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Harris Interactive, Inc. $350,000.00 International Health Policy Survey, 2005 The 2005 International Health Policy Survey, the eighth in an annual series of surveys commissioned by the Fund, will assess health care system performance and responsiveness from the perspective of the consumer. Conducted in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, the survey will explore the public's views of how well their health care system is performing on key measures of patient-centeredness: round-the-clock care, emergency care, patient choice, medical errors, doctor-patient communication, patient involvement in decision-making, waiting times, coordination of care, addressing health literacy, and access to prescription drugs. The survey findings will be released at the Fund's 2005 International Symposium to highlight the impact of different health care delivery systems. The results should generate substantial interest among health ministers, policymakers, researchers, and the media. Project staff will submit a paper discussing survey results to Health Affairs for Web publication, and the Fund will publish the findings as part of its series of international issue briefs. Cofunding will be provided by The Health Foundation to expand the size of the U.K. survey sample. Kinga Zapert, Ph.D. Vice President of Health Policy Research 111 Fifth Avenue, 8th Floor New York, NY 10003 Tel: (212) 539-9751 kzapert@harrisinteractive.com Johns Hopkins University $50,000.00 Cross-National Comparisons of Health Systems Quality Data, 2005 Comparisons between the U.S. health care system and the systems of other industrialized countries reveal striking differences in spending, availability and use of services, and health outcomes. This grant will support the eighth report in an annual series of analyses of key health data for the 30 member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The report will provide an update of overall trends in health system performance, with an emphasis on health spending, coverage, hospital capacity and utilization, pharmaceutical costs, use of technology, trends in the supply of health professionals, and quality of care. In comparing health system data, the study will illustrate the impact of different national policies on health system efficiency. Findings will be presented at the Fund's October 2005 International Symposium on Health Care Policy and submitted to Health Affairs for possible Web publication. A chartpack containing core components from the OECD database, available on the Fund''s Web site, will be updated as a resource for journalists, policymakers, and researchers. Gerard F. Anderson, Ph.D. Professor and Associate Chair Center for Hospital Finance and Management Bloomberg School of Public Health 624 North Broadway, Room 302 Hampton House Baltimore, MD 21205 Tel: (410) 955-3241 ganderso@jhsph.edu President and Fellows of Harvard College $92,673.00 Alternative Approaches to Compensating Medical Injury: Lessons From International Models U.S. physicians and hospitals are experiencing serious difficulties obtaining affordable professional liability insurance. The current system often fails to provide compensation to injured people and does little to promote patient safety. To inform the development of an alternative approach, this project will examine the design and experience of the no-fault administrative systems used to compensate medical injuries in Sweden, New Zealand, Denmark, and Finland. The study will address the criteria used to determine which medical errors are compensable; the process used to develop the criteria; and the performance of these criteria in terms of efficiency, reliability, validity, and fairness to patients and providers. Findings will help stimulate interest in a potentially more promising option for malpractice reform. A paper discussing the study's findings will be submitted for consideration as a Health Affairs Web Exclusive. David M. Studdert, LL.B, Sc.D., M.P.H. Associate Professor of Law & Public Health 677 Huntington Avenue, #408 Boston, MA 02115 Tel: (617) 432-5209 studdert@hsph.harvard.edu The Commonwealth Fund $225,000.00 International Symposium on Health Care Policy, Fall 2005 The Fund's eighth annual International Symposium on Health Care Policy will focus on patient choice and health system responsiveness. In bringing together leading policymakers and researchers from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States—as well as Germany and other selected European countries—the symposium will highlight for U.S. policymakers how other health systems are: improving responsiveness and access, redefining the doctor-patient relationship, incorporating patients' and families' experiences with care into quality improvement initiatives, facilitating patient involvement in treatment decisions, using performance data to give patients choice of providers, ensuring round-the-clock access to