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Abstract
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services claims its Partnership for Patients Program led to big improvements in patient outcomes. But weak study design and methods and a lack of transparency and rigor in evaluation make it hard to assess whether the program improved care.
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Title
Did Hospital Engagement Networks Actually Improve Care?
Author
Pronovost, Peter; Jha, Ashish K 1
1 From the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins Medicine, and the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, the Department of Surgery, and the Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University — both in Baltimore (P.P.): and the Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, the Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System — all in Boston (A.K.J.).
1 From the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins Medicine, and the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, the Department of Surgery, and the Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University — both in Baltimore (P.P.): and the Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, the Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System — all in Boston (A.K.J.).
Pages
691-693
Section
Perspective
Publication year
2014
Publication date
Aug 21, 2014
Website
ISSN
00284793
e-ISSN
15334406
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1555299074
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