Employee Retention

A collection of success stories on improving staff satisfaction and retention from the front lines of American health care, providing free access to strategies used by hospitals and medical practices nationwide to improve care.

Better Care, Better Health, Lower Cost

January 30, 2013 | Report

Cuyahoga County had fewer hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions between 2009 and 2011 (a cost savings of $20 million.)

Improving Patient Decision-Making in Health Care Series

December 13, 2012 | Report

Dartmouth Atlas research highlights geographic variation in elective procedures across nine regions.

Measuring the Contributions of Nurses to High-Value Health Care

May 18, 2011 | Program Result

Creating a set of measures that would make the connection between what nurses do and the quality of care patients receive and studying their implementation in hospitals.

The Case for Public Reporting of Cost & Resource Use Measures

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.

Public Reporting of Cost & Resource Use Measures to Consumers

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.

Closing the Gap

November 1, 2011 | Issue Brief

This issue brief presents findings collected over 18 months from eight hospitals that participated in a "learning collaborative" to test strategies, quantify results and share lessons learned.

The Sounds of Quality

November 1, 2011 | Issue Brief

This issue brief presents the findings of nine hospitals who participated in AF4Q's Language Quality Improvement Collaborative to develop new strategies, quantify results and share lessons learned.

Can Measuring Physician Performance Improve Health Care Quality?

October 1, 2011 | Issue Brief

This new brief from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation highlights examples of public reporting websites that have caused hospitals and physicians to improve their practice patterns and the quality of care they provide.

Medicare Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program

October 1, 2011 | Issue Brief

This issue of Legal Notes explains the Affordable Care Act's Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) and its implications for regional health care quality improvement collaboratives.