More than 23 million Americans have limited English proficiency, which complicates their ability to obtain quality health care. Language barriers in the health care setting can lead to miscommunications and cause medical errors, delay or denial of services, issues with medication management, and...

This paper describes a multi-method approach for evaluating 10 small interventions that participated in the Medicaid Value Program, which sought to improve quality of care for Medicaid beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions. The approach relied on quantitative and qualitative methods to...

Faced with rising uninsurance rates and little response at state or federal levels in recent years, communities have developed many different types of strategies to provide care for uninsured persons. This article profiles local strategies in the Community Tracking Study sites, focusing on...

New leaders at Cleveland’s two major hospital systems—the Cleveland Clinic Health System (CCHS) and University Hospitals Health System (UHHS)—have helped strengthen the organizations’ financial positions and soothe long-standing rivalries, according to a new report from the...

The National Health Plan Collaborative (NHPC) was formed in 2004 to bring together national and regional health plans to reduce racial and ethnic disparities. This brief summarizes findings from Mathematica’s evaluation, provides background, and describes accomplishments. It also reviews the...

The Integrated Delivery System Research Network (IDSRN) is a major initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality that seeks to further the agency’s goals of knowledge transfer and movement of research to practice. The IDSRN involves contracts with nine teams of insurer/delivery...

Disparities in the quality of health care contribute to higher rates of disease, disability, and mortality in racial and ethnic minority groups. A new policy brief examines recent federal and state activities aimed at strengthening the collection of health-related data on race, ethnicity, and...