Projects
The Engelberg Center is conducting a range of projects that support comprehensive health care reform. These projects and partnerships enhance the Center’s ability to implement change at all levels and bring academic and technical expertise to bear on practical solutions to state and national health care challenges.
Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Learning Network »
The Brookings-Dartmouth ACO Learning Network is a member-driven network that provides participating organizations the tools necessary to successfully implement accountable care. Brookings and Dartmouth have been working together since 2007 to foster the adoption of ACOs that will improve care quality and bend the cost curve.
Commission to Build a Healthier America »
In February 2008, RWJF launched the Commission to Build a Healthier America – a national, independent, non-partisan group of leaders with involvement both in and outside the health care field – to provide better opportunities for Americans in every community to grow up and stay healthy.
Health Information Technology »
The goal of advancing the adoption and use of health IT is reflected in projects across the Engelberg Center, including one that will focus on improving chronic care with effective health IT.
Patient Medical Information
Through a cooperative agreement, the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform is working in collaboration with FDA to convene three workshops over the course of this year to discuss optimizing, implementing, and evaluating adoption of a single standard medication information document.
Payment and Delivery Reform »
The Dr. Richard Merkin Initiative on Payment Reform and Clinical Leadership (Merkin Initiative) was launched to ensure that further steps in health care reform reflect the best opportunities identified by clinicians to improve care and lower costs.
Quality Alliance Steering Committee (QASC) »
The High-Value Health Care Project supports the Quality Alliance Steering Committee in its efforts to better understand how well physicians, hospitals and other health care providers are performing.
The Sentinel Initiative »
The FDA Amendments of 2007 expanded FDA's authority to monitor and ensure medical product safety. As a result, FDA has undertaken a number of new initiatives, including the creation of the Sentinel Initiative.
State and Regional Reform Efforts »
Many states are leading the way in developing efforts to improve how health care is delivered. The Engelberg Center’s State Health Reform project encompasses three key components: assisting states interested in or undertaking payment reforms to support improvements in care, building evidence for delivery and payment reforms, and mobilizing leadership to develop state and federal policy changes to support these goals.