About This Collection

Aligning Forces for Quality is, at its heart, about innovation. the communities and people who engage with this unique program are nto only open to new ideas, but also enthusiastic to find them; not only willing collaborators, but also eager to build strong partnershps; not only the most created scientists, but also determined to experiment until the answers become clear.

There is no recipe for success in improving health care quality, but the Aligning Forces communities and others engaged in this work are creating a roadmap, one that points out both areas to avoid and areas worth a harder look.

The bright spots featured here are illustrative of thet type of ground level innovation and experimentation going on everyday, in ways big and small, where change can be measured and assessed in real time. Both sparks of success and hard lessons learned offer important guidance.

They don't begin to cover all that we have learned, but they begin to light the way.

AF4Q Bright Spots - Resource Collection


Published: May 2012
Author: AF4Q National Program Office
When the Albuquerque Coalition for Healthcare Quality in Albuquerque, NM, spent $80,000 for radio and print advertising to launch a public information campaign about how to get the right care ...
 
Published: Nov 2011
Author: Dana Gelb Safran
  Learn about the success of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts in regards to their efforts in payment reform through this Bright Spot brief.
 
Published: Nov 2011
Author: PJ Brennan
  Learn about the success of University of Pennsylvania Health System in regards to preventing hospital readmissions through this Bright Spot brief.  
 
Author: AF4Q National Program Office
AF4Q Bright Spot Challenge: Application: Aligning Forces for Quality is the signature effort of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to raise the quality of health care in targeted communi...
 
Published: May 2012
Author: AF4Q National Program Office
Margie Namie, RN, MPH, CPHQ, divisional vice president of quality at Mercy Health in southwest Ohio, was honored to be named one of 73 Innovation Advisors (IAs) in the first cohort of the...
 
Published: May 2012
Author: AF4Q National Program Office
Better Health Greater Cleveland (Better Health) began offering primary care practices free on-site technical assistance to improve the quality of care and care delivery in 2009. The coaches a...
 
Published: Nov 2011
Author: Melinda Karp
  Learn about the success of the Greater Boston Alliance in regards to communicating with patients and the public about value and payment reform through this Bright Spot brie...
 
Author: Prodigy Health Group
Learn about the success of the Western New York Alliance in regards to Cost Control Through Reference Based Pricing through this Bright Spot brief.
 
Author: Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality
  Learn about the success of the Wisconsin Alliance in regards to Creating a Diabetes Value Metric through this Bright Spot brief.  
 
Author: AF4Q National Program Office
A team convened by the Greater Detroit Area Health Council (GDAHC), an AF4Q Alliance, was able to devise a plan and conduct a pilot demonstrating substantially decreased emergency departmen...
 
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