice of primary care for childrenT G Ferris
Health Policy Research and Development Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 152:227-33. 1998..The environment in which medicine is practiced has changed in the past 2 decades, but little information has been available on how the day-to-day practice of primary care for children has changed during this period... - Market forces and unsponsored research in academic health centersJ S Weissman
Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston 02114, USA
JAMA 281:1093-8. 1999.... - Variations in cholesterol management practices of U.S. physiciansR S Stafford
Health Policy Research and Development Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 29:139-46. 1997..This study sought to evaluate national cholesterol management practices of U.S. physicians... - Relationship between market competition and the activities and attitudes of medical school facultyE G Campbell
Division of General Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, USA
JAMA 278:222-6. 1997..However, the relationship between health care market competitiveness and the activities and attitudes of medical school faculty has not been established... - Limits to the safety net: teaching hospital faculty report on their patients' access to careJoel S Weissman
Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 22:156-66. 2003..AHCs and affiliated group practices should examine policies that limit access for uninsured patients... - Specialty differences in cardiovascular disease prevention practicesR S Stafford
General Medicine Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 32:1238-43. 1998..The aim of this study was to examine physician specialty differences in cardiovascular disease prevention practices... - Residents' preferences and preparation for caring for underserved populationsJ S Weissman
The Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Urban Health 78:535-49. 2001..01). This study demonstrates the need to expose graduate trainees to underserved populations and suggests a continuing role of minorities, women, and noncitizen physicians in caring for low-income populations... - Market competition and patient-oriented research: the results of a national survey of medical school facultyE G Campbell
Institute for Health Care Policy, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Acad Med 76:1119-26. 2001.... - Conflict of interest in biomedical researchDavid Blumenthal
Institute for Health Policy, Harvard University, USA
Health Matrix Clevel 12:377-92. 2002 - Trends in adult visits to primary care physicians in the United StatesR S Stafford
Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
Arch Fam Med 8:26-32. 1999..Although numerous changes are apparent in the US health care system, little is known about how these changes have altered the work of primary care physicians... - Carve outs: definition, experience, and choice among candidate conditionsD Blumenthal
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, USA
Am J Manag Care 4:SP45-57. 1998.... - Status of clinical research in academic health centers: views from the research leadershipE G Campbell
Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Staniford St, Ninth Floor, Boston, MA 02114, USA
JAMA 286:800-6. 2001..Few formal data have been gathered about the nature and extent of the problems facing clinical research or the effects of remedies undertaken by AHCs... - A report card on quality improvement for children's health careT G Ferris
Institute for Health Policy, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pediatrics 107:143-55. 2001..This assessment is necessary to establish priorities for QI programs and research... - Academic-industrial relationships in the life sciencesDavid Blumenthal
Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital-Partners Health Care System, Boston, USA
N Engl J Med 349:2452-9. 2003 - Consumers' reports on the health effects of direct-to-consumer drug advertisingJoel S Weissman
Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) . 2003..Despite concerns about DTCA's negative consequences, we found no differences in health effects between patients who took advertised drugs and those who took other prescription drugs... - National patterns of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor use in congestive heart failureR S Stafford
Health Policy Research and Development Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
Arch Intern Med 157:2460-4. 1997..While the use of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors for patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) is supported by the results of clinical trials and expert guidelines, national physician practices are unknown... - Understanding the relationship between market competition and students' ratings of the managed care content of their undergraduate medical educationE G Campbell
Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Acad Med 76:51-9. 2001..More research is needed to confirm graduating students' perceptions of the inadequacy of their instruction in CCAs related to managed care, particularly once they have gained experience treating patients in managed care environments... - Changes in career satisfaction among primary care and specialist physicians, 1997-2001Bruce E Landon
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, 180 Longwood Ave, Boston, Mass 02115, USA
JAMA 289:442-9. 2003..A number of forces have changed the practice of medicine in the past decade. Evidence suggests that physicians are becoming less satisfied in this environment... - Resident physicians' preparedness to provide cross-cultural careJoel S Weissman
