Minnesota
A growing number of quality improvement projects are enabling patients, families, and advocates to advise and affect decision-making within their local health care systems. A new report from Aligning Forces for Quality shares the experiences of five communities that are engaging consumers to improve ambulatory care. A recent Lessons Learned piece describes efforts made in the Humboldt County, Oregon, Minnesota, Maine, and South Central Pennsylvania alliances to incorporate consumer engagement into ambulatory quality improvement efforts. While each approach is different, each communities...
This initiative, managed by MN Community Measurement and spearheaded by the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board (GPTCHB), will expand tobacco policy outreach and development to an American Indian Tribal community in Minnesota. GPTCHB will lead the development of an inventory of current tribal tobacco control policies, design training modules and technical assistance to tribal health departments to...
The AF4Q Minnesota Consumer Engagement Workgroup was charged in 2006 to begin analyzing best practices for engaging consumers to access and utilize provider performance data, such as the materials produced by MN Community Measurement, as a way to further engage with their health care provider and more fully participate in their care. The report chronicles the efforts and learnings of the Minnesota Consumer Engagement Workgroup and offers an action agenda for other communities who wish to replicate...
MN Community Measurement leads the AF4Q initiative in Minnesota, guided by a broad stakeholder group forming the AF4Q Leadership Team. Organizations represented on the Leadership Team include: the American Cancer Society, Buyers Health Care Action Group, Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement, Minnesota AARP, Minnesota Department of Human Services, Minnesota Hospital Association, Minnesota Medical Association, Stratis Health, plus health plans, consumers, and physician and nursing leadership.