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From the Editor

Health Information Technology: On The Fast Track At Last? Susan Dentzer [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health IT

PROLOGUE: The Promises And Pitfalls Of Health Information Technology [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Electronic Health Records

The Kaiser Permanente Electronic Health Record: Transforming And Streamlining Modalities Of Care Catherine Chen, Terhilda Garrido, Don Chock, Grant Okawa, and Louise Liang [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

If You Build It, Will They Come? The Kaiser Permanente Model Of Online Health Care Anna-Lisa Silvestre, Valerie M. Sue, and Jill Y. Allen [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A Tale Of Two Large Community Electronic Health Record Extension Projects Farzad Mostashari, Micky Tripathi, and Mat Kendall [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Vignettes] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives

PERSPECTIVE: Health Information Technology And Patient Safety: Evidence From Panel Data Stephen T. Parente and Jeffrey S. McCullough [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Protecting Patient Privacy Through Health Record Trusts David B. Kendall [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Protecting Patients In Health Information Exchange: A Defense Of The HIPAA Privacy Rule Clement McDonald [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Crossed Wires: How Yesterday’s Privacy Rules Might Undercut Tomorrow’s Nationwide Health Information Network Michael D. Greenberg, M. Susan Ridgely, and Richard J. Hillestad [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Report From The Field

REPORT FROM THE FIELD: Take Two Aspirin And Tweet Me In The Morning: How Twitter, Facebook, And Other Social Media Are Reshaping Health Care Carleen Hawn [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Personal Health Records

What It Takes: Characteristics Of The Ideal Personal Health Record James S. Kahn, Veenu Aulakh, and Adam Bosworth [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Information Gap: Can Health Insurer Personal Health Records Meet Patients’ And Physicians’ Needs? Joy M. Grossman, Teresa Zayas-Cabán, and Nicole Kemper [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspective

PERSPECTIVE: Personal Health Management Systems: Applying The Full Power Of Software To Improve The Quality And Efficiency Of Care Peter Neupert and Craig Mundie [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

E-Prescribing

Interoperable Electronic Prescribing In The United States: A Progress Report Maria A. Friedman, Anthony Schueth, and Douglas S. Bell [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Appendix Exhibits] [Reprints & Permissions]

CPOE

Implementation Of Computerized Physician Order Entry In Seven Countries Jos Aarts and Ross Koppel [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Privacy

PROLOGUE: Patients’ Privacy And Data Security [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Privacy As An Enabler, Not An Impediment: Building Trust Into Health Information Exchange Deven McGraw, James X. Dempsey, Leslie Harris, and Janlori Goldman [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

A State-Based Approach To Privacy And Security For Interoperable Health Information Exchange Linda Dimitropoulos and Stephanie Rizk [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement] [Reprints & Permissions]

Engaging Patients For Health Information Exchange Micky Tripathi, David Delano, Barbara Lund, and Lynda Rudolph [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health IT Systems

PROLOGUE: Organizing, Delivering, And Paying For Health IT Systems [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Collecting And Sharing Data For Population Health: A New Paradigm Carol C. Diamond, Farzad Mostashari, and Clay Shirky [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

From Tasks To Processes: The Case For Changing Health Information Technology To Improve Health Care James M. Walker and Pascale Carayon [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Investing In Health Information Infrastructure: Can It Help Achieve Health Reform? Carolyn M. Clancy, Kristine Martin Anderson, and P. Jon White [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

States & HIE

U.S. Regional Health Information Organizations: Progress And Challenges Julia Adler-Milstein, David W. Bates, and Ashish K. Jha [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

HEAL NY: Promoting Interoperable Health Information Technology In New York State Lisa M. Kern, Yolanda Barron, Erika L. Abramson, Vaishali Patel, and Rainu Kaushal [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplement] [Reprints & Permissions]

California’s Digital Divide: Clinical Information Systems For The Haves And Have-Nots Robert H. Miller, Katherine D’Amato, Nancy Oliva, Christopher E. West, and Joel W. Adelson [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Tracking