Institute for Health Policy and Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, USA
JAMA 294:1058-67. 2005..Two recent reports from the Institute of Medicine cited cross-cultural training as a mechanism to address racial and ethnic disparities in health care, but little is known about residents' educational experience in this area... - Overcoming barriers to adopting and implementing computerized physician order entry systems in U.S. hospitalsEric G Poon
Harvard Medical School, Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 23:184-90. 2004..Dissemination of data standards would accelerate the maturation of vendors and lower CPOE costs. These findings highlight several policy levers to speed the adoption of this important patient safety technology... - Physicians report on patient encounters involving direct-to-consumer advertisingJoel S Weissman
Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) . 2004..Prescribing DTCA drugs when other effective drugs are available warrants further study... - Doctors and drug companiesDavid Blumenthal
Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital, Partners Health Care System, Boston, USA
N Engl J Med 351:1885-90. 2004 - Institutional academic industry relationship: results of interviews with university leadersEric G Campbell
Institute for Health Policy, 50 Staniford St, 9th Fl, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Account Res 11:103-18. 2004..Further tracking and study of the IAIRs is required to understand and anticipate the full effects of these relationships on the scientific enterprise in the United States... - Health industry practices that create conflicts of interest: a policy proposal for academic medical centersTroyen A Brennan
Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass 02115, USA
JAMA 295:429-33. 2006..We propose a policy under which academic medical centers would take the lead in eliminating the conflicts of interest that still characterize the relationship between physicians and the health care industry... - The costs of a national health information networkRainu Kaushal
Brigham and Women s Hospital, Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital, Partners HealthCare System, Harvard School of Public Health, and Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts 02120, USA
Ann Intern Med 143:165-73. 2005..The use of information technology may result in a safer and more efficient health care system. However, consensus does not exist about the structure or costs of a national health information network (NHIN)... - Investment, innovation, and disparities: a complex relationshipTimothy G Ferris
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) . 2005..Human suffering reinforces the need to redouble our efforts to patch up coverage holes during good times and keep coverage from unraveling during lean times... - Functional gaps in attaining a national health information networkRainu Kaushal
Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 24:1281-9. 2005..Smaller stakeholders, such as home health care agencies, will lag in adoption. Policy changes, such as financial incentives to HIT end users or regulatory measures, may help accelerate the adoption of HIT for a model NHIN... - Mixed messages: residents' experiences learning cross-cultural careElyse R Park
Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School, 50 Staniford Street, 9th Floor, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Acad Med 80:874-80. 2005..This article explores a select group of residents' perceptions of their preparedness to deliver quality care to diverse populations... - Multiple chronic conditions: prevalence, health consequences, and implications for quality, care management, and costsChristine Vogeli
Institute for Health Policy in the Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:391-5. 2007.... - Characteristics of medical school faculty members serving on institutional review boards: results of a national surveyEric G Campbell
Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Acad Med 78:831-6. 2003..To understand the characteristics of medical school faculty members who serve on institutional review boards (IRBs) in U.S. academic health centers... - A national survey of physician-industry relationshipsEric G Campbell
Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital Partners Health Care System and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
N Engl J Med 356:1742-50. 2007..We surveyed physicians to collect information about their financial associations with industry and the factors that predict those associations... - Professionalism in medicine: results of a national survey of physiciansEric G Campbell
Massachusetts General Hospital, Institute for Health Policy, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Ann Intern Med 147:795-802. 2007..Although there have been efforts to define and promote professionalism, few data are available on physician attitudes toward and conformance with professional norms... - Insurance and quality of care for adults with acute asthmaTimothy G Ferris
Institute for Health Policy, Division of General Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Partners HealthCare System and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass 02114, USA
J Gen Intern Med 17:905-13. 2002..We sought to determine whether type of patient insurance is related to quality of care and subsequent outcomes for patients who arrive in the emergency department (ED) for acute asthma... 
