Innovative Ideas to Improve Patient Care

10 Ways To Improve Patient Care

Innovative Ideas to Improve Patient Care

While there remains a significant gulf between the Right and the Left on health care reform, we believe there is opportunity to find common ground. Our health policy team is developing policy ideas that cut waste in health care by removing one of the prime drivers of it: obstacles to quality patient care.

This approach directly improves the patient experience—when patients stay healthy, or get better quicker, they need less care. Our proposals come from innovative ideas pioneered by health care professionals and organizations, and show how to scale successful pilots from red and blue states. Together, they make cutting waste a policy agenda instead of a mere slogan.

Each policy report includes several accompanying tools—from economic modeling to a catalog of local organizations that are leading the effort to make patient-centered changes across the country.


Doctor Patient Discussion
Report
Published March 5, 2015

Medical Discussion Guides: Less Confusion, Better Decisions for Patients

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Senior Fellow for Health and Fiscal Policy
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Former Policy Advisor, Economic Program
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Report
Published March 5, 2015

Prevent Diabetes

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Senior Fellow for Health and Fiscal Policy
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Former Policy Advisor, Economic Program
Telehealth Report
Report
Published February 3, 2016

Make Telehealth an Easy Way for Patients to Get Care

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Senior Fellow for Health and Fiscal Policy
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Purva Rawal, PhD
Hc House With Stethascope
Report
Published March 30, 2015

Make Health Care More Convenient and Coordinated with Medical Homes

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Senior Fellow for Health and Fiscal Policy
Hc Insurance Costs Illustration
Report
Published May 20, 2015

Help Consumers Shop for High Value Health Care

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Jacqueline Garry Lampert
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Senior Fellow for Health and Fiscal Policy
Hc Medical Records Digital
Report
Published May 27, 2015

A Lifetime Electronic Health Record for Every American

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Senior Fellow for Health and Fiscal Policy
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Former Policy Advisor, Economic Program
Hc General Health
Report
Published June 25, 2015

Treating the Whole Person: Integrating Behavioral and Physical Health Care

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Senior Fellow for Health and Fiscal Policy
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Former Policy Advisor, Economic Program
Idiom Spoonful Of Sugar
Report
Published June 25, 2015

A Spoonful of Sugar: Helping People Take Their Medicine

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Senior Fellow for Health and Fiscal Policy
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Former Policy Advisor, Economic Program
Idiom Easy Path
Report
Published August 19, 2015

Rethinking Medicare Enrollment: Make High-Value Health Coverage the Easy Choice

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Senior Fellow for Health and Fiscal Policy
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Former Policy Advisor, Economic Program
Give Medicare Beneficiaries Complete Information About Their Plans
Report
Published August 18, 2015

Give Medicare Beneficiaries Complete Information About Their Plans

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Senior Fellow for Health and Fiscal Policy
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Jacqueline Garry Lampert
Hc End Of Life
Report
Published September 29, 2015

A Better End of Life

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Senior Fellow for Health and Fiscal Policy
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Former Policy Advisor, Economic Program
Idiom Hikingpath To Recovery
Report
Published October 20, 2015

A Path to Recovery for Americans with Serious Mental Illness

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Jacqueline Garry Lampert
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Senior Fellow for Health and Fiscal Policy
Hc Man In Wheelchair
Report
Published November 18, 2015

Coordinate Care for the Most Vulnerable

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Senior Fellow for Health and Fiscal Policy
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Jacqueline Garry Lampert
Hc Payments
Report
Published December 16, 2015

Bundled Payments: A Stable Foundation for Medicare Financing

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Senior Fellow for Health and Fiscal Policy
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Jacqueline Garry Lampert
High Cost Health Care
Report
Published January 29, 2016

Provide High-Cost Medicare Beneficiaries with Highly Valued Care

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Senior Fellow for Health and Fiscal Policy
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Jacqueline Garry Lampert
Kidney Disease Dialysis
Report
Published December 8, 2017

How to Make Life Better for People with Kidney Disease

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Senior Fellow for Health and Fiscal Policy
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Jacqueline Garry Lampert