MARKETWATCH: Taking Stock Of Pay-For-Performance: A Candid Assessment From The Front Lines Cheryl L. Damberg, Kristiana Raube, Stephanie S. Teleki, and Erin dela Cruz [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Measuring The Report Card: The Validity Of Pay-For-Performance Metrics In Orthopedic Surgery Timothy Bhattacharyya, Andrew A. Freiberg, Priyesh Mehta, Jeffrey Neil Katz, and Timothy Ferris [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Methods Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

Narrative Matters

Serious Side Effects Jonathan Han [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Audio Podcast] [Reprints & Permissions]

Buying Lunch...And What Else? Melinda Morton [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Listen to the Author] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Patients’ Perceptions Of Generic Medications William H. Shrank, Emily R. Cox, Michael A. Fischer, Jyotsna Mehta, and Niteesh K. Choudhry [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Survey Instrument & Supp. Exhibit 4] [Reprints & Permissions]

How Do Race And Sex Affect The Earnings Of Primary Care Physicians? William B. Weeks, Tanner A. Wallace, and Amy E. Wallace [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Technical Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

Usual Source Of Care: An Important Source Of Variation In Health Care Spending Robert L. Phillips, Martey S. Dodoo, Larry A. Green, George E. Fryer, Andrew W. Bazemore, Kristin I. McCoy, and Stephen M. Petterson [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Exhibits] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

GRANTWATCH REPORT: Partnering To Advance Public Health: A Foundation Supports Public Programs Len McNally and Rachael N. Pine [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch: Outcomes [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [GrantWatch Online 2 April][GrantWatch Online 14 April][GrantWatch Online 30 April] [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

BOOK REVIEWS: Follow The Money J.D. Kleinke [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Investigating Our Fixation With Flawed Market Solutions David A. Rochefort [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A Vaccine Nation Dinesh Sharma [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

BookMarks

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

Letters

Test The Primary/Specialty Care Hypothesis John J. Frey [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Primary/Specialty Care: An Author Responds Philip Musgrove [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Doctors And Quality Of Care Arvind R. Cavale [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Geographic Analysis: Need For Better Data Thomas C. Ricketts and G. Mark Holmes [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Geographic Analysis: An Author Responds Jonathan S. Skinner [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Physicians And Quality: Answering The Wrong Question Barbara Starfield, Leiyu Shi, and James Macinko [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Physicians And Quality: Cooper Responds Richard A. Cooper [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Coordination Of Care In Medicare Lonny Reisman and Randall S. Krakauer [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Coordination Of Care: The Author Responds Marsha Gold [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Some Facts On Rapid Imaging Growth James H. Thrall [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Diagnostic Imaging: The Authors Respond Rebecca Smith-Bindman [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Comparative Effectiveness Research: A Useful Tool David Barnett, Kalipso Chalkidou, and Michael Rawlins [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Comparative Effectiveness Research: The Authors Respond Liesl M. Cooper [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Online Consumer Information In Pennsylvania Erik Muther [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Telephone Interpreters: Vital Link Erica Galvez and Joint Commission [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Physicians’ Motives In Imaging Bhagwan Satiani [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Imaging: The Editor Responds Susan Dentzer [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Hip And Knee Implants In Bulgaria Penka A. Atanassova and Borislav D. Dimitrov [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Grim Prognosis For Massachusetts Reform Steffie Woolhandler and David U. Himmelstein [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Massachusetts Reform: The Authors Respond Jon R. Gabel [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Segmented Approach For China And India Ashoke S. Bhattacharjya and Puneet K. Sapra [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Errata

