Measuring Transformation: Patient Centered Medical Homes in Michigan
The preliminary results of a new study of patient centered medical homes (PCMH) demonstrate the challenges researchers face when attempting to measure physicians’ progress toward adoption of this primary care practice model. University of Michigan researcher Christopher G. Wise, Ph.D., led the team that analyzed responses to a survey about the degree of implementation of PCMH, which showed significant variation …
Read more >Wall Street Journal: Slump Spreads to Health Care as Michigan Loses Auto Jobs
CHRT director Marianne Udow-Phillips was interviewed extensively and the CHRT staff provided data (principally from Cover Michigan) for a comprehensive Wall Street Journal report on the challenges facing Michigan workers and retirees as the auto industry rapidly downsizes. State finances, losses and layoffs at health care providers and the prospects for basing economic recovery hopes on health care growth are …
Read more >The Ann Arbor News: New University of Michigan Health System leader faces financial challenge
In an Ann Arbor News profile introducing U-M’s new executive VP for medical affairs Ora Hirsch Pescovitz and discussing the challenges facing the UMHS, CHRT is described as among the opportunities for the Health System to help shape health care reform by improving care, reducing errors and lowering cost.
Read more >Ann Arbor Business Review: State health initiatives could provide national model
On June 11, the Ann Arbor Business Review reported on the initiatives discussed at CHRT’s CQI symposium.
Read more >Collaborative Quality Initiatives: A strategy that works for improving health care quality & cost
Can better health care and cost savings go hand in hand? Michigan physicians and hospitals working together in collaborative quality initiatives (CQIs) sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and the Blue Care Network (BCBSM/BCN) are proving that collaboration is indeed a powerful model for saving both lives and dollars for patients throughout Michigan. For example: In one Michigan …
Read more >Interlochen Public Radio: Discussion of healthcare reform on Points North
CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips discusses healthcare reform in Michigan on Points North from Interlochen Public Radio.
Read more >Traverse City Record-Eagle: Health care crisis hurts kids
CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips discusses how the health care crisis impacts children in her May 22, 2009, op-ed in the Traverse City Record-Eagle.
Read more >Detroit Free Press: Health-care reform: A shot in the arm for Detroit 3?
CHRT director Marianne Udow-Phillips and vice-chair and U-M associate VP for medical affairs Dr. John E. Billi are quoted in a recent Detroit Free Press story about the potential for national health care reform to boost the recovery of Detroit’s automakers.
Read more >The Ann Arbor News: University of Michigan, other hospitals bear greater financial burden in poor economy
CHRT director Marianne Udow-Phillips is quoted and the Cover Michigan report is mentioned in a recent Ann Arbor News cover story about UMHS uncompensated care.
Read more >Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation releases Cover Michigan — a report on healthcare coverage and access
Cover Michigan, a report on healthcare coverage released today by the Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation (CHRT) shows that while Michigan compares well to the country as a whole, the state is losing ground in critical areas, including the number of Michigan’s children and adults who are uninsured and the percentage of the population covered by private insurance. “Cover …
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