Sharing Data to Raise the Value of Care

Ambulatory Care Cost & Efficiency Thu, 2014-07-24 (All day) An Oregon health care organization has been ... initiative. The Oregon Health Care Quality Corporation, one of RWJF’s Aligning Forces for Quality ...

Jul 24,2014

Oregon Hospitals Join Effort to Improve Quality of Health Care

Care at the Bedside (TCAB) initiative. AF4Q, the signature effort of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to improve the quality of care in communities throughout the country, is a national partnership that brings together those who get, give, and pay for health care in the country. TCAB brings together 13 new ...

Aug 23,2011

Multi-stakeholder health care collaboratives are making progress in collecting and analyzing health care cost, resource use, and quality data from multiple payers across their communities. An important next step in this work is to report the information to local primary care practices, medical groups, and other ...

Aug 18,2015

Making Health Care Equitable For All

of health care in communities across the country and provide models for national reform.   ... Tue, 2014-11-18 Health care leaders in Memphis are making strides to reduce long-standing racial and ethnic disparities in the care residents receive. These efforts, which ...

Nov 18,2014

Crafting a Measuring Stick For Health Care Costs

of health care in communities across the country and provide models for national reform.   ... Thu, 2014-08-14 (All day) Minnesota health care leaders are building on ... individual health care episode costs. These efforts are led by MN Community Measurement, one of RWJF’s ...

Aug 14,2014

Engaging Employers in Changing Health Care

of health care in communities across the country and provide models for national reform.   ... Tue, 2014-11-18 Health care leaders in New Mexico, including employers ... managing overall costs. Together, these disparate groups are crafting ways to ensure that health care ...

Nov 18,2014

Helping Underserved Neighborhoods Get the Care They Need

care in communities across the country and provide models for national reform.   Read the ... Tue, 2014-11-18 Health care leaders in Boston are helping residents in ... has brought together providers, patients, employers and insurers to help improve regional health care ...

Nov 18,2014

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

  Patient, or consumer, engagement is a vital factor in the health care improvement equation. Integrating patients into efforts to improve care can result in better-quality care and also transforms the culture of health care by changing the relationship between provider and patient.   ...

Oct 02,2013

SCPA Improves Care for Diabetics

Ambulatory Care Ambulatory Care ... diabetes treatment. By applying efficiency techniques from the business sector to primary care practices, ...

Mar 17,2014

organization. It typically includes a set of standard background materials and other relevant resources. An ... in engaging patients, families, and care- givers in health care quality improvement initiatives as ...

Jul 23,2012