UCSF CER - Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies (Symposium 2013), Claire Brindis

1. Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies
University of California
San Francisco
Advisory Board Background M aterials January 2012

2. PRL-IHPS
Areas of
Healthcare System
Research - Health Insurance,
Managed Care
- Healthcare Workforce,
Leadership
- Economics & Cost
- Outcomes, Quality &
Measurement
Population Health Clinical
& Determinants Practice
- Disparities - Decision-making
- Public Health, - Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
Environment - Medical Evidence
- Primary Care, Access - Technology Evaluation
- Substance Use, Tobacco
Control
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3. The California Medicaid Research
Institute (CaMRI)
• CaMRI is committed to helping state and federal lawmakers,
providers, health plans, and other stakeholders make policies and
decisions based on sound research and objective analysis.
• Multi-campus collaborative within all 10 UC campuses CaMRI’s
• Investigators conduct research and evaluations on behalf of
California’s Medicaid program, private foundations and federal
entities.
• CaMRI was established by the UC Office of the President in 2006
and is based out of UC San Francisco: PI: Dr. Andrew Bindman

4. California Hospital Assessment and
Reporting Task Force (CHART)
• Established in 2004 to develop a statewide hospital performance reporting system
using a multi-stakeholder collaborative process www.CalHospitalCompare.org
• Multi-stakeholder Board of Directors consisting of representatives of consumers,
purchasers, health plans, hospitals, physicians, nurses, and regulators.
• CHART activities have included:
– Select key aspects of hospital performance to measure and report
– Achieve consensus about a uniform, scientifically valid measures
– Collect and aggregate data
– Confirming validity
– Help hospitals benchmark data for quality improvement efforts
– Reports to individual California hospitals to consumers, purchasers, and health plans.
• Funding: Support from over 200 California hospitals, the California Health Care
Foundation, and every California health plan with at least 3% market share. PI: R.
Adams Dudley