Quality Improvement

In outpatient and inpatient settings, nurses are central to the quality of care delivered to patients. The Foundation will continue to emphasize the importance of engaging nurses to lead quality improvement initiatives.

Aligning Forces for Quality

Grantee

Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) is the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s signature effort to lift the overall quality of health care in targeted communities, reduce racial and ethnic disparities and provide models for national reform.

To End Readmissions, Look to