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Turning on Light Bulbs: Project Better Care Works to Improve Primary Care in Memphis

Forces for Quality initiative in Memphis, has taken on the challenge of engaging small health care practices to improve primary care with Project Better Care. Project Better Care is a partnership with the ... Project Better Care Carla Baker has seen small changes make a big difference. “There was a manpower issue ...

May 09,2013

Igniting Improvement

The 16 communities and people who make up AF4Q are not only open to new ideas, they are enthusiastically finding and testing them. They are igniting improvement in the way health care is delivered, paid for, and received. Each community is taking on the complicated issue of improving quality of care by ...

Sep 26,2013

Breakout 4 - Cost of Care: Creating a Demand for Value Across Communities

ALIGN - A Summit on Increasing Value in Health Care ... Cost of Care: Creating a Demand for Value Across Communities What does it cost? It’s a question most health care providers can’t readily answer. A handful of ...

Jul 07,2014

pronounced in community health clinics (CHCs) that are committed to delivering primary care to a low-income, ... care with limited resources for populations with complex social, behavioral, and economic issues. The Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers (MLCHC) is the state’s primary care association, ...

May 21,2012

Healthy Memphis Common Table Tackles Food Deserts

to health care quality and equity—a focal point of HMCT’s work—but closer inspection reveals its ... county neighborhoods. Their populations suffer from a host of health issues, including diabetes, obesity, ... shapes and sizes. In AF4Q, these groups include those who receive care, provide care, and pay for care ...

Jun 06,2012

Market Analysis

A major premise of the AF4Q initiative is that health care is local. Each market has unique factors that affect the health care industry and that can influence the level of collaboration and willingness of market stakeholders to transform health care. An analysis of these stakeholders, including ...

May 14,2015

Equity in Heart Failure Care

five times the number of hospitalizations and five times the cost. To tackle this issue, TMC, part of ... implemented a standardized approach to HF education at discharge, called “Living with Heart Failure.” A health ... Chronic Care” program, a comprehensive approach for improving HF quality of life and mitigating social ...

Sep 14,2011

Improving Care Through Screening and Public Reporting

insurance. Publicly reporting this information helps shine a light on this issue so providers and care ... Partners with Consumer Reports to Publish Health Care Ratings Payment Reform Pioneers Deliver ... made tackling this issue a priority. The Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality ...

Jul 31,2014

West Michigan: Doing Better for Emergency Department Frequent Fliers

exam with a physician trained in pain issues and psychiatric conditions, a mental health evaluation, an ... in its first year, 75 out of 96 patients had lower health care costs. Average monthly charges for ... 2013-11-04 (All day) An innovative model for caring for frequent emergency ...

Oct 30,2013

A Hexagonal Approach to Healthcare

Health Care Utilization   There will be no math in this webinar, ... webinar will discuss the correlation between behavioral health issues and high hospital utilization and ... webinar will discuss the correlation between behavioral health issues and high hospital utilization and ...

   

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