the overall quality of health care in targeted communities, reduce racial and ethnic disparities and ... unprecedented commitment to improve health care in 16 geographically, demographically, and economically diverse communities that together cover 12.5 percent of the U.S. population. This presentation, given on April ...

Nov 04,2011

Redesigning Primary Care Helps Fill Critical Gaps

Fri, 2014-06-27 (All day) The Alliance for Health in Grand Rapids, ... through a complex health care system. These efforts are part of a larger primary care transformation in West Michigan, designed to improve care for this vulnerable population.  See how care managers ...

Jun 27,2014

What They Do and How They Do It: A Deeper Dive with the Southcentral Foundation

his presentation at the AF4Q Population Health Meeting in the fall of 2013, Doug Eby will offer a ... his presentation at the AF4Q Population Health Meeting in the fall of 2013, Doug Eby will offer a ...

AF4Q: Who We Are, What We Do

effort of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to pilot real change in today's complicated health ... for health care transformation. Our ideas and initiatives have led to improvements in how health care ... information. Physicians, hospitals, patients, community advocates, employers, health plans, and policy leaders ...

Jul 31,2014

Small Tests of Change Grow to Big Results in Reduction of ED Overuse

for underserved populations and achieve better outcomes and better health care at a lower cost,” said ... populated in the HIE. The five health systems entered a community contract with MyHealthDIRECT.   ... in the target population need it, all of the health centers expanded their after-hours and weekend ...

Dec 20,2012

Reducing Readmissions October Quality Forum - Building the Foundation to Measure and Monitor Equity

 We all know that identifying a population is the first step in reducing disparities and providing culturally-and-linguistically-sensitive health care. AF4Q hospitals have worked to standardize the ... fellow HQN hospitals!     We all know that identifying a population is the first ...

population-based model that relies on knowing which patients have the illness, assuring that they receive ... improve health disparities at a primary care practice level and is a great resource for Ambulatory Quality ...

Sep 17,2011

Wisconsin Continues Partnership with Consumer Reports

health care offered in your community is hard. Aligning Forces for Quality communities are blazing new ... care to nearly half of the state’s population.   View the report here .    ...

Jan 17,2013

What are the benefits of getting patients involved in my efforts to improve care?

- Improved population health by achieving higher rates of preventive care.    Some ...   Patient, or consumer, engagement is a vital factor in the health care improvement ... transforms the culture of health care by changing the relationship between provider and patient.   ...

Oct 02,2013

Plenary: Delivering Value: A Transformation Has Begun

medical resources and the new emphasis on population health. In addition, it explores what it means for ... ALIGN - A Summit on Increasing Value in Health Care ... Across America, people who get, give, and pay for care are pressing health care systems toward the new ...

Jul 07,2014