As the US charts its course through the next political era, it is crucial that we boldly allocate resources and prioritize what truly impacts patients. When faced with complexity, feasibility concerns ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...

Large language models, a form of artificial intelligence, are generating a lot of hype in healthcare circles, primarily because of their potential to transform and improve various aspects of ...

Calls for parsimony and alignment in health care quality measurement necessitate frequent reevaluation of priority measures, to allow focus on measures that represent a meaningful opportunity to ...

When it comes to improving quality measure performance, too many providers continue to respond to fire alarms while neglecting what’s setting those alarms off, a leading MDS expert is warning. “We ...

The Health Insurance Disparities Index allows stakeholders to assess progress in addressing health care disparities using publicly available, validated, reported health plan quality metrics results.

Most of the quality measures that assess how well internists, group practices, and health plans deliver diabetes care are not scientifically sound or have not been tested in a way that supports their ...

Cancer is fast-becoming one of the most expensive chronic conditions in the United States, and hospital care accounts for nearly a quarter of this spending. 1 Unplanned emergency department (ED) ...