Primary care physicians' willingness to offer a new genetic test to tailor smoking treatment, according to test characteristicsAlexandra E Shields
Harvard MGH Center on Genomics, Vulnerable Populations and Health Disparities, Institute for Health Policy, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 10:1037-45. 2008..0007). Effective education of primary care physicians will be critical to successful integration of promising new pharmacogenetic treatment strategies for smoking...- The National Emergency Department Safety Study: study rationale and designAshley F Sullivan
Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Acad Emerg Med 14:1182-9. 2007..NEDSS is the first comprehensive national study of the frequency and types of medical errors in EDs. This article describes the methods used to develop and implement the study... - Electronic health records in ambulatory care--a national survey of physiciansCatherine M DesRoches
Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, USA
N Engl J Med 359:50-60. 2008..This study assessed physicians' adoption of outpatient electronic health records, their satisfaction with such systems, the perceived effect of the systems on the quality of care, and the perceived barriers to adoption... - Prevalence of basic information technology use by U.S. physiciansRichard W Grant
General Medicine Division, The Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:1150-5. 2006..Information technology (IT) has been advocated as an important means to improve the practice of clinical medicine... - Primum non nocere--the McCain plan for health insecurityDavid Blumenthal
Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital/Partners HealthCare System, Boston, USA
N Engl J Med 359:1645-7. 2008 - Effects of removing gatekeeping on specialist utilization by children in a health maintenance organizationTimothy G Ferris
Insititute for Health Policy, Division of General Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital Partners Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 156:574-9. 2002..The "gatekeeping" model of access to specialty care has been an essential managed care tool, intended to control costs of care and promote coordination between generalists and specialists... - Data withholding in academic genetics: evidence from a national surveyEric G Campbell
Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
JAMA 287:473-80. 2002..Yet in daily practice, the ideal of free sharing is often breached... - Personal, organizational, and market level influences on physicians' practice patterns: results of a national survey of primary care physiciansB E Landon
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Med Care 39:889-905. 2001..Medical decision making, however, remains a complex phenomenon and the most important determinants of physicians' approaches to clinical decision making remain poorly understood... - How common are electronic health records in the United States? A summary of the evidenceAshish K Jha
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 25:w496-507. 2006..Large gaps in knowledge, including information about EHR use among safety-net providers, pose critical challenges for the development of policies aimed at speeding adoption... - Quality of care for acute asthma in 63 US emergency departmentsChu Lin Tsai
Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
J Allergy Clin Immunol 123:354-61. 2009..Little is known about the quality of acute asthma care in the emergency department (ED)... - A survey of workplace violence across 65 U.S. emergency departmentsSusan M Kansagra
Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Acad Emerg Med 15:1268-74. 2008..Healthcare workers represent a significant portion of the victims, especially those who work in the emergency department (ED). The objective of this study was to examine ED workplace violence and staff perceptions of physical safety... - Leaving medicine: the consequences of physician dissatisfactionBruce E Landon
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Med Care 44:234-42. 2006..6). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings demonstrate that dissatisfied physicians were 2 to 3 times more likely to leave medicine than satisfied physicians. These findings have implications for physician manpower projections and quality of care... - Stories from the sharp end: case studies in safety improvementDouglas McCarthy
Massachusetts General Hospital/Partners Health System, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Milbank Q 84:165-200. 2006.... - The impact of a national prescription drug formulary on prices, market share, and spending: lessons for Medicare?Haiden A Huskamp
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 22:149-58. 2003..We find that the VHA National Formulary was effective at shifting prescribing behavior toward the selected drugs, achieving sizable price reductions from manufacturers, and greatly decreasing drug spending... - Use of electronic health records in U.S. hospitalsAshish K Jha
Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
N Engl J Med 360:1628-38. 2009..Despite a consensus that the use of health information technology should lead to more efficient, safer, and higher-quality care, there are no reliable estimates of the prevalence of adoption of electronic health records in U.S. hospitals... - Leaving gatekeeping behind--effects of opening access to specialists for adults in a health maintenance organizationT G Ferris
Institute for Health Policy, Division of General Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital Partners Health Care System and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
N Engl J Med 345:1312-7. 2001..9 percent (P=0.01). CONCLUSIONS: In a capitated, multispecialty group practice, we found little evidence of substantial changes in the use of specialty services by adults in the first 18 months after the elimination of gatekeeping... - Employer-sponsored health insurance in the United States--origins and implicationsDavid Blumenthal
Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital-Partners Health Care System, Boston, USA
N Engl J Med 355:82-8. 2006 - Information technology comes to medicineDavid Blumenthal
Massachusetts General Hospital and Partners Health Care System, Boston, USA
N Engl J Med 356:2527-34. 2007 - Physician clinical performance assessment: prospects and barriersBruce E Landon
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
