West Michigan Resources

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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
Because Every Patient Counts By participating in the national AF4Q program to reduce 30-day readmission rates for heart failure (HF), Carson City Hospital in Michigan...	Dec 19, 2012
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
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
Employer Engagement Learning Collaborative: Resource Directory List of resources available to Alliances and products and activities developed by individual Alliances.	Jun 01, 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
Matching Demands to Resources Mount Clemens Hospital of Mount Clemens, MI, is a non-profit, suburban hospital with 56,000 emergency department (ED) visits each year....	Jul 13, 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
Patients with Depression Don't Walk Through the Clinic Door Depression can be debilitating. Major depression causes pain, disability, or even death and may also lead to workplace...	May 07, 2014
Project Healthy Grad West Michigan’s Project Healthy Grad AF4Q PHP initiative aims to increase high school graduation rates, while ensuring all high...	Jan 09, 2012
Redesigning Primary Care Helps Fill Critical Gaps The Alliance for Health in Grand Rapids, Michigan, one of RWJF’s Aligning Forces for Quality communities, has been working to close...	Jun 27, 2014
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 Definition of Doctor Insanity Phil Baty is a family doc. His patient, Rick, is a 62-year-old Bible-carrying truck driver with multiple health problems. Baty has been his...	Dec 02, 2014
The Empowered Patient What does an empowered patient look like? They know how to come prepared for their doctor appointments, how to ask questions of their...	May 09, 2013
The Evolving Landscape for the CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey: Understanding and Navigating Multiple Surveying Requirements This resource is to help multi-stakeholder organizations, health care systems, and practices understand the complex and rapidly evolving...	Nov 06, 2014
West Michigan Doctors Exceed National Averages on Diabetes Care Public reports are an integral part of the AF4Q initiative in West Michigan. Every physician organization participating in the Alliance for...	Sep 02, 2011
West Michigan Tackles Payment Reform On July 27, 2011, the West Michigan Aligning Forces for Quality Alliance brought together approximately 50 people who collectively...	Sep 02, 2011
West Michigan: Doing Better for Emergency Department Frequent Fliers An innovative model for caring for frequent emergency department (ED) users is yielding positive outcomes in West Michigan. Under a grant...	Oct 30, 2013
West Michigan: The Empowered Patient A Bright Spot product from the May 2013 National Meeting.	May 06, 2013