This paper examines how user interest in health services research is shaped by the following factors: the current health care policy environment, the organizations and institutional mechanisms available to advance the movement of health services research into policy and practice, and emerging...

This article highlights the policy challenges that confront geriatrics research, education, and clinical programs following the "great recession." The authors describe relevant new federal and state initiatives and note how academic geriatrics and general internal medicine can join forces with...

In 2009, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services publicly reported hospital-level risk-standardized 30-day mortality and readmission rates after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and heart failure (HF). The authors calculated 30-day mortality and readmission rates for all Medicare...

This article highlights the policy challenges that confront geriatrics research, education, and clinical programs following the "great recession." The authors describe relevant new federal and state initiatives and note how academic geriatrics and general internal medicine can join forces with...

This report investigates provider payment methods in Massachusetts. Payments include fee-for-service, the predominant model; global payments, which pay providers a single fee for all or most required services during a contract period; and pay-for-performance models, which layer quality incentives...

This commentary calls for an updated research agenda building on traditional basic science and clinical investigation to emphasize patient- and population-outcome-oriented science. The authors argue this expanded research portfolio will be important to transforming our inefficient and expensive...