by Rick Ybarra | Jun 10, 2014 | Blog
by Rick Ybarra and Dr. Octavio N. Martinez, Jr. We are excited to share with you a manuscript just published in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (May, 2014) highlighting the Hogg Foundation’s work with the Office of Minority Health resulting in...
by Rick Ybarra | Jun 3, 2014 | Blog
by Rick Ybarra The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health has been intentional about focusing on outcomes. In conversing with many non-profits, it is a concept they still find quite challenging (and I must admit I’m still working on it myself). Jason Saul’s blog in The...
by Rick Ybarra | May 28, 2014 | Blog
by Rick Ybarra Ok, I’ll admit it. I read the Harvard Business Review. I am fascinated with business models, new concepts, innovations and the cutting edge in business science. I also see how these concepts and applications can easily transfer to our health care...
by Rick Ybarra | May 16, 2014 | Blog
Kudos to the Commonwealth Fund for their recent publishing of the Scorecard on State Health System Performance, 2014. The Scorecard assesses states on 42 indicators of health care access, quality, costs and outcomes from 2007 to 2012. Overall, changes in health system...
by Rick Ybarra | Mar 18, 2014 | Blog
A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation brief highlighted an area that does not get enough attention in the health care reform dialogue: patient engagement (PE). Yes, we talk about it. Our friends at the RWJF are sharing first-hand accounts and lessons learned from grantee...
