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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.
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.
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.
June 1, 2010 | Survey/Poll
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 research networks (PBRNs)—groups of ambul ...
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.
May 20, 2011 | Program Result
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.
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.
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.
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.
June 1, 2010 | Report
Paper describes solutions for leveraging both administrative and registry data to make additional performance results available, as well as further increase registry use for performance measurement and other purposes.