News and Publications

April 2006

Individualized Data
from Managed Healthcare Executive (60KB PDF)

February 2006

Patient-Centric Communications Drive Quality, Fiscally Prudent Health Care Decisions
from Employee Benefit Plan Review (56KB PDF)

January 26, 2006

Is Your Doctor Really Right? Insurers' Tools Help Patients Question Doctors
from The Wall Street Journal (1.2M PDF)

January 2006

Old Techniques Never Die, Nor Even Fade Away
from Managed Care (724KB PDF)

Nov/Dec 2005

Lessons Learned from Chameleons
from Coverage Magazine (460KB PDF)

December 2005

Reports Confirm High Value of Step-Therapy Programs
from Managed Care (444KB PDF)

August 2005

Using the Patient as Messenger, Novel Approach Delivers Clinical and Financial Gains
from Disease Management Advisor, Volume 11, Number 8 (276KB PDF)

June 2005

Targeted Patient-Centric Communications: Actionable Information Drives Better Healthcare Decisions and Cost-Savings
from The Self-Insurer, Volume 22 (428KB PDF)

June 26, 2003

Improving the Quality of Care - Can We Practice What We Preach
from The New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 348, Number 26 (140KB PDF)

August 2002

Embracing e-Health Simplifies Transactions, Improves Patient Relations
from Managed Healthcare Executive by Mari Edlin (108KB PDF)

July 2002

Crossing the Chasm with Internet Technology: Bridging the Quality Gap in Health Care
from California Health Care Foundation (356KB PDF)

January 2001

Patient Empowerment Touted as Next Step Toward Better Preventative Care
from Disease Management Advisor, Volume 7, Number 1 (136KB PDF)

1999

Toward Better Preventative Care To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System (Executive Summary)
from Committee on Quality of Health Care in America, Institute of Medicine, Washington, D.C. at books.nap.edu

2001

Chapter 6: Applying Evidence to Health Care Delivery
from Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century
Committee on Quality of Health Care in America, Institute of Medicine, Washington, D.C. at books.nap.edu

2001

Chapter 7: Using Information Technology
from Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century
Committee on Quality of Health Care in America, Institute of Medicine, Washington, D.C. at books.nap.edu

The Leapfrog Group for Patient Safety
A coalition of more than 90 public and private organizations created to help save lives and reduce preventable medical mistakes. (eapfroggroupdata.org)

Nov/Dec 2000

Improving the Safety of Health: The Leapfrog Initiative
from Effective Clinical Practice at acponline.org