Measurement & Reporting
The Wisconsin Sentinel covers the challenges and complexity groups in the state such as the Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality, the state’s AF4Q Alliance, face to gather health care quality information using Medicare claims data.
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Aligning Forces for Quality – South Central PA (AF4Q – South Central PA) launched its new website (www.Aligning4HealthPA.org) in an effort to provide more resources (videos, tip sheets, events, etc.) and easy-to-understand information that leads patients to become more engaged in their care, and receive the right care at the right time. AF4Q – South Central PA is one of 16 communities across the nation that’s focused on helping patients understand what high quality care is, and how to...
Stillwater Medical Group, one of nine medical groups participating in the Minnesota AF4Q Alliance, has made an early commitment to publicly reporting patient experiences in relation to quality of care. The facility adopted the CG-CAHPS tool in order to identity areas of improvement in patient experience and to monitor results. Marked improvements were made in terms of patients’ rating of their own doctors, from 79% to 84% in just one year (Q4 2009 – Q4 2010), proving that by standard measuring – quality can improve. Stillwater's achievements are one of the three...
Impact
Number of diabetes patients treated by Dr. Douglas Magenheim who meet all five of the community goals for treating the disease, nearly triple the regional average of 28 percent.
Public reporting of more than 400 doctors in the area, part of the AF4Q Alliance in Cincinnati, fosters the exchange of best practices like Dr. Magenheim’s.
Transparency in health care quality is a core principle of Aligning Forces. Teams in AF4Q communities have improved the quality of information about physicians' performance and are ensuring the public has access to that information, so consumers can make informed choices about their care; so doctors and hospitals can identify areas for improvement, track progress, and see how they compare to others; and so consumers and purchasers can determine the value they are getting.
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