Policymakers, private-sector coalitions, and individual health care leaders are heavily engaged in planning future health information technology. This brief highlights the experiences of eight pioneering projects completed under the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Transforming...

This article uses data from the 2005-2006 Community Tracking Study site visits to examine the impact of quality reporting on hospitals’ data collection and review processes, feedback and accountability mechanisms, quality improvement activities, and resource allocation. Individual hospitals...

The national effort to promote the adoption and meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs) is well under way. However, 2014 marks an important transition: For many hospitals, penalties will be assessed in fiscal year 2015 for failing to meet federal meaningful-use criteria by the end of...