How Patients Make Health Care Choices: Choosing a Primary Care Physician
June 30, 2009 | Story
Half of all consumers rely on word-of-mouth recommendations.
Consumer Engagement
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Snapshot: Diabetes Mine
June 30, 2009 | Story
Related websites DiabetesMine This slide provides an overview of DiabetesMine, a blog that was started by a diabetes patient to provide straight talk and encouragement for consumers.
Experts Identify Ways to Spur Consumer Engagement in Health Care
October 25, 2007 | Story
Findings Outlined in a New Series of Briefing Papers Sponsored by RWJF and AcademyHealth.
How to Find a Good Hospital
April 6, 2009 | Story
60 percent of people say they would choose a hospital based on familiarity, compared to 35 percent who would seek out a higher-rated facility.
AF4Q Games to Generate Data Challenge
April 4, 2013 | Story
Five finalist teams were announced at the conclusion of Phase I of AF4Q's Game Challenge, a competition to create game applications that generate useful health care quality data to improve health and health care.
Take Charge for Better Health
April 1, 2010 | Story
Health Memphis Common Table's first edition of Take Charge for Better Health magazine, dedicated to helping everyone understand health care quality.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Launches Web Site to Help Patients Compare Local Hospitals and Physicians
June 28, 2011 | News Release/Story
Comprehensive Directory Makes it Easier to Find Information on the Quality and Cost of Local Health Care
Inter-Alliance Sharing: Successes and Questions from Willamette Valley
January 31, 2011 | Story
The three areas of success.
Regional Health Improvement Collaboratives Needed Now More Than Ever
September 1, 2012 | Story
Directors of four regional health improvement collaboratives supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF’s) Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) initiative, summarize their common vision, and describe how commitments are being shaped and i ...
Incubating Innovation in U.S. Health Care Policy
January 11, 2012 | Story
Lynn Etheredge's Ideas Facilitate Policy to Improve Quality and Reduce Costs.