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March 26, 2013 | Issue Brief
Forces Driving Implementation of the CAHPS® Clinician & Group Survey is part of a suite of resources on patient experience designed by AF4Q to assist community health collaboratives.
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
This framework provides a way for policy-makers and others to “make sense” out of the many national and local efforts to engage consumers in their own health care.
September 1, 2011 | Report
Consumers, purchasers, policy-makers, and other stakeholders seek improved quality and affordability in our health care system.
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.
June 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
This issue of Legal Notes explains the Affordable Care Act's provisions to expand CMS' authority to release Medicare claims data to Qualified Entities (QEs) for the purposes of evaluating and publicly reporting the performance of providers and suppliers.
October 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Activating consumers to become better managers of their health may be an essential component of U.S. health care reform.
July 1, 2010 | Survey/Poll
Tool to help Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) alliances assess the extent to which consumers are engaged and supported, and to learn how to more effectively engage and support consumer members
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.
July 1, 2010 | Report
How Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) community teams can reach consumers with relevant information on the quality of care provided by local physicians and hospitals.
January 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
Tips and recommendations to maximize the engagement of consumer advocates in multi-stakeholder groups.