Quality
As noted in the Institute of Medicine’s seminal report Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century, “health care today harms too frequently and routinely fails to deliver its potential benefits.” For over a decade, foundations have been showcasing to the field that improving health care quality is both needed and possible. GIH recognizes that this work is now an integral part of the health reform law and that bridging the “quality chasm” will require change at all levels of our health care system.
Contact Ann McMillan for more information about our programming in this area.
Upcoming Events Spotlight
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May 30, 2019 • Washington, DCThis two-day meeting will discuss issues and projects relevant to improving rural health.
Issue Spotlight
OpenNotes is a national effort to give patients access to visit notes written by their doctors, nurses, or other clinicians. New York State Health Foundation has issued a request for proposals to implement the OpenNotes model at federally qualified health centers, multispecialty group practices, hospital-affiliated physician groups, independent physician practices, and other health care settings across New York State.
To monitor the performance of the U.S. health system over time and in relation to other countries, the Kaiser Family Foundation regularly publishes a Health System Dashboard, which include a number of indicators across four domains: health spending, quality of care, access and affordability, and health and wellbeing.
Upcoming Events
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May 30, 2019 • Washington, DC
This two-day meeting will discuss issues and projects relevant to improving rural health.
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June 12, 2019 • Seattle, Washington
Please join GIH for the 2019 annual conference in Seattle
Most Recent Publications
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Reimagining a Patient-Centered Health Care System
May 11, 2017
Amy Shefrin, New York State Health Foundation
Sharrie McIntosh, New York State Health Foundation -
Sparking a Patient Activation Movement
September 15, 2015
Karen Wolk Feinstein, Jewish Healthcare Foundation -
Project ECHO
August 18, 2015
Eileen Salinsky, Grantmakers In Health
