Guide for Dialogue Hosts (pdf),
A clear, step-by-step guide for planning a dialogue

193KB

Guide for Dialogue Hosts Cover (pdf),
Color cover for the host guide

28KB

Invitation and Registration Database (excel),
Manage invitations and registration with ease

15KB

Invitation Letter (pdf or word),
Customize this sample letter for your location

37KB

Flier Advertising the Dialogue (pdf),
Customize this flier and use it to advertise your dialogue

530KB

Directional Arrows (pdf),
Post these to help guide participants around your facility.

36KB

Guide for Dialogue Facilitators (pdf),
A clear step-by-step guide for preparing and conducting a dialogue

1.65MB

Guide for Dialogue Facilitators Cover (pdf),
Color cover for facilitators guide

65KB

Tips for Dialogue Facilitators (pdf),
General tips for using this unique design

77KB

Health Care Dialogue Recorded Segments (VHS, CD, or DVD),
Segments of video to be shown on a number of occasions during the dialogue

1-4.5MB

Survey Compilation Program (xls),
Save this excel program to your laptop, CD, or thumb drive. Make sure to read these instructions before attempting to use the program. To download a pdf verion of the instructions select this link.

188KB

Name Tag Template (word),
Merge this template with the invite database to print pre-filled nametags

98KB

Name Tag Template (pdf),
Print this template to use for hand-writen nametags

170KB

Current / Future System Poster (pdf),
Used by table groups to assess the current system (To be enlarged to poster size, 24x36)

56KB

Next Steps Handout (word),
Customize this list of next steps for your location

40KB

Next Steps Poster (word),
Customize this to use as a sign up for next steps (To be enlarged to poster size, 24x36)

98KB

Guide for Dialogue Participants (pdf),
Manual to be copied for each participant

1.4MB

Guide for Dialogue Participants Cover (pdf),
Color cover for Participant Guide

29KB

Brief - To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System (pdf),
Executive summary of Institute of Medicine report on medical errors in U.S. health care.

50KB

Brief - Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century (pdf),
Executive summary of Institute of Medicine report on goals and strategies for improving quality of U.S. healthcare system.

62KB

30 Safe Practices for Better Health Care (pdf),
Succinct list of practices to reduce preventable, adverse events and medical errors endorsed by the National Quality Forum.

574KB

Five Steps to Safer Health Care (pdf),
Recommendations to help people improve the safety and effectiveness of their care.

80KB

RWJF Disparities Overview (pdf),
Overview of gaps in care experienced by racial and other ethnic minorities and RWJF’s approach for addressing the issue.

69KB

Racial Trends in Use of Major Procedures Among the Elderly (www),
Article explains there’s no evidence that efforts to eliminate racial disparities in certain surgical procedures were successful.

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Sex and Racial Differences in the Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction: 1994-2002 (www),
Article explains that variation according to race and age in use of certain therapies has not lessened.

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Trends in the Quality of Care and Racial Disparities in Medicare Managed Care (www),
Article explains that racial disparities in quality measures have narrowed.

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Myths About the Uninsured (pdf),
Debunks misperceptions about uninsured. (Kaiser Family Foundation)

162KB

The Uninsured: A Primer - Key Fact About Americans Without Health Insurance (pdf),
Provides info and analysis on healthcare coverage and access for the low-income population with focus on Medicaid. (Kaiser Family Foundation)

582KB

The Uninsured and their Access to Health Care (pdf),
Key info and charts on the uninsured. (Kaiser Family Foundation)

200KB

Facts on Health Insurance Coverage (www),
Useful information, with instructive comparisons noted. (National Coalition on Health Care)

Facts on Health Care Costs (pdf),
Key facts on insurance coverage and costs created by uninsured population (National Coalition on Health Care)

388KB

Impacts of Health Care Reform: Projections of Costs and Savings (pdf),
Independent assessment of costs and savings associated with several approaches to health care reform (National Coalition on Health Care)

172KB

Charting the Course of Inaction (pdf),
Addresses the costs of inaction - what will happen if we do nothing to reform the healthcare system. (National Coalition on Health Care)

136KB

Issue Brief - Seeing Red: Americans Driven Into Debt by Medical Bills,
Documents the serious difficulty millions of Americans, even those who are insured, have paying medical bills (Commonwealth Fund)

20KB

Employer-Sponsored Single, Employee-Plus-One, and Family Health Insurance Coverage: Selection and Cost, 2003,
Statistical brief documenting increased cost to employers and workers of employer sponsored health care (Agency for Health Research and Quality)

192KB

Building a Better Health System: Specifications for Reform (pdf),
Calls for system-wide health reform as a national priority; suggests principles that specify direction reform should take (National Coalition on Health Care)

108KB

• Select the "Reprint (PDF)" in the right column under the title "This Article."

CHAT Brochure (Choosing Our Health Plan All Together) (pdf),
Game that engages consumers in exercise of choosing health benefits and identifying preferences for health plan features and the values that underlie their choices. (The Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health)

294KB