health care, promoting health literacy, and using information technology to help empower patients. Presenters will highlight innovative policies, incentive structures, and health care delivery models that support these changes and improve quality. To reach a broader policy audience, the Fund will webcast a health ministers' roundtable discussion; in addition, the second day of the symposium will be held on Capitol Hill. Commissioned papers from the symposium will be submitted to Health Affairs for consideration as Web Exclusives. Robin Osborn, M.B.A. Vice President One East 75 Street New York, NY, 10021 Tel: (212) 606-3809 ro@cmwf.org The Commonwealth Fund $1,158,268.00 Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy, 2006-07 Support for a ninth class of approximately 12 Harkness Fellows in Health Care Policy will allow the Fund to continue to develop promising junior policy researchers and practitioners from Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. A two-day policy retreat—the first reunion of Harkness Fellows in Health Care Policy—will be held in July 2005 at Pennyhill Park, co-sponsored by the Nuffield Trust and the Health Foundation. Robin Osborn, M.B.A. One East 75 Street New York, NY 10021 Tel: (212) 606-3809 ro@cmwf.org The Nuffield Trust $70,000.00 Commonwealth/Nuffield International Conference on Health Care Quality Improvement, 2005 Since 1999, the Fund and The Nuffield Trust have sponsored annual symposia that have brought together senior government officials, leading health researchers, and practitioners from the United States and United Kingdom for an exchange on quality improvement policies and strategies. These transatlantic meetings have focused on such critical issues as: patient safety, strategies to change provider and organizational behavior, the use of information technology, disparities in health care, and public reporting on provider performance data. One of the series' products is an agenda for U.S.-U.K. collaboration on quality improvement efforts, formalized in an agreement signed by the two countries in 2001. Participants at the seventh quality improvement conference will: 1) review the progress of the collaboration and recommend an agenda for the coming year; 2) explore which quality improvement strategies work and which do not; and 3) compare case studies of quality initiatives in different countries to gauge their impact and sustainability. John Wyn Owen, C.B. Secretary 59 New Cavendish Street London W1G 7LP United Kingdom Tel: 020-7631-8450 jwo@nuffieldtrust.org.uk Small Grants—International Program in Health Policy and Practice The Commonwealth Fund $5,000.00 International Exchange Affiliate Meeting Robin Osborn, M.B.A. Vice President One East 75 Street New York, NY 10021 Tel: (212) 606-3809 ro@cmwf.org The Commonwealth Fund $16,500.00 International Innovations in the Pharmaceutical Review Process Robin Osborn, M.B.A. Vice President One East 75 Street New York, NY 10021 Tel: (212) 606-3809 ro@cmwf.org Health Services Research Association of Australia & New Zealand $25,000.00 Fourth Australia-New Zealand Health Services Research and Policy Conference Paul Dugdale Health Services Research Association of Australian & New Zealand Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation University of Technology, Sydney PO Box 123 Broadway NSW 2007 Australia Tel: +61 419 608 133 paul.dugdale@anu.edu.au New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation $25,000.00 North East London Strategic Health Authority Learning Partnership Karen Scott Collins, M.D., M.P.H. Senior Assistant Vice President, Medical and Professional Affairs 346 Broadway, Suite 1111 New York, NY 10013 Tel: (212) 442-3989 collinsk@nychhc.org The Nuffield Trust $50,000.00 The Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy Alumni Health Policy Conference, July 2005 John Wyn Owen, C.B. Secretary 59 New Cavendish Street London W1G 7LP United Kingdom Tel: 020-7631-8450 jwo@nuffieldtrust.org.uk The Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy Alumni Health Policy Conference, July 2005 $50,000.00 John Wyn Owen, C.B. Secretary 59 New Cavendish Street London W1G 7LP United Kingdom Tel: 020-7631-8450 jwo@nuffieldtrust.org.uk Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) $22,700.00 OECD Health Care Quality Indicators Project-December 2004 Meeting Jeremy Hurst Head, Health Policy Unit 2 Rue Andre Pascal Paris 75775 Cedex 16 France Tel: 011-33-145-249-255 jeremy.hurst@oecd.org Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania $5,000.00 International Nursing Shortages and Nurse Migration Commonwealth Secretariat Policy Initiative Linda H. Aiken, Ph.D., R.N. Professor of Nursing and Sociology University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing 420 Guarding Drive, NEB 332R Philadelphia, PA 19104-6096 Tel: (215) 898-9575 laiken@nursing.upenn.edu     Previous | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | Next Previous Article | Next Article