Concept Paper: "The Role of Partnerships in Community Intervention Programs: New Insights from Case Studies"

Community-based strategies are increasingly recognized for their potential to improve human health and reduce health disparities. Yet these approaches have not always delivered on expectations because the expected changes to systems, environments, or behaviors do not occur as planned. Partnerships among organizations working at various socio-ecologic levels have been identified as key elements in achieving change. Case studies were undertaken of coalitions, direct service providers, a national professional association, and national advocacy organizations to explore how partnerships were used to address complex health issues at local, regional, and national levels. This concept paper makes a novel contribution to the literature by providing real world examples of successful partnership strategies in these environments.

• The Role of Partnerships in Community Intervention Programs: New Insights from Case Studies (PDF format)

Issue Briefs: "What Works in Health Care"

These Issue Briefs are part of a series of publications on value-based health care designed to help health care purchasers and providers understand “what works” in health care. These briefs address cross-cutting health systems issues issues for purchasers and other stakeholders, and draw from the “Strategic Innovations for Affordable, Sustainable Health Care: A Model for Health System Reform” series of reports produced by Altarum Institute’s Systems Research and Initiatives Group. All reports are available for download in Adobe Portable Document (PDF) format.

Publication Topics:

• Enabling Employee Wellness
• Integrating Service, Quality, and Cost
• Value-Based Insurance Design
• Value-Based Pharmaceutical Purchasing

Strategic Innovations for Affordable, Sustainable Health Care:  A Model for Health System Reform

Altarum Institute’s Systems Research and Initiatives group has produced a series of in-depth publications designed to help health care providers understand “what works” in health care. Entitled “Strategic Innovations for Affordable, Sustainable Health Care: A Model for Health System Reform,” the series of publications includes 15 reviews of the evidence about “what do we know about what works” in value-based health care. A summary document compiling all 15 reviews is also available.

Developed to guide decision making by purchasers, payers, and other health system stakeholders, the reviews address the following topics:  accountable care organizations; disease management; electronic medical records; medical tourism; patient centered medical homes; payment models; performance measurement and health care quality; pharmaceutical innovations; price transparency; purchasing pools; social networking and consumer e-health; telemedicine; value-based benefit design; value-based purchasing; and wellness and health promotion. All reports are available for download in Adobe Portable Document (PDF) format.

Publication Topics:

• Accountable care organizations
• Disease management
• Electronic medical records
• Medical tourism
• Patient centered medical homes
• Payment models
• Performance measurement and health care quality
• Pharmaceutical innovations
• Price transparency
• Purchasing pools
• Social networking and consumer e-health
• Telemedicine
• Value-based benefit design
• Value-based purchasing
• Wellness and health promotion
• Summary Document