Humboldt County, CA
According to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), health care spending in the United States is unevenly distributed, with the sickest five percent of patients causing more than 60 percent of health care costs. These “super-utilizer” patients make frequent trips to hospital emergency rooms or have repeated inpatient hospital stays, resulting in costly health care.
Aligning Forces for Quality Humboldt County (Aligning Forces Humboldt) was among the recipients of a $200,000 grant for its Care Coordination for Emergency Department Super-Utilizer project. Humboldt...
Patients are the heart of any primary care practice. Patients and practices share a mission to improve patient health—a mission in which both parties play indispensable roles. Three AF4Q Alliances (Humboldt County, Maine, and Oregon) have developed a compendium of resources that details the implementation of patient engagement strategy. The toolkit provides case studies and insights into patient recruitment and training, clarifying roles and responsibilities, and developing a...
As part of the Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) initiative, the Humboldt County Alliance has developed a two-tiered approach to reducing readmissions. The method incorporates both a traditional strategy to reduce readmissions using Eric Coleman’s Care Transitions Program and a more customized approach targeting high-risk, hard-to-reach patients through its Intensive Transitional Services component. The Alliance’s readmissions efforts are led by the St. Joseph Health System-Humboldt County, a two-hospital provider in the community. “Reducing readmissions requires...
The Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) initiative in Humboldt County is led by the California Center for Rural Policy (CCRP). CCRP is a research center at Humboldt State University committed to informing policy, building community, and promoting the health and well-being of rural people and environments. Aligning Forces Humboldt is a network of health care stakeholders, including providers, consumers, employers, and community leaders. The project has three aims – provider measurement and public reporting, consumer engagement, and medical care improvement activities.
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Visit the Public Reporting Page for this Alliance here.
