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Prior to approving the creation of the Commission on a High Performance Health System, the Fund's Board of Directors heard from a number of national experts in health care policy. At its April 2005 retreat, the Board heard Arnold Milstein, M.D., Worldwide Partner for Mercer Human Resource Consulting, and Gail Wilensky, senior fellow at Project HOPE, discuss possible ways of achieving greater efficiency in health care delivery and financing.
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t its annual retreat in April 2005, the Fund's Board of Directors undertook a thorough examination of the foundation's work over the last five years and sought the strategic advice of leaders in health policy and practice. The Board also agreed upon a revised mission statement that is consistent with the foundation's earlier mission yet recognizes that a high performance health system is needed to meet broad objectives for coverage, quality, and efficiency:
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The Commonwealth Fund was established in 1918 by Anna M. Harkness with the broad charge to enhance the common good.
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The mission of The Commonwealth Fund is to promote a high performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society's most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, minority Americans, young children, and elderly adults.
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The Fund carries out this mandate by supporting independent research on health care issues and making grants to improve health care practice and policy. An international program in health policy is designed to stimulate innovative policies and practices in the United States and other industrialized countries.
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The Commonwealth Fund was established in 1918 by Anna M. Harkness with the broad charge to enhance the common good.
Commission on a High Performance Health System
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Move the United States toward a high-performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, and focuses particularly on the most vulnerable due to income, inadequate insurance, minority status, health, or age. This goal will be advanced through a Commission on a High Performance Health System, to be charged with setting and tracking performance targets, developing policy options, and disseminating innovative practice changes that would improve the functioning of the U.S. health system. The Fund's grantmaking programs will support and enhance the Commission's work. |
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Samuel O. Thier, M.D.
Chairman, Board of Directors
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