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Table: Partnerships for Quality Projects
| Principal Investigator |
Project Title |
Location |
1st Year Funding |
Nancy E. Donaldson, D.N.Sc.,
Association of California Nurse Leaders |
"CalNOC Partners to Reduce Patient Falls Project" |
Sacramento, CA |
$99,027 |
David S. Hopkins, Ph.D.,
Pacific Business Group on Health |
"Consumer-Driven Model for Improving Health Care Quality" |
San Francisco, CA |
$100,000 |
Louise Dembry, M.D.,
State of Connecticut Dept. of Public Health |
"Training for Improved Provider Response to Bioterrorism" |
Hartford, CT |
$100,000 |
Suzanne F. Delbanco, Ph.D.,
Leapfrog Group |
"Using Incentives to Drive Leaps in Patient Safety" |
Washington, DC |
$99,975 |
Karen S. Kmetik, Ph.D.,
American Medical Association |
"Effecting Change in Chronic Care: The Tipping Point" |
Chicago, IL |
$99,506 |
Jerod M. Loeb, Ph.D.,
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations |
"Measurement & Bioterrorism Preparedness: An Impact Study" |
Oakbrook Terrace, IL |
$199,977 |
Paul J. Sharek, M.D.,
Child Health Corporation of America |
"Implementing Pediatric Patient Safety Practices" |
Shawnee Mission, KS |
$81,250 |
Michael D. Hagen, M.D.,
American Board of Family Practice |
"Comparison of Healthcare and Recertification Measures" |
Lexington, KY |
$100,000 |
David F. Polakoff, M.D.,
American Medical Directors Association |
"Long-term Care Quality Improvement Partnership" |
Columbia, MD |
$100,000 |
Carole M. Lannon, M.D.,
National Initiative/Children's Healthcare Quality |
"Partnership to Improve Children's Healthcare Quality" |
Boston, MA |
$99,551 |
George J. Miller, Ph.D.,
The Altarum Institute |
"Improving Healthcare Responses to Bioterrorist Events" |
Ann Arbor, MI |
$99,977 |
Michael D. Callahan, M.S.,
Healthfront |
"A National Center for Value Purchasing Methods" |
Bloomington, MN |
$100,000 |
Suzanne M. Broderick, Ph.D.,
New York State Dept. of Health |
"Different Approaches to Informational Dissemination" |
Albany, NY |
$99,564 |
Penny H. Feldman, Ph.D.,
Visiting Nurse Service of New York |
"Partnership for Achieving Quality Homecare" |
New York, NY |
$99,986 |
Lucy A. Savitz, Ph.D.,
Research Triangle Institute |
"Partnership for Advancing Quality Together" |
Research Triangle, NC |
$199,086 |
Donald E. Casey, M.D.,
Catholic Health Partners |
"Guidelines Applied in Practice-GAP: Heart Failure Care" |
Cincinnati, OH |
$97,970 |
Vincenza T. Snow, M.D.,
American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine |
"Closing the Gap: Partnerships for Change" |
Philadelphia, PA |
$99,454 |
John R. Combes, M.D.,
Institute for Healthy Communities |
"Improving Care for the Dying: Transforming Patient's Wishes" |
Harrisburg, PA |
$83,995 |
Mark J. Young, M.D.,
Lehigh Valley Hospital |
"Partnering for Improved Primary Care Diabetes Management" |
Allentown, PA |
$100,000 |
Susan D. Horn, Ph.D.,
International Severity Information Systems, Inc. |
"Real-Time Optimal Care Plans for Nursing Home QI" |
Salt Lake City, UT |
$99,643 |
Josie R. Williams, M.D.,
Texas A&M University |
"Striving Together, Improving Healthcare" |
College Station, TX |
$100,000 |
Steven M. Ornstein, M.D.,
Physician Micro Systems, Inc. |
"Accelerating TRIP in a Practice-Based Research Network" |
Seattle, WA |
$98,676 |
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