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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.
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.
April 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
Five strategies for addressing the challenges of incorporating Medicaid data into public reports of performance.
July 1, 2010 | Report
This report details comprehensive information on the many choices Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) communities have when determining how best to display information.
March 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
Community groups such as those in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Aligning Forces for Quality initiative have been using private medical claims data to measure and publically report on the performance of doctors. But another vast pool of inform ...
June 22, 2010 | Report
Overview of how clinical composite measures are being used by Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) alliances and important issues to consider when deciding to report aggregate measures.
April 1, 2010 | Report
This report commissioned by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in 2009 is a compilation of focus group research and provides useful insights into making online information about physician performance user-friendly.