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Reform in Action: Improving Quality in Medical Offices

October 1, 2012

In communities nationwide, AF4Q alliances are developing interventions and pilot-testing techniques to improve the way ambulatory care is delivered and fundamentally changing their local health systems.

Reform in Action: Improving Quality in Medical Offices

October 1, 2012 | Issue Brief/Infographic

In communities nationwide, AF4Q alliances are developing interventions and pilot-testing techniques to improve the way ambulatory care is delivered and fundamentally changing their local health systems.

Lessons Learned

March 1, 2012 | Report

This Aligning Forces for Quality report shares experiences of five communities that engage consumers to improve ambulatory care. Despite different approaches, these projects demonstrate that consumer engagement in quality improvement is important in moving toward a high quality, patient-centered care health care system.

Studying Maine's Pathways to Excellence Program

May 20, 2011 | Program Results Report

Researchers at the University of Southern Maine studied the state's Pathways to Excellence system of reporting on health care quality. Practices that filed reports had higher scores on six indicators of health care quality than those that did not.

A Novel Approach to Quality Improvement in a Safety-Net Practice

December 1, 2010 | Journal Article

A study of the effects of concurrent peer review visits on treatment intensification and control of hypertension, hyperlipidemia and diabetes in a community health center found that the visits improved outcomes for hypertension patients and increased treatment intensification for all three conditions.

Prescription for Health Evaluation

June 1, 2010 | Survey/Poll

related websites Prescription for Health Prescription for Health was an initiative funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in collaboration with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Under this initiative, primary care practice-based ...

Combining Better Systems and Intensive Patient Education for Better Heart Care

March 24, 2010 | Story

Del Sol Medical Center improved its patient chart review and discharge processes, and enhanced its heart failure center, with support from Expecting Success.

Improving Quality: How a Hospital Reduced Medication Errors

September 24, 2008 | Story

Leadership of the nonprofit hospital and its parent corporation, McLeod Health, embraced a plan to automate the medication delivery process, adding safeguards against both prescribing and delivery mistakes.

Analyzing How Different Patient Groups Respond to Questions About Their Health Care

January 24, 2012 | Story

Rodriguez investigated the degree of differential item functioning on the Clinician & Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CG-CAHPS) survey.

Measuring the Performance of Individual Physicians by Collecting Data from Multiple Health Plans

April 1, 2011 | Journal Article

Quality measurement and reporting have emerged as important tools that providers, health plans, and other stakeholders can use to identify gaps in quality and focus resources on improving care.

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