JAMA 290:1183-9. 2003..Even then, for some uses, physician clinical performance assessment at the individual physician level may be technically impossible to accomplish in a valid and fair way... - Toil and trouble? Growing the physician supplyDavid Blumenthal
Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital Partners HealthCare System, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 22:85-7. 2003.... - Employer-sponsored insurance--riding the health care tigerDavid Blumenthal
Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital-Partners Health Care System, Boston, USA
N Engl J Med 355:195-202. 2006 - When methods meet politics: how risk adjustment became part of Medicare managed careJoel S Weissman
Harvard Medical School, USA
J Health Polit Policy Law 30:475-504. 2005..The article provides lessons for the future of health-based risk adjustment and possible alternatives... - Inside the triple helix: technology transfer and commercialization in the life sciencesEric G Campbell
Harvard Medical School, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 23:64-76. 2004.... - Privatization and its discontents--the evolving Chinese health care systemDavid Blumenthal
Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital-Partners Health Care System, Boston, USA
N Engl J Med 353:1165-70. 2005 - The who, what, and why of risk adjustment: a technology on the cusp of adoptionDavid Blumenthal
Harvard Medical School, USA
J Health Polit Policy Law 30:453-73. 2005..For the future of RA in particular, its history suggests the need for health service researchers to consider barriers to use adoption and new analytic technologies as they develop them... - Inappropriate use of antibiotics for acute asthma in United States emergency departmentsStefan G Vanderweil
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Acad Emerg Med 15:736-43. 2008.... - Physicians' views of formularies: implications for Medicare drug benefit designBruce E Landon
Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 23:218-26. 2004.... - A research agenda for bridging the 'quality chasm.'Rushika Fernandopulle
Health Aff (Millwood) 22:178-90. 2003.... - Preparedness of internal medicine and family practice residents for treating common conditionsFrancine C Wiest
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Department of Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Healthcare System, and Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
JAMA 288:2609-14. 2002..These differences were consistent with the emphasis on an inpatient setting for IM residents and on office-based care for FP residents... - 1Q[3a]. Do teaching hospitals need sweeping changes?Robert Dickler
Hosp Health Netw 77:30. 2003 - Utilization of services by chronically ill people in managed care and indemnity plans: implications for qualityStephen M Davidson
Boston University School of Management, Strategy and Policy Department, MA 02215, USA
Inquiry 40:57-70. 2003.... - Chronic disease medication use in managed care and indemnity insurance plansRandall S Stafford
Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention, Stanford University of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
Health Serv Res 38:595-612. 2003..The relatively low likelihood of condition-specific medications in both plan types is a matter of concern, however... - Reverse translation in health policy and management: from bedside to bench and beyondDavid Blumenthal
Health Serv Res 40:9-18. 2005 - Federal health information policy: a case of arrested developmentJeff Goldsmith
Health Futures Inc, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 22:44-55. 2003..New federal activism is required to assure not only interoperability of clinical data systems, but also that providers who lack capital and technical resources can make the needed digital conversion... - State-federal partnerships for access to care: an end and a meansArthur Garson
University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
JAMA 297:1112-5. 2007 - Public roles of US physicians: community participation, political involvement, and collective advocacyRussell L Gruen
Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
JAMA 296:2467-75. 2006..Yet little is known about practicing physicians' attitudes about or the extent to which they participate in public roles, which we defined as community participation, political involvement, and collective advocacy... - Estimating the mission-related costs of teaching hospitalsLane Koenig
Lewin Group, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 22:112-22. 2003..To assure their continued ability to perform important social missions in a competitive environment, it may be necessary to reassess the way in which these activities are financed... - Barriers to translating emerging genetic research on smoking into clinical practice. Perspectives of primary care physiciansAlexandra E Shields
Health Policy Institute, Georgetown Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007, USA
J Gen Intern Med 20:131-8. 2005..Our objective was to assess primary care physicians' attitudes toward new genetic-based approaches to smoking treatment... - Physicians and the investment industryEric J Topol
Office of the Provost, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, and Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
JAMA 293:2654-7. 2005 - New steam from an old cauldron--the physician-supply debateDavid Blumenthal
N Engl J Med 350:1780-7. 2004 - Mortality rate in veterans with multiple chronic conditionsTodd A Lee
Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care, Hines VA Hospital, P O Box 5000, 151 H, Hines, IL, 60141, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:403-7. 2007..Previous studies have focused on the prevalence and economic burden associated with multiple chronic conditions, much less is known about the mortality rate associated with specific combinations of multiple diseases... - What to look for in methadone clinic software. IT solutions can save time, produce better data, and help with the bottom lineDavid Blumenthal
Netsmart Technologies, Inc
Behav Healthc 26:35-7. 2006
Research Grants
- Validation of an Innovative Approach To Error ReductionDavid Blumenthal; Fiscal Year: 2004..The team has experience in survey research, chart review, safety-related research, ED research and quality improvement. ..
- Improving Quality and Reducing Disparities: Complementary or Competing GoalsDavid Blumenthal; Fiscal Year: 2007..The Harvard interfaculty Program for Health Systems Improvement will be responsible for the planning and execution of the meeting. ..