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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
Improving Care with Patient Partners The Aligning Forces for Quality alliance in south central Pennsylvania, which includes York and Adams Counties, adapted Humboldt’s...	Mar 21, 2013
Improving Diabetes Care Across the Spectrum Keeping diabetes under control requires a multi-pronged approach. Aligning Forces South Central Pennsylvania (SCPA) has made notable...	Aug 08, 2013
Improving Quality and Value through Summit AF4Q South Central Pennsylvania hosted “Improving the Quality & Value of Health Care,” a summit for employers and...	Jan 18, 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
Making a Difference in Health Actually Takes a Community Ann Kunkel told the story of Betty, an older woman living in a senior community, who, in her day, “was a force to be reckoned with....	Dec 02, 2014
National Meeting Highlight Videos The Aligning Forces for Quality November 2011 National Meeting was held in Washington DC and was broken up into three distinct tracks:...	Feb 06, 2012
National TCAB Holds Final Meeting The AF4Q National TCAB teams convened July 25-27 in San Francisco for their final meeting. Among the 121 attendees were the hospital team...	Aug 08, 2012
Pausing to Reduce Readmissions AF4Q in South Central Pennsylvania is empowering hospital staffs in order to avoid hospital readmissions. York & Gettyburg Hospital...	Jun 19, 2013
PBS Affiliate Features SCPA Program The South Central Pennsylvania alliance and its Patient Partners program were featured on a HEALTHSMART episode on the Chronically Ill....	Mar 13, 2014
Physician Practices Turn Patients into Partners Health care leaders in South Central Pennsylvania are turning patients into partners in their own care, taking them behind the scenes at...	Oct 23, 2014
Prevention Quality Indicators in South Central Pennsylvania, Bright Spot Learn about the success of the South Central Pennsylvania Alliance in regards to Prevention Quality Indicators through this Bright Spot...	Nov 14, 2011
Pulling Back the Curtain on Primary Care Patients without the skills to manage their health care incur costs up to 21 percent higher than those of patients who are...	May 07, 2014
SCPA Improves Care for Diabetics The work of Aligning Forces for Quality was recently featured in Evolution, the business and technology magazine from SKF, for its work to...	Mar 17, 2014
SCPA Improves Quality and Reduces Super-Utilizer Re-Hospitalizations Certain patients present a health care conundrum. “Super-utilizers” account for only five percent of patients, but they accrue...	Mar 27, 2014
SCPA Launches New Consumer-Focused Public Reporting Site Aligning Forces for Quality – South Central PA (AF4Q – South Central PA) launched its new website (www.Aligning4HealthPA.org)...	Feb 10, 2012
SCPA's Planned Care Collaborative Watch this video to learn more about the South Central Pennsylvania alliance Planned Care Collaborative and Patient Partner programs!	May 21, 2012
SCPA: Challenging Fragmented Care Certain patients present a health care conundrum. “Super-utilizers” account for only five percent of patients, but they accrue...	Oct 30, 2013
South Central Pennsylvania: Aligning Lean Techniques and Patient Partners From airline checklists to agricultural cooperative extension centers, those working to improve the health care system are taking ...	May 21, 2012
South Central, PA: Closing The Loop On Care Transitions A Bright Spot product from the May 2013 National Meeting.	May 06, 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
Wellspan Health Superutilizer Pilot	Mar 06, 2012
York Hospital Improves Patient Safety and Nurse Staffing When staff surveys and feedback revealed a concern among nurses about patient assignments and the provision of safe patient care, the...	Jul 13, 2012