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Health care reform requires accountable care systemsStephen M Shortell
Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
JAMA 300:95-7. 2008
The contribution of hospitals and health care systems to community healthStephen M Shortell
University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 30:373-83. 2009..We conclude by offering recommendations for policy and practice...- Improving patient care by linking evidence-based medicine and evidence-based managementStephen M Shortell
School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-7360, USA
JAMA 298:673-6. 2007 - Improving patient safety by taking systems seriouslyStephen M Shortell
University of California-Berkeley School of Public Health, Division of Health Policy and Management, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
JAMA 299:445-7. 2008 - Integrated health systemsStephen M Shortell
School of Public Health and the Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley, USA
Stud Health Technol Inform 153:369-82. 2010..The chapter concludes with a framework for considering these reforms across strategic, structural, cultural, and technical dimensions... - Improving chronic illness care: a longitudinal cohort analysis of large physician organizationsStephen M Shortell
Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Med Care 47:932-9. 2009..An increasing number of people suffer from chronic illness. Processes exist to provide better chronic illness care and yet for the most part, they are not used... - An empirical assessment of high-performing medical groups: results from a national studyStephen M Shortell
University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Med Care Res Rev 62:407-34. 2005..The findings hold a number of important implications for policy and practice, and the framework presented provides a foundation for future research... - Improving chronic illness care: findings from a national study of care management processes in large physician practicesDiane R Rittenhouse
University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Med Care Res Rev 67:301-20. 2010..Organizations externally evaluated on quality measures used more CMPs than other organizations. These findings can inform efforts to stimulate the adoption of best practices for chronic illness care... - Organizational factors affecting the adoption of diabetes care management processes in physician organizationsRui Li
School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Diabetes Care 27:2312-6. 2004..To describe the extent of adoption of diabetes care management processes in physician organizations in the U.S. and to investigate the organizational factors that affect the adoption of diabetes care management processes... - The routine use of health risk appraisals: results from a national study of physician organizationsHelen Ann Halpin
Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720-7360, USA
Am J Health Promot 20:34-8. 2005..DISCUSSION: Increased use of external quality incentives and information technology in physician organizations may be important in supporting the use of HRAs... - Support for smoking cessation interventions in physician organizations: results from a national studySara B McMenamin
Center for Health and Public Policy Studies, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720 7360, USA
Med Care 41:1396-406. 2003.... - Motivation to change chronic illness care: results from a national evaluation of quality improvement collaborativesMichael K Lin
School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley, USA
Health Care Manage Rev 30:139-56. 2005..The findings suggest that organizational attempts to redesign care require support of activities initiated by practitioners and managers and an organizational commitment to quality improvement... - Does quality improvement implementation affect hospital quality of care?Jeffrey A Alexander
School of Public Health, University of Michigan, USA
Hosp Top 85:3-12. 2007..Results supported the proposition that QI implementation is unlikely to improve quality of care in hospital settings without a commensurate fit with the financial, strategic, and market imperatives faced by the hospital... - How different is California? A comparison of U.S. physician organizationsRobin R Gillies
Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) . 2003..The implications of these differences for policy and practice are discussed... - The use of patient and physician reminders for preventive services: results from a National Study of Physician OrganizationsJulie Schmittdiel
Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Prev Med 39:1000-6. 2004..Little is known about the incentives, capabilities, and organizational characteristics associated with the use of reminders by physician organizations... - Adoption of policies to treat tobacco dependence in U.S. medical groupsSara B McMenamin
Center for Health and Public Policy Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 94720 7360, USA
Am J Prev Med 39:449-56. 2010.... - Evaluating partnerships for community health improvement: tracking the footprintsStephen M Shortell
School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA
J Health Polit Policy Law 27:49-91. 2002..We explore the implications of this research for future evaluations of public-private community health partnerships... 
