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April 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
Trend data play a valuable role in quality improvement. Results of our formative research showed that communities that publicly report trend data are using it as a quality improvement indicator and tool.
April 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
This document presents recommendations for improving a public reporting website based on the lessons learned by eight community-based organizations that are part of RWJF's Aligning Forces for Quality.
April 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
This case study is a product of Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q), Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's signature effort to improve health and health care in communities across America.
August 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Existing evidence is the basis for clinical practice guidelines. Because the evidence base changes rapidly, adherence to guidelines might be a misleading performance measure. This study analyzed indications for percutaneous coronary interventions using guidelines established in 2001 and 2005.
July 28, 2010 | Commentary
AARP's John Rother speaks on the role of nurses in health care delivery reform.
March 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
This study from researchers at the University of Michigan, in collaboration with the Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) evaluation team, looks at the readiness of primary care practices for implementing the PCMH model and provides guidelines for assessing and increasing its readiness.
December 19, 2012 | Journal Article
This article describes the process of translating research into public health practice.
May 15, 2013 | Story/Video
The What's Next Health series features leading thinkers and visionaries. danah boyd—social scientist and high priestess of Internet friendship—challenge our assumptions and discusses what this means for health.
December 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Providers who treat patients with chronic conditions can achieve high patient satisfaction.
December 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Greater use of patient-centered medical home processes were not associated with patients’ perception of care according to this study.