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Using Professionally Trained Interpreters to Increase Patient/Provider Satisfaction: Does It Work?
Examines the need for trained medical interpreters by comparing the satisfaction of emergency room patients, doctors, and triage and discharge nurses when provided with interpreters and when provided only with telephone language lines or ad hoc services.
Modest and Uneven: Physician Efforts to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities
Documents limited adoption of recommended practices for reducing racial and ethnic disparities in health care, including interpreter services, training in minority health, and quality of care reports for minority patients. Considers policy implications.
Covering Children at the Top of Public Priorities for Health Reform
Presents survey results on public support for ten health reform provisions, including mandated children's coverage, funding to states to create insurance exchanges, expansion of Medicaid to childless adults, payment reforms, and insurance market reforms.
International Developments in Self-Directed Care
Highlights innovative self-directed care programs in Europe and the United States that allow patients to choose home and community-based services, within a budget, in managing mental illness and chronic conditions. Examines outcomes and lessons learned.
Creating a Palliative Care Program: Insights From Hospital Leaders
Outlines benefits to hospitals in creating palliative care programs, such as cost savings and shorter hospital stays, as well as implementation challenges, such as overcoming resistance. Provides case summaries, questions to consider, and a resource list.
How Will Comparative Effectiveness Research Affect the Quality of Health Care?
Outlines how the use of comparative effectiveness research on the relative merits of a healthcare intervention compared with others could improve quality of care and outcomes. Presents challenges in enhancing CE research and expanding its adoption.
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