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From the Editor

Innovations: ‘Medical Home’ Or Medical Motel 6? Susan Dentzer [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medical Home

PROLOGUE: The Medical Home [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A House Is Not A Home: Keeping Patients At The Center Of Practice Redesign Robert A. Berenson, Terry Hammons, David N. Gans, Stephen Zuckerman, Katie Merrell, William S. Underwood, and Aimee F. Williams [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Continuous Innovation In Health Care: Implications Of The Geisinger Experience Ronald A. Paulus, Karen Davis, and Glenn D. Steele [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Exhibit] [Reprints & Permissions]

Measuring The Medical Home Infrastructure In Large Medical Groups Diane R. Rittenhouse, Lawrence P. Casalino, Robin R. Gillies, Stephen M. Shortell, and Bernard Lau [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspective

PERSPECTIVE: The Patient-Centered Medical Home For Chronic Illness: Is It Ready For Prime Time? Jaan E. Sidorov [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Innovation Abroad

PROLOGUE: Innovation Abroad [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Lessons From India In Organizational Innovation: A Tale Of Two Heart Hospitals Barak D. Richman, Krishna Udayakumar, Will Mitchell, and Kevin A. Schulman [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medical Storefront

PROLOGUE: The Medical Storefront [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Retail Clinics, Primary Care Physicians, And Emergency Departments: A Comparison Of Patients’ Visits Ateev Mehrotra, Margaret C. Wang, Judith R. Lave, John L. Adams, and Elizabeth A. McGlynn [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Use And Costs Of Care In Retail Clinics Versus Traditional Care Sites Marcus Thygeson, Krista A. Van Vorst, Michael V. Maciosek, and Leif Solberg [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Erratum] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Emergence Of Retail-Based Clinics In The United States: Early Observations Margaret Laws and Mary Kate Scott [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Report From The Field

REPORT FROM THE FIELD: A Checkup For Retail Medicine Daniel Costello [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Hospitals & Doctors

PROLOGUE: Hospitals & Doctors [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Hospital-Physician Relations: Two Tracks And The Decline Of The Voluntary Medical Staff Model Lawrence P. Casalino, Elizabeth A. November, Robert A. Berenson, and Hoangmai H. Pham [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Hospitalists And Care Transitions: The Divorce Of Inpatient And Outpatient Care Hoangmai H. Pham, Joy M. Grossman, Genna Cohen, and Thomas Bodenheimer [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement] [Reprints & Permissions]

Innovation

PROLOGUE: Innovation: Disruptive & Constructive? [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives

PERSPECTIVE: Disruptive Innovation In Health Care Delivery: A Framework For Business-Model Innovation Jason Hwang and Clayton M. Christensen [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Care Platforms: A Basic Building Block For Care Delivery Richard M.J. Bohmer and David M. Lawrence [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Disruptive Innovation: The Demand Side Clark C. Havighurst [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Making Space For Disruption: Putting Patients At The Center Of Health Care Peter V. Lee and David Lansky [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: ‘We Aren’t Quite As Good, But We Sure Are Cheap’: Prospects For Disruptive Innovation In Medical Care And Insurance Markets Mark V. Pauly [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Cost-Reducing Innovation In Health Care James C. Robinson and Mark D. Smith [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

Medicine Cut Off From Its Roots: Context Matters In Medical Education Richard J. Baron [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Tracking

MARKETWATCH: The Transition From Managed Care To Consumerism: A Community-Level Status Report Jon B. Christianson, Paul B. Ginsburg, and Debra A. Draper [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Accounting For Health Spending In Developing Countries Dorota A. Raciborska, Patricia Hernández, and Amanda Glassman [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Availability And Prices Of Foods Across Stores And Neighborhoods: The Case Of New Haven, Connecticut Tatiana Andreyeva, Daniel M. Blumenthal, Marlene B. Schwartz, Michael W. Long, and Kelly D. Brownell [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Private Equity Investment In Health Care Services Catherine J. Robbins, Todd Rudsenske, and James S. Vaughan [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Private Equity Investment And Nursing Home Care: Is It A Big Deal? David G. Stevenson and David C. Grabowski [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: The Diffusion Of Physicians Thomas C. Ricketts and Randy Randolph [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Technical Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

