We interviewed hospital leaders and unit nurses in twenty-five hospitals between June and October 2008 to explore the effect of performance-based incentives. Interviewees expressed favorable ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. In recent years, there have been increasing efforts by the federal government and the ...

Some hospitals were able to outperform others in a commercial insurer episode-based incentive program, but there was little evidence of global reductions in episode spending. Objectives: To evaluate ...

Managers looking to create social conditions that lead to open, diversified and large networks — which are known to spur innovation — should avoid implementing pay-for-performance incentives that rest ...

The preceding chapters have synthesized our key findings and conclusions from the basic research about the way that incentives operate and from the applied research about the results of implementing ...

Conn. (WTNH) — The state could be one step closer to holding utility companies accountable if they don’t restore power for an extended period of time after a storm. The “Take Back Our Grid Act” aims ...

Impatient for Outpatient: Operationalizing Bispecific Antibodies for Multiple Myeloma in the Ambulatory Setting As team-based care in oncology has become a predominant care delivery model, there is a ...

Many companies give performance-based bonuses to individuals or teams based on specific achievements and milestones. These bonuses come in addition to the employee’s base salary or hourly wage as an ...