South Central Pennsylvania Resources

Title	Date
'Lean' Teams Build Patient-Centered Medical Homes Thanks to health care reform, the idea of patient centered medical homes (PCMHs) is a topic du jour in policy circles. But 22 physician...	Dec 19, 2012
3 Lessons for Engaging Patients in Their Health Care Quality Field Notes features key lessons learned by regional alliances of clinicians, patients, and payers in Aligning Forces for Quality...	Mar 05, 2014
60 Graduate Innovative Self-Management Support Program To date, Aligning Forces for Quality - South Central Pennsylvania has graduated over 60 individuals from its I Can! Challenge program...	Aug 18, 2011
A Sneak Peak into AF4Q – South Central Pennsylvania Aligning Forces for Quality - South Central Pennsylvania is a collaboration of dynamic community leaders, consumers, physicians, nurses,...	Aug 18, 2011
A Summer Reid A Summer Book Club for Health: Aligning Forces for Quality - South Central PA Aligning Forces for Quality - South Central PA...	Aug 13, 2013
Adding Cost Measures to Public Reports The South Central PA Alliance, which has been publicly reporting clinical performance measures for the past two years, recently added...	Aug 18, 2011
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 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
Bundled Payment: The Quest for Simplicity in Pricing and Tying Payment to Quality Local initiatives are showing how new methods for paying for health care can improve quality and control costs. One strategy, called...	Jun 11, 2013
Caring for the Costliest Patients: Better Care, Better Settings By now, it is well known that “super-utilizers” account for only five percent of patients but accrue more than 60 percent of...	Jul 31, 2014
Closing the Loop on Care Transitions Aligning Forces for Quality of South Central Pennsylvania, in partnership with the York County Area Agency on Aging, the Adams County...	May 09, 2013
Collaborating with Medicaid to Improve Health Care Two Multi-Payer Alliances This brief from the Center for Health Care Strategies profiles two multi-payer quality improvement Alliances that are part of the Robert...	Jan 30, 2013
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
Creating Regional Partnerships to Improve Care Transitions Creating Regional Partnerships to Improve Care Transitions As patients move from one care setting to another, problems such as...	Jul 28, 2014
Creating Regional Partnerships to Improve Care Transitions: Identifying and Recruiting Patients for Participation Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) Alliances have implemented or are partnering in care transitions programs to ensure patient care that...	Jul 15, 2014
Creating Regional Partnerships to Improve Care Transitions: Improving Handoffs Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) Alliances have implemented or are partnering in care transitions programs to ensure patient care that...	Jul 15, 2014
Creating Regional Partnerships to Improve Care Transitions: Supporting Patients Who Are Nearing the End of Life Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) Alliances have implemented or are partnering in care transitions programs to ensure patient care that is...	Jan 07, 2015
Creating Regional Partnerships to Improve Care Transitions: Tracking Performance Metrics Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) Alliances have implemented or are partnering in care transitions programs to ensure patient care that...	Jul 15, 2014
Employer Engagement Learning Collaborative: Resource Directory List of resources available to Alliances and products and activities developed by individual Alliances.	Jun 01, 2012
Engaging Consumers, Improving Care A growing number of quality improvement projects are enabling patients, families, and advocates to advise and affect decision-making within...	Mar 09, 2012
Gettysburg Hospital Increases Time Spent with Patients The Gettysburg Hospital TCAB team applied a tried and true improvement tool, the Plan/Do/Study/Act (PDSA) process, to a problem...	Jul 13, 2012
Giving Chronic Disease Patients a Voice in the Patient-Centered Medical Home Aligning Forces for Quality in South Central Pennsylvania (SCPA) strives to ensure patients with chronic disease have a voice in local...	Feb 06, 2013
Health Care, Meet Technology WellSpan Health, a partner organization of Aligning Forces for Quality South Central Pennsylvania, is expanding an online portal to give...	Apr 29, 2013