The U.S. can learn from other countries by tracking emerging trends and adopting comprehensive approaches to prevention and ...

Reducing hospital readmissions—especially those that result from poor inpatient or outpatient care—has long been a health policy goal because it represents an opportunity to lower health care costs, ...

First offered in 1925 and envisioned as a “reverse Rhodes Scholarship,” the Harkness Fellowships are the Commonwealth Fund’s longest-running program. Nearly 100 years later, they remain a flagship of ...

Mirror, Mirror 2024 is your opportunity to explore the impact of policy choices on health and well-being across 10 countries, including the U.S. Read the report here. Employer-sponsored health ...

The Commonwealth Fund has its origins in the philanthropic efforts of the Harkness family. Stephen V. Harkness began his career in New York State’s Finger Lakes region at age 15 as an apprentice ...

Many of the problems with the U.S. health system—fragmented care, variable quality, and high and rapidly growing costs—are rooted in fee-for-service payments, in which health care providers are paid ...

Mirror, Mirror 2024 is your opportunity to explore the impact of policy choices on health and well-being across 10 countries, including the U.S. Read the report here. To say medical education has not ...

Summary: When patients are given decision aids, such as educational booklets, DVDs, or interactive tools, to help them make treatment choices, they are more knowledgeable and satisfied with their care ...

The Harkness Fellowships are run by staff of the Commonwealth Fund’s International Health Policy and Practice Innovations program, with support from our valued partner organizations. From 2001 through ...

Summary: Providers have proven eager adopters of health care "apps," the software applications used on cell phones and other mobile devices to perform specific tasks, such as charting data points or ...

James M. Verdier, J.D., is a senior fellow at Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., where his work focuses on Medicaid, state health policy, and Medicare. He is also a senior program consultant for the ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the central importance of a well-functioning health care system. Nations that ensure affordable, efficient, and equitable access to quality care are at a clear ...