The SF-36 is a multi-purpose, short-form health survey with only 36 questions. It yields an 8-scale profile of functional health and well-being scores as well as psychometrically-based physical and mental health summary measures and a preference-based health utility index. It is a generic measure,...
The following report shares a series of recommendations from national experts on care coordination from across the health professions convened over a two-year period as part of the NYAM Initiative on Interprofessional Care Coordination, a project Macy has funded since 2011.The recommendations...
Patient and family engagement is a growing topic in healthcare as we look for ways to improve population health, provide better experience of care and lower healthcare costs. In recognition of the importance of patient and family engagement, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation funded the American...
Simulation-based training (SBT) is a powerful educational tool permitting the acquisition of surgical knowledge, skills, and attitudes at both the individual- and team-based level in a safe, nonthreatening learning environment at no risk to a patient. Interprofessional education (IPE), in which...
There is growing consensus that the health care workforce in the United States needs to be reconfigured to meet the needs of a health care system that is being rapidly and permanently redesigned. Accountable care organizations and patient-centered medical homes, for instance, will greatly alter the...