Improving American Health Care Affordability and Quality

Description

A research and training collaboration of the Stanford Clinical Excellence Research Center and the Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute. The goal of the program is to design new approaches to care that markedly reduce cost and improve outcomes. PAMFRI's role is to help young researchers evaluate the effectiveness and implementation of these interventions.

Funder

Richard & Susan Levy Family Trust

Start Date

December 15, 2012

End Date

June 30, 2015

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Beyond Consent: Patient Preferences for Governance and Use of Clinical Data and Samples

Utilize mixed methods to identify patient preferences for consent and governance of data in research utilizing existing EHR data and biobank samples.

Investigator(s): External PI, Principal Investigator

Coverage, Price, and Reimbursement for Multigene Tests for Cancer and Related Conditions

Our objective is to examine “coverage, price, and reimbursement” for multigene tests broadly and for cancer-related indications.

Investigator(s): Su-Ying Liang, Ph.D.

Does the Medicare Preventive Visit Coverage Benefit Seniors With Multiple Chronic Conditions?

We will assess the impact of covered preventive visits among Medicare beneficiaries using electronic health records data from PAMF, between 2006 and 2015.

Investigator(s): Robert Romanelli, Ph.D., MPH

Effect of Therapeutic Class on Generic Drug Substitutions

Evaluate and rank-order generic substitution rates by therapeutic class, as well as examine factors associated with higher/lower rates of generic substitution.

Investigators: External PI, Principal Investigator, Robert Romanelli, Ph.D., MPH

Estimating the Costs of Supporting Primary Care Practice Transformation

Goal is to examine the cost of primary care practice transformations in a nonprofit medical group practice that has received recognition from the NCQA.

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Exploring Potential Gains and Losses for Providers in a System of Episode-Based Payment in Ambulatory Care

This project will characterize the cost components within ambulatory care episodes—physician-specific services, labs, imaging, and drugs.

Investigator(s): Harold (Hal) Luft, Ph.D.

PCOR -- Applied Research TraNsforming Engaged Real-world Settings (PARTNERS)

This training grant is for doctoral-level clinicians to develop the research skills to undertake patient-centered outcomes research.

Investigator(s): Harold (Hal) Luft, Ph.D.

The Impact of Lean Management on Primary Care Efficiency, Affordability, and the Patient Experience

The goal of this study is to investigate the impact of Lean on provider work efficiency, system affordability, and patient experiences in primary care.

Investigators: Harold (Hal) Luft, Ph.D., Su-Ying Liang, Ph.D., Dorothy Hung, Ph.D., M.A., MPH

Time, Referrals, and Doctoring-Efficient Options for the Future (TRADEOFF)

This project explores whether increased time spent by PCPs substitutes for services they directly order and/or services patients may access from other PCPs.

Investigators: Harold (Hal) Luft, Ph.D., Su-Ying Liang, Ph.D.

Towards Aligned Incentives

This project focuses on the variability in the components of total cost of care across patients with specific conditions to examine whether different types of risk can be borne by the appropriate parties.

Investigator(s): Harold (Hal) Luft, Ph.D.

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Improving American Health Care Affordability and Quality

Description

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Start Date

End Date

Related Studies

Beyond Consent: Patient Preferences for Governance and Use of Clinical Data and Samples

Coverage, Price, and Reimbursement for Multigene Tests for Cancer and Related Conditions

Does the Medicare Preventive Visit Coverage Benefit Seniors With Multiple Chronic Conditions?

Effect of Therapeutic Class on Generic Drug Substitutions

Estimating the Costs of Supporting Primary Care Practice Transformation

Exploring Potential Gains and Losses for Providers in a System of Episode-Based Payment in Ambulatory Care

PCOR -- Applied Research TraNsforming Engaged Real-world Settings (PARTNERS)

The Impact of Lean Management on Primary Care Efficiency, Affordability, and the Patient Experience

Time, Referrals, and Doctoring-Efficient Options for the Future (TRADEOFF)

Towards Aligned Incentives

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