Fostering Rapid Advances in Health Care : Learning from System Demonstrations.

Fostering Rapid Advances in Health Care -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- STUDY PURPOSE -- AMERICANS DESERVE SO MUCH MORE -- DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS AS A STRATEGY FOR HEALTH SYSTEM REDESIGN -- PLANTING THE SEEDS -- Chronic Care: Reducing the Toll of Chronic Conditions -- Primary Care: 40 Stellar Community Health Centers -- ICT Infrastructure: A "Paperless" Health Care System -- State Health Insurance: Making Affordable Coverage Available to All Americans -- Liability: Patient-Centered and Safety-Focused, Nonjudicial Compensation -- NURTURING SUCCESS -- Learning Collaboratives -- Reshaping the Health Care Environment -- Evaluation, Transparency, and Accountability -- WHAT SHOULD PATIENTS EXPECT? -- REFERENCES -- 1 The Time for Change Has Come -- ORIGINS OF THIS REPORT -- CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF DEMONSTRATIONS -- SUPPORTING AND EVALUATING THE DEMONSTRATIONS -- Learning Collaboratives -- Evaluation and Dissemination -- OTHER POSSIBLE DEMONSTRATION AREAS -- REFERENCES -- 2 Chronic Care: Reducing the Toll of Chronic Conditions on Individuals and Communities -- SUMMARY DESCRIPTION -- BACKGROUND -- GOALS -- DEMONSTRATION ATTRIBUTES -- Establishment of a Coordinating Structure -- Development of Chronic Care Management Programs -- Information and Communications Technology Support -- Innovative Approaches to Benefits, Copayments, Provider Payment, and Accountability -- Learning Collaboratives and Community-Wide Educational Efforts -- POSSIBLE DEMONSTRATION EXPANSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 3 Primary Care: 40 Stellar Community Health Centers -- SUMMARY DESCRIPTION -- BACKGROUND -- Existing Innovations at CHCs -- GOALS -- DEMONSTRATION ATTRIBUTES -- Patient-Centered Focus -- Investment in and Implementation of Information and Communications Technology -- Shared Learning and Accountability -- Financial Environment.

REFERENCES -- 4 Information and Communications Technology Infrastructure: A "Paperless" Health Care System -- SUMMARY DESCRIPTION -- BACKGROUND -- GOALS -- DEMONSTRATION ATTRIBUTES -- Phase 1: Planning and Preparation -- Phase 2: Data Exchange Platform -- Phase 3: Comprehensive ICT Infrastructure -- MAKING PROGRESS TOWARD A NATIONAL ICT INFRASTRUCTURE -- REFERENCES -- 5 State Health Insurance: Making Affordable Coverage Available to All Americans -- SUMMARY DESCRIPTION -- BACKGROUND -- GOALS -- DEMONSTRATION ATTRIBUTES -- Coverage Expansions -- Electronic Enrollment Clearinghouse -- IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES -- Financial Support -- Public- and Private-Sector Cooperation -- REFERENCES -- 6 Liability: Patient-Centered and Safety-Focused, Nonjudicial Compensation -- SUMMARY DESCRIPTION -- BACKGROUND -- GOALS -- DEMONSTRATION ATTRIBUTES -- Option 1: Provider-Based Early Payments -- Eligibility -- Participating Provider Responsibilities -- Government Responsibilities -- Option 2: Statewide Administrative Resolution -- Eligibility -- Provider Responsibilities -- Government Responsibilities -- REFERENCES -- Glossary and Acronym List -- GLOSSARY -- ACRONYM LIST.

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