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May 8, 2013 | Feature
Newly released federal data shows pricing for common inpatient procedures varies greatly, and allows consumers to see how hospital charges in their area compare nationally and regionally for the same procedure.
June 4, 2013 | Journal Article
Aligning Forces for Quality is the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's signature effort to improve the overall quality of health care in targeted communities, reduce racial and ethnic disparities in care, and provide models for national reform.
September 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Relatively little has been written about the community-based reporting process and whether resulting reports add significantly to the amount and relevance of physician performance information available to consumers. This article contrasts the approa ...
December 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
While demand for cost and resource use information among payers, providers and consumers appears to be increasing, its value may not be fully realized by some—or all—of these stakeholder groups in each community.
December 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
This primer is part of a series of technical assistance products to support the efforts of Alliances to engage consumers in using information on quality and cost when making health care decisions.
May 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Brief details "lessons learned" about how to effectively measure and report on the cost and value of specific aspects of medical care delivered by hospitals and physicians.
April 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
This brief provides lessons from communities involved in Aligning Forces for Quality, forced on bringing together the many pieces of information that go into public reports of quality performance data.
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Health care consumers are demanding "real time" information about the performance and quality of health care providers. This article examined public reporting of provider performance in 21 geographic regions of the U.S.
September 1, 2010 | Toolkit
Examples and guidance and sample text for five health topics (asthma, breast cancer, cervical cancer, diabetes, and heart disease) to help Aligning Forces for Quality consumers understand the importance of condition-specific performance measures.
September 1, 2010 | Report
Guide designed to advance and assist Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) alliances in the growing movement to report Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and System (CAHPS®) survey results to health care consumers.
August 1, 2010 | Toolkit
Suggestions for simplifying the language used to describe hospital quality measures in public reports.