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July 2008
"Second Annual Innovation in Services Conference: The Service of Healthcare" to be held
September 2007
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February 2008
IHP
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Announcements
February 2008
Murray Ross to Assume Leadership of KP Institute for Health Policy
September 2007
Health Information Exchange Research
Fellowship Awarded
Media
April 2008
MedScape Journal of Medicine Feature: Physicians: Organize for High Performance - Webcast Video Editorial - Tony Shih, of The Commonwealth Fund, reviews "Physician Organization in Relation to Quality and Efficiency of Care: A Synthesis of Recent Literature" by Laura Tollen.
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New Publications
August 2008
"In Focus" brief: Kaiser Permanente
HealthConnect™ – Lessons from the
Research Literature
Brian Raymond
Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA.
April 2008
Physician Organization in Relation to Quality and Efficiency of Care: A Synthesis of Recent Literature
Laura Tollen, The Commonwealth Fund Report
April 2008
Preparing For The PHR
Brian Raymond, Healthcare Informatics, Web-First Article
April 2008
A Conversation with David Bates, MD, MSc, Chairman of the American Medical Informatics Association
Brian Raymond, The Permanente Journal, Volume 12, Number 2.
January 2008
Beyond Equal Care: How Health Systems Can Impact Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Kate Meyers, The Permanente Journal, Volume 12, Number 1
Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA.
January 2008
"In Focus" brief: Improving Health Care Systemness
Laura Tollen
Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA.
October 2007
Meeting
Summary: Funders’ Role in Promoting Collaboration to Improve
Equity for Children, Families, and Communities
Kate Meyers
Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA. |
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Brief commentaries on select health policy actions, publications, and conferences/meetings.
August 22, 2008
The Changing Face of Americca
Who you are, where you live, and what resources are available to you impacts your health. These basic ideas drive a great deal of public health research and advocacy, which aim to identify what interventions improve health the most. To be successful, these efforts must take into account how “who we are” as a country is rapidly changing, but must also recognize the continued impact of social, economic, and environmental factors on the health of all population groups. (more)
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