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

Acknowledgments

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

Web Exclusives

PERSPECTIVE: Health Reform: A Bipartisan View Jim Cooper and Michael Castle (published online 16 January 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [From The Editor][Table Of Contents] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Health Care Reform: Why We Cannot Afford To Fail Denis Cortese and Jeffrey O. Korsmo (published online 16 January 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Health Care Transformation And CEO Accountability Craig Barrett and Peter V. Lee (published online 16 January 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Health Reform: Getting The Essentials Right Victor R. Fuchs (published online 16 January 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: The Pitfalls Of Overreaching In Health Reform Henry J. Aaron (published online 16 January 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: A New Approach To The State-Federal Relationship In Health Alan Weil (published online 16 January 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Don’t Forget About The Social Determinants Of Health Gail R. Wilensky and David Satcher (published online 16 January 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Global Health For A Globally Minded President Nils Daulaire (published online 16 January 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Building Organizational Capacity: A Cornerstone Of Health System Reform Janet Corrigan and Dwight McNeill (published online 27 January 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [From The Editor][Table Of Contents] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Payment Reform Alone Will Not Transform Health Care Delivery Charles N. Kahn, III (published online 27 January 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Fostering Accountable Health Care: Moving Forward In Medicare Elliott S. Fisher, Mark B. McClellan, John Bertko, Steven M. Lieberman, Julie J. Lee, Julie L. Lewis, and Jonathan S. Skinner (published online 27 January 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Medicare: The Place To Start Delivery System Reform Francis J. Crosson (published online 27 January 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: A Consumer Perspective On Physician Payment Reform John Rother (published online 27 January 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Using Medicare Payment Policy To Transform The Health System: A Framework For Improving Performance Stuart Guterman, Karen Davis, Stephen Schoenbaum, and Anthony Shih (published online 27 January 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Measuring Outcomes And Efficiency In Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Christopher P. Tompkins, Aparna R. Higgins, and Grant A. Ritter (published online 27 January 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Payment Reform Options: Episode Payment Is A Good Place To Start Robert E. Mechanic and Stuart H. Altman (published online 27 January 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Consumer-Driven Health Care: Promise And Performance James C. Robinson and Paul B. Ginsburg (published online 27 January 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Costs And Benefits Of Health Information Technology: New Trends From The Literature Caroline Lubick Goldzweig, Ali Towfigh, Margaret Maglione, and Paul G. Shekelle (published online 27 January 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Appendices] [Reprints & Permissions]

Measuring, Monitoring, And Managing Quality In Germany’s Hospitals Reinhard Busse, Ulrike Nimptsch, and Thomas Mansky (published online 27 January 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Schematic] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: The Effect Of Medicare Part D Coverage On Drug Use And Cost Sharing Among Seniors Without Prior Drug Benefits Sebastian Schneeweiss, Amanda R. Patrick, Alex Pedan, Laleh Varasteh, Raisa Levin, Nan Liu, and William H. Shrank (published online 3 February 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Schematic] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: The Effects Of The Coverage Gap On Drug Spending: A Closer Look At Medicare Part D Yuting Zhang, Julie Marie Donohue, Joseph P. Newhouse, and Judith R. Lave (published online 3 February 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: California’s Minimum-Nurse-Staffing Legislation And Nurses’ Wages Barbara Mark, David W. Harless, and Joanne Spetz (published online 10 February 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

Missouri’s 2005 Medicaid Cuts: How Did They Affect Enrollees And Providers? Stephen Zuckerman, Dawn M. Miller, and Emily Shelton Pape (published online 18 February 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: Health Spending Projections Through 2018: Recession Effects Add Uncertainty To The Outlook Andrea Sisko, Christopher Truffer, Sheila Smith, Sean Keehan, Jonathan Cylus, John A. Poisal, M. Kent Clemens, and Joseph Lizonitz (published online 24 February 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: National Health Spending By Medical Condition, 1996–2005 Charles Roehrig, George Miller, Craig Lake, and Jenny Bryant (published online 24 February 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Methodology Manual] [Reprints & Permissions]

Racial Differences In Hospital Use After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Does Residential Segregation Play A Role? Mary Vaughan Sarrazin, Mary Campbell, and Gary E. Rosenthal (published online 3 March 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Health Information Technology: One Step At A Time Mark E. Frisse (published online 9 March 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Table Of Contents] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Making Smart Investments In Health Information Technology: Core Principles John D. Halamka (published online 9 March 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Health Information Technology: Dispatches From The Revolution Ticia Gerber (published online 9 March 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Presidential Leadership And Health Information Technology David J. Brailer (published online 9 March 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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