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September 9, 2011 | Program Result
From 2004 to 2010, the National Partnership for Women and Families in Washington organized a broad-based network of consumer advocates at the grassroots and national levels to bring the consumer perspective to health care quality issues.
June 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
The Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) program launched in 2006 by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) offers a window on real world experience in initiatives to engage consumers as integral participants in promoting public reporting and advancing quality improvement.
September 30, 2009 | Issue Brief
Aligning Forces for Quality, an RWJF national program, developed a checklist as a guide to help consumers prepare for medical visits. The checklist provides information for how to prepare for a doctor's appointment and what questions patients should ask their health care team.
June 16, 2011 | Toolkit
This fact sheet outlines a set of best practices to help guide creation of any form of a Consumer Advisory Council.
June 16, 2011 | Toolkit
This set of email templates can assist Alliances in engaging prospective and current consumer representatives in all aspects of AF4Q, moving them from awareness, to understanding, to buy-in and finally, to activation.
August 30, 2011 | News Release
TV's Dr. Oz to work with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and U.S. health agencies to create awareness about what consumers can do to improve their health care.
January 1, 2011 | Toolkit
Tools and strategies Aligning Forces for Quality communities can use to integrate and empower consumers participating in leadership.
October 1, 2007 | Issue Brief
Recommended Reading The Quality of Health Care Delivered to Adults in the United States There is an emerging consensus in the health policy community that informed and engaged consumers have a vital role to play in improving the quality of care that ...
July 1, 2010 | Toolkit
"On-boarding materials" to assist with recruiting and orienting consumer representatives to the work of Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q).
October 22, 2010 | Program Result
New Health Partnerships: Improving Care by Engaging Patients explored whether primary care centers could deliver comprehensive patient- and family-centered self-management support to patients with chronic conditions.