Materials

Book - Includes full agenda, speaker bios, attendee list, hotel & local area info. Download ...   AF4Q Tribune - Reporting on the meeting's events, including highlights, ...

Apr 22,2013

Webinar: National Quality Forum's Quality Positioning System (QPS) V1.0

includes new functions to help you achieve your measurement and reporting goals. Search for measures by ... measures that satisfy various national reporting and incentive programs. Participate in the V1.0 launch ... measurement and reporting goals. Search for measures by condition, data source, and other topics, and track ...

Alliance Roles

measurement . Initial resistance to public reports of quality and cost often surrounded the validity of the measures used. The multi-stakeholder collaborative producing the report must make a clear and public ... (2010), Opportunities for Medicaid Inclusion in Performance Measurement and Public Reporting ...

May 14,2015

Population Health Project

organization, is implementing its Fit & Fun program that includes a variety of student and community ... Minnesota Community Measurement Smoking Cessation The Alliance for ... Population Health Institute (UWPHI) and RWJF, are a collection of reports that rank the health of nearly ...

Jan 09,2012

Patients Benefit From Becker Clinic's Push on Diabetes

very same clinic, proved the value in measurement and reporting and became the second highest scoring ... edge of measurement and reporting initiative in Minnesota, have made a real impact in the quality of ... Minnesota Aligning Forces for Quality Alliance, MN Community Measurement, evaluate doctors, care ...

Sep 06,2011

Caring for the Costliest Patients: Better Care, Better Settings

Cost & Efficiency ... Patients  (Cost & Efficiency, Patient-Centered Care) ... Inpatient hospital admissions have declined by 74 percent. Overall, AF4Q SCPA reports a 20 percent ...

Jul 31,2014

American Institutes for Research

affordability of care. Its Center for Patient & Consumer Engagement  aims to advance the knowledge and practice of patient and consumer engagement in health care.   AIR’s H&SD Program assisted the ... Health and Social Development Program (H&SD) promotes overall well-being, including physical, ...

May 14,2015

Impact Overview

  The 16 Alliances in Aligning Forces for Quality are operating on the premise that high-quality health care can be achieved by measuring and reporting the quality of care  physicians provide, ... cost measurement and pioneer ways to improve the safety and care for patients in transition between ...

Jun 20,2011

Navigating Antitrust Issues in Alliance Collaborations

common scenarios that may trigger antitrust concerns related to performance measurement, cost/price ... recording: https://gwuedu.webex.com/gwuedu/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=EC&rID=46394967&rKey=365b2518c47eb3ff (Note: Due to technical ... common scenarios that may trigger antitrust concerns related to performance measurement, cost/price ...

Care About Your Care—Special Edition

hospital readmissions. Most of the AF4Q Alliances have embraced public reporting of readmission rates as ... patients&amp;rsquo; race, ethnicity, and language preferences; and ensured more patients received timely care. Ninety percent of hospital teams improved the quality of care for their patients in measurable ways.</p> ...

Feb 12,2013