Western New York Resources

Title	Date
A Foundation for Quality Improvement Article in Health Affairs Highlights Western New York’s Efforts to Build a Community-Wide Quality Improvement Infrastructure...	Mar 06, 2012
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
Care Transitions Gain Ground Patients in Western New York hospitals are having less fraught transitions from the hospital to home thanks to a community...	May 07, 2014
Community Conversations Help Residents Take Charge of Their Health Until recently, debates over health disparities were bounded by what’s been called an individual, bio-medical model that focuses...	May 09, 2013
Community Partnership Smashes Silos In the current health care delivery system, care often seems fragmented, as though various providers and patients are all...	May 23, 2012
Cost Control Through Reference Based Pricing, Bright Spot Learn about the success of the Western New York Alliance in regards to Cost Control Through Reference Based Pricing through this Bright...	Nov 14, 2011
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: Building Relationships With Providers Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) Alliances have implemented or are partnering in care transitions programsto ensure patient care that...	Jul 15, 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
Empowering Patients for Diabetes Management In the state of New York, diabetes statistics are alarming—8.9 percent of New York residents currently have diabetes, and 5.6...	Aug 07, 2013
Erie County Medical Center—Reduced Infection It is estimated that 80,000 central venous catheter-associated nosocomial bloodstream infections occur annually in the United States.These...	Jul 13, 2012
Fit and Fun Western New York's "Healthy Start, Health Future for All" Population Health Project (PHP) was featured in a news article on...	Aug 31, 2012
Healthy Start, Healthy Future For All Program This initiative is managed by the P2 Collaborative of Western New York (WNY) in collaboration with community partners to provide school-...	Jan 09, 2012
Helping At-Risk Patients Change Their Outlook Health care leaders in and around Buffalo are improving how vulnerable patients in the area’s “safety net” clinics...	Nov 18, 2014
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
Implementing Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Pilot Projects: Lessons from AF4Q Communities As the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model emerges as a key vehicle to improve the quality of healthcare and to control costs,...	Aug 29, 2011
Improving the Health of a Community by Reaching Out Living Healthy, the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) developed by Stanford University was launched in collaboration with the...	Aug 29, 2011