Narrative Matters

On Being A ‘Difficult’ Patient Michelle L. Mayer [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Mayer in the Washington Post-Oct. 21, 2008] [Reprints & Permissions]

On Caring For ‘Difficult’ Patients Tony Miksanek [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

The Potential Effects Of HEDIS Performance Measures On The Quality Of Care David M. Eddy, L. Gregory Pawlson, David Schaaf, Barbara Peskin, Andrei Shcheprov, Julia Dziuba, Jill Bowman, and Benjamin Eng [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Racial/Ethnic Disparities And Consumer Activation In Health Judith H. Hibbard, Jessica Greene, Edmund R. Becker, Douglas Roblin, Michael W. Painter, Debra J. Perez, Edith Burbank-Schmitt, and Martin Tusler [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

GRANTWATCH REPORT: Lessons From The Field: Expanding Health Insurance Coverage One County At A Time Annette L. Gardner and Patricia H. Mintz [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GRANTWATCH COMMENTARY: Aligning Forces For Quality: A Program To Improve Health And Health Care In Communities Across The United States Michael W. Painter and Risa Lavizzo-Mourey [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch: Outcomes [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [GrantWatch Online 30 September][GrantWatch Online 16 October][GrantWatch Online 30 October] [Reprints & Permissions]

UpDate

UPDATE: RESEARCH REPORT: Using Decision Analysis To Better Evaluate Pediatric Clinical Guidelines Joshua T. Cohen and Peter J. Neumann [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

BOOK REVIEWS: Collateral Damage David A. Hyman [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A Matter Of Trust Jennifer R. Fishman [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

BookMarks

BookMarks [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Clarifying The Employer Tax Exclusion Robert B. Helms [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Disease Management: Truth In Advertising Ariel Linden [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Truth In Advertising: The Authors Respond Ann M. Holmes [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Resident Duty-Hour Limits Thomas J. Nasca and Ingrid Philibert [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Ethnicity, Mental Health, And Public Policy Brason Lee [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Errata

Erratum [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Web Exclusives

Using Quality Improvement Methods To Improve Public Health Emergency Preparedness: PREPARE For Pandemic Influenza Debra Lotstein, Michael Seid, Karen Ricci, Kristin Leuschner, Peter Margolis, and Nicole Lurie (published online 15 July 2008) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplements] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: Eroding Access Among Nonelderly U.S. Adults With Chronic Conditions: Ten Years Of Change Catherine Hoffman and Karyn Schwartz (published online 22 July 2008) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Technical Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Distribution Of Public Spending For Health Care In The United States, 2002 Thomas M. Selden and Merrile Sing (published online 29 July 2008) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Use Of Larger Versus Smaller Drug-Safety Databases Before Regulatory Approval: The Trade-Offs Shelby D. Reed, Kevin J. Anstrom, Damon M. Seils, Robert M. Califf, and Kevin A. Schulman (published online 5 August 2008) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Appendix and Disclosures] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Is Having More Preapproval Data The Best Way To Assure Drug Safety? Alan M. Garber (published online 5 August 2008) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: Caught In The Competitive Crossfire: Safety-Net Providers Balance Margin And Mission In A Profit-Driven Health Care Market Peter J. Cunningham, Gloria J. Bazzoli, and Aaron Katz (published online 12 August 2008) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Information Technology: A Few Years Of Magical Thinking? Carol C. Diamond and Clay Shirky (published online 19 August 2008) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Health Information Technology: Strategic Initiatives, Real Progress Robert M. Kolodner, Simon P. Cohn, and Charles P. Friedman (published online 19 August 2008) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: The Alternative Route: Hanging Out The Unmentionables For Better Decision Making In Health Information Technology David C. Kibbe and Curtis P. McLaughlin (published online 19 August 2008) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Covering The Uninsured In 2008: Current Costs, Sources Of Payment, And Incremental Costs Jack Hadley, John Holahan, Teresa Coughlin, and Dawn Miller (published online 25 August 2008) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Access To Care Among Displaced Mississippi Residents In FEMA Travel Trailer Parks Two Years After Katrina Nadine Shehab, Michael P. Anastario, and Lynn Lawry (published online 29 August 2008) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

‘MetLife V. Glenn’: The Court Addresses A Conflict Over Conflicts In ERISA Benefit Administration Timothy Stoltzfus Jost (published online 3 September 2008) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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