Quality improvement implementation and hospital performance on quality indicatorsBryan J Weiner
Department of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7411, USA
Health Serv Res 41:307-34. 2006..However, the direction of the association varied across different measures of QI implementation scope...- Adoption of order entry with decision support for chronic care by physician organizationsJodi S Simon
University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health, Berkeley, CA, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 14:432-9. 2007..This study sought to explore physician organizations' adoption of chronic care guidelines in order entry systems and to investigate the organizational and market-related factors associated with this adoption... - The role of organizational infrastructure in implementation of hospitals' quality improvementJeffrey A Alexander
School of Public Health, University of Michigan, USA
Hosp Top 84:11-20. 2006.... - Increasing value: a research agenda for addressing the managerial and organizational challenges facing health care delivery in the United StatesStephen M Shortell
University of California, Berkeley, USA
Med Care Res Rev 61:12S-30S. 2004..The specific measurement, analysis, and study design issues involved in under-taking such a research agenda are discussed... - Quality-based payment for medical groups and individual physiciansJames C Robinson
Berkeley Center for Health Technology, School of Public Health, 247 University Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 7360, USA
Inquiry 46:172-81. 2009..001 for primary care; p<.05 for specialists) than groups paid by insurers on a fee-for-service basis... - The impact of health plan delivery system organization on clinical quality and patient satisfactionRobin R Gillies
School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 140 Warren Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-7360, USA
Health Serv Res 41:1181-99. 2006..These findings underscore the importance of the form of the delivery system and the need for further inquiry that examines the relationship between organizational form and performance... - A theory of physician-hospital integration: contending institutional and market logics in the health care fieldThomas G Rundall
University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
J Health Soc Behav 45:102-17. 2004.... - From the doctor's workshop to the iron cage? Evolving modes of physician control in US health systemsMartin Kitchener
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, 3333 California Street, Suite 455, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
Soc Sci Med 60:1311-22. 2005.... - The role of perceived team effectiveness in improving chronic illness careStephen M Shortell
University of California, Berkeley 94720 7360, USA
Med Care 42:1040-8. 2004.... - The alignment and blending of payment incentives within physician organizationsJames C Robinson
University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health, 140 Warren, Berkeley, CA 94720-7360, USA
Health Serv Res 39:1589-606. 2004.... - An evaluation of collaborative interventions to improve chronic illness care. Framework and study designShan Cretin
University of California, Berkeley, USA
Eval Rev 28:28-51. 2004..When analyzed, these data will shed new light on the effectiveness of collaborative improvement methods and the CCM... - Mandatory public reporting of hospital-acquired infection rates: a report from CaliforniaHelen A Halpin
School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 30:723-9. 2011..California's baseline data also present a unique opportunity to assess the impact of mandatory and public reporting laws... - Drivers of electronic medical record adoption among medical groupsJodi S Simon
School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 31:631-9. 2005..However, only 20%-25% of physician organizations have adopted EMRs. A study was undertaken to determine the characteristics of primary care medical groups that distinguish EMR adopter from nonadopter organizations... - Small and medium-size physician practices use few patient-centered medical home processesDiane R Rittenhouse
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Philip R Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 30:1575-84. 2011..We also identify internal capabilities and external incentives associated with the greater use of medical home processes... - As good as it gets? Chronic care management in nine leading US physician organisationsThomas G Rundall
University of California at Berkeley, School of Public Health, Division of Health Policy and Management, 140 Warren Hall, Berkeley, California, USA
BMJ 325:958-61. 2002 - Health promotion in physician organizations: results from a national studySara B McMenamin
School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
Am J Prev Med 26:259-64. 2004.... - Promoting evidence-based managementStephen M Shortell
School of Public Health, University of California-Berkeley, USA
Front Health Serv Manage 22:23-9; discussion 41-4. 2006 - Working differently. The IOM's call to actionStephen M Shortell
School of Public Health, Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley, USA
Healthc Exec 17:6-10. 2002 - Physician and health system integrationPeter P Budetti
University of California Berkeley, School of Public Health, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 21:203-10. 2002..This gap between the goal and reality of physician-system alignment appears to be the result of systems' responding to a changing mix of policies, not all of which foster integration... - How the center for Medicare and Medicaid innovation should test accountable care organizationsStephen M Shortell
Blue Cross of California, and School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 29:1293-8. 2010..Key steps would include setting specific performance goals, developing skills and tools that facilitate change, establishing measurement and accountability mechanisms, and supporting leadership development... - Interpretations of integration in early accountable care organizationsSara A Kreindler
Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Winnipeg, Canada
Milbank Q 90:457-83. 2012..But how do implementers actually envision integration, and what will integration mean in terms of managing the many social identities that ACOs bring together?.. - Hospital adoption of automated surveillance technology and the implementation of infection prevention and control programsHelen Halpin
School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 7360, USA
Am J Infect Control 39:270-6. 2011..Our hypothesis is that hospitals that use AST have made more progress implementing infection control practices than hospitals that rely on manual surveillance... - Quality of care for chronic illnessesJohn Ovretveit
Karolinska Institute Medical Management Centre, Stockholm, Sweden
Int J Health Care Qual Assur 21:190-202. 2008..The purpose of this paper is to discover the extent to which evidence-based practices and computer systems for managing chronic illness are used within Swedish primary health care... - Interview with Stephen M. Shortell, Ph.D., FACHE, University of California-Berkeley. Interview by Kyle L. GrazierStephen M Shortell
J Healthc Manag 49:73-9. 2004 - Reexamining organizational configurations: an update, validation, and expansion of the taxonomy of health networks and systemsNicole L Dubbs
Columbia University School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, New York, New York 10032, USA
Health Serv Res 39:207-20. 2004..S. health care industry and the consequent shifting of organizational configurations in this arena. There is also value in continuing to move the taxonomy in the direction of refinement/expansion as new opportunities become available... - External incentives, information technology, and organized processes to improve health care quality for patients with chronic diseasesLawrence Casalino
Department of Health Studies, The University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Ave, MC 2007, Chicago, Ill 60637, USA
JAMA 289:434-41. 2003..Research is lacking about the extent to which POs use CMPs or about the degree to which incentives, IT, or other factors are associated with their use... - Management and governance processes in community health coalitions: a procedural justice perspectiveBryan J Weiner
Health Policy and Administration, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599 7400, USA
Health Educ Behav 29:737-54. 2002..Personal influence in decision making and collaborative conflict resolution also exhibited direct relationships with all three indicators of coalition functioning examined in the study... - Social regulation of healthcare organizations in the United States: developing a framework for evaluationKieran Walshe
University of California at Berkeley, USA
Health Serv Manage Res 17:79-99. 2004.... - Brief report: The prevalence and use of chronic disease registries in physician organizations. A national surveyJulie Schmittdiel
Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research, Oakland, CA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 20:855-8. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Disease registries are not utilized by half of physician organizations. This finding is disturbing because registries have the potential to catalyze needed improvement in chronic care management... - Improving quality through effective implementation of information technology in healthcareJohn Øvretveit
Medical Management Centre, The Karolinska Institute, Floor 5, Berzelius väg 3, Stockholm SE 17177, Sweden
Int J Qual Health Care 19:259-66. 2007..To draw on previous research, empirical data from this study is used to develop IT implementation theory... - Paying for performance: implementing a statewide project in CaliforniaCheryl L Damberg
RAND, Santa Monica, California, USA
Qual Manag Health Care 14:66-79. 2005 - Quality improvement implementation and hospital performance on patient safety indicatorsBryan J Weiner
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Med Care Res Rev 63:29-57. 2006..Percentage of physicians participating in QI teams is associated with better values on two patient safety indicators... - Redesigning health systems for quality: Lessons from emerging practicesMargaret C Wang
THE RAND CORPORATION, Santa Monica, California, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 32:599-611. 2006..What progress has been made? What lessons have been learned? How should we move forward?.. - What are the facilitators and barriers in physician organizations' use of care management processes?Thomas Bodenheimer
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Saf 30:505-14. 2004.... - Organizational culture and physician satisfaction with dimensions of group practiceJames L Zazzali
RAND Corporation, 1776 Main St Santa Monica, CA 90407, USA
Health Serv Res 42:1150-76. 2007..To assess the extent to which the organizational culture of physician group practices is associated with individual physician satisfaction with the managerial and organizational capabilities of the groups... - Assessing the implementation of the chronic care model in quality improvement collaborativesMarjorie L Pearson
RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA 90407, USA
Health Serv Res 40:978-96. 2005..QI collaboratives are a useful method to foster change in real world settings... - How do teams in quality improvement collaboratives interact?Jill A Marsteller
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 33:267-76. 2007..Considering QI collaboratives as networks, interactions among reams were documented, and the associations between network roles and performance were examined... - Effect of primary health care orientation on chronic care managementJulie A Schmittdiel
Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research, Oakland, Calif 94612, USA
Ann Fam Med 4:117-23. 2006..This study examined the relationship between primary care orientation and the implementation of the CCM in physician organizations... - Quality improvement organizations and the Institute of MedicineStephen M Shortell
JAMA 294:680; author reply 680. 2005 - Rejoinder to taxonomy of health networks and systems: a reassessmentGloria J Bazzoli
Department of Health Administration, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1008 E. Clay Street, PO Box 980203, Richmond, VA 23298-0203, USA
Health Serv Res 41:629-39; author reply 640-2. 2006 - Developing individual leaders is not enoughStephen M Shortell
J Health Serv Res Policy 7:193-4. 2002 - When things go wrong: how health care organizations deal with major failuresKieran Walshe
Manchester Centre for Healthcare Management, University of Manchester, UK
Health Aff (Millwood) 23:103-11. 2004.... - Development of a core competency model for the master of public health degreeJudith G Calhoun
Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Am J Public Health 98:1598-607. 2008..The primary vision for the initiative is the graduation of professionals who are more fully prepared for the many challenges and opportunities in public health in the forthcoming decade... - Implementation of electronic medical records in hospitals: two case studiesJohn Ovretveit
Medical Management Centre, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Health Policy 84:181-90. 2007..The paper provides implementers with research-informed guidance about effective implementation, contributes to developing implementation theory and notes policy implications for current national strategies for IT in health... - Evaluating community partnerships: a reply to Spitz and RitterStephen M Shortell
J Health Polit Policy Law 27:1023-8; author reply 1029-30. 2002 - 'Redefining health care': medical homes or archipelagos to navigate?Alain C Enthoven
Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, California, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 26:1366-72. 2007..In any case, the authors contend that this issue should be resolved by competition to attract and serve informed, cost-conscious, responsible consumers on a level playing field...