Memphis, TN Resources

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A Decade of Difference The very suggestion that a patient may be treated differently based on skin color or origin is, frankly, as insulting as it is absurd. Yet...	Dec 02, 2014
Addressing Health Disparities Memphis, TN, is a city of diversity. According to the latest census data, 63 percent of the population is African American. Common Table...	Aug 07, 2013
AF4Q Drives Health Care Transformation The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s 16 Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) communities are showing that bringing together the...	Aug 15, 2012
AF4Q Featured in Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. Blog Post Aligning Forces was recently featured in a Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. (CHCS) blog post about Alliances’ unique...	Mar 13, 2015
AF4Q in Focus Every day, AF4Q communities are finding new ways of approaching old problems in our health care system. There is no one road we must take...	Nov 14, 2012
AF4Q: Who We Are, What We Do Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) is the visionary effort of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to pilot real change in today's...	Jul 31, 2014
Bridging the Gap: Health Care and Population Health Bridging the Gap More than 80 participants gathered in Dallas September 19-20 to discuss bridging the gap between health care and...	Oct 22, 2013
Bringing Farm-Fresh Foods to an Urban Community Fighting Obesity The term “food desert” has been mentioned widely. Many have questioned whether living in a food desert contributes to obesity...	Dec 19, 2012
Cost & Quality Data: Meaningful Displays for Consumers AF4Q Alliances, are leading multiple initiatives to improve the quality of care while lowering costs in their communities. As part of this...	Mar 11, 2014
Employer Engagement Learning Collaborative: Resource Directory List of resources available to Alliances and products and activities developed by individual Alliances.	Jun 01, 2012
Equity in Health Care: What Does It Mean to Physicians? Sixty percent of Memphis is African American. If you are an African American and live in Memphis, you are three to five times more likely...	Aug 24, 2011
Healthy Memphis Common Table Launches Mobile App! HMCT launched a new smartphone app that connects users to quality information about health care provided in the Greater Memphis region. The...	Apr 27, 2012
Healthy Memphis Common Table Releases Equity Report – First Ever for Region In May 2011, Healthy Memphis Common Table released its Take Charge - Health Equity Report -- the first of its kind in the region. The...	Aug 24, 2011
Healthy Memphis Common Table Releases Report on Health Equity Healthy Memphis Common Table (HMCT) held a “call to arms” on January 26 at the National Civil Rights Museum with “The...	Feb 29, 2012
Healthy Memphis Common Table Tackles Food Deserts Successful multi-stakeholder alliances take many shapes and sizes. In AF4Q, these groups include those who receive care, provide care, and...	Jun 06, 2012
Illustrating Innovation Through Bright Spots Aligning Forces for Quality is, at its heart, about innovation. The communities and people who engage with this unique program are...	May 21, 2012
Insights from Aligning Forces for Quality Aligning Forces for Quality is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation designed to lift the overall quality of care in...	Sep 25, 2012
Lessons Learned: Engaging Employers in Health Care Employers have great—if, to date, underutilized—market leverage in buying health care, and often can influence other...	Apr 05, 2012
Lighting the Way to Payment Reform In the rapidly changing landscape of health care delivery in the United States, one thing is becoming clear: Stakeholders, from...	May 22, 2012
Making Health Care Equitable For All Health care leaders in Memphis are making strides to reduce long-standing racial and ethnic disparities in the care residents receive....	Nov 18, 2014
Memphis, TN: Turning On Light Bulbs- Project Better Care Works to Improve Primary Care In Memphis A Bright Spot product from the May 2013 National Meeting.	May 06, 2013
Memphis: Lighting the Way to Payment Reform In the rapidly changing landscape of health care delivery in the United States, one thing is becoming clear: Stakeholders, from...	May 21, 2012
Memphis’ Breakfast Club: Comparing Quality One of the most pressing problems in health care is the lack of connection between national-level problems and local delivery. Common Table...	Oct 30, 2013
Million Calorie Reduction Match Healthy Memphis Common Table’s Million Calorie Reduction Match population health project is a collaboration among many partners to...	Jan 09, 2012
Our Journey to Better Health Health is a major concern for the majority of the stakeholders in both Shelby County and the City of Memphis. Changes are not made...	Aug 24, 2011