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Puget Sound University Improves Spirometry Testing Quality The Puget Sound Health Alliance is working with the University of Washington to improve quality in spirometry testing. Spirometry, a common...	Jan 19, 2012
Puget Sound: Engaging Purchasers, Driving Improvement The Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) Puget Sound Health Alliance had long been reporting physician and hospital performance when...	May 21, 2012
Puget Sound: Starting A Conversation About Value A Bright Spot product from the May 2013 National Meeting.	May 06, 2013
Puget Sound: Using Transparency to Encourage Accountability The Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) Puget Sound Health Alliance knew that increasing generic prescribing could translate into...	May 21, 2012
Quality Field Notes: Regional Collaboratives Can Improve the Value of Local Health Care Quality Field Notes features key lessons learned by regional Alliances of clinicians, patients, and payers in Aligning Forces for...	Feb 19, 2015
Report Measures Quality of More than 80 Medical Groups and 300 Clinics In August, 2011, the Puget Sound Health Alliance, one of 16 communities in the Aligning Forces for Quality project, released its annual...	Sep 02, 2011
Rewarding Doctors for Better Care and Outcomes The Puget Sound Health Alliance and the State of Washington launched a multi-payer medical home pilot on May 1, 2011. The pilot, which...	Sep 02, 2011
Starting a Conversation about Value The intensity of health care services received has much to do with rising health care costs. Many health conditions have many treatment...	May 09, 2013
Tactics for Engaging Employers in Community Alliances Most of the Aligning Forces for Quality communities (the Alliances) are eager to involve local employers in their work, both as purchasers...	Apr 29, 2013
The Puget Sound Health Alliance Expands State-Wide The Puget Sound Health Alliance has a new name to reflect its broader reach across the state—the Washington Health Alliance. The...	Dec 19, 2013
Transforming Care at the Bedside Through the Reduction of Noise St. Francis Hospital, a member of the Puget Sound Alliance, was featured in a case study examining its effort to reduce noise in its 3rd...	Sep 07, 2011
Using Transparency to Encourage Accountability The Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) Puget Sound Health Alliance knew that increasing generic prescribing could translate...	May 23, 2012
“At a Buffet, Everything Tastes Like Pancake Syrup.” Lessons for Consumer Engagement from a Bed and Breakfast John Gallagher of the Washington Alliance owns a bed and breakfast, and, according to him, “it’s all about the breakfast....	Dec 02, 2014