Summary: When patients are given decision aids, such as educational booklets, DVDs, or interactive tools, to help them make treatment choices, they are more knowledgeable and satisfied with their care ...

The Commonwealth Fund has its origins in the philanthropic efforts of the Harkness family. Stephen V. Harkness began his career in New York State’s Finger Lakes region at age 15 as an apprentice ...

Mirror, Mirror 2024 is your opportunity to explore the impact of policy choices on health and well-being across 10 countries, including the U.S. Read the report here. Employer-sponsored health ...

Primary health care is the foundation of a high-performing health system. Evidence consistently shows that comprehensive, coordinated, and continuous primary care is associated with better health ...

Rachel Schwab is a senior research associate at the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute's Center on Health Insurance Reforms. Her current research focuses on private health insurance and the ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the central importance of a well-functioning health care system. Nations that ensure affordable, efficient, and equitable access to quality care are at a clear ...

American families are confronting harsh financial realities of late, from rising unemployment and sluggish wage growth to high food and fuel costs and tight credit. Added to these worries are soaring ...

Mentor: Meredith B. Rosenthal, Ph.D. (Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Health Economics and Policy, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) Co-mentor: Anna Sinaiko, M.P.P ...

Amid our efforts to improve health care quality, we can easily lose sight of the most basic questions. Consider evidence-based clinical guidelines, protocols, and pathways. What are they? How do they ...

Despite having the most expensive health care system, the United States ranks last overall compared with six other industrialized countries—Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, ...

Ateev Mehrotra, M.D., M.P.H., M.S., is chair of the Department of Health Services, Policy, and Practice at the Brown University School of Public Health, as well as professor of health services, policy ...

Harkness Project: Are There Lessons to be Learned from the Transformation of the Veterans Health Administration for the Quality Agenda for the NHS in England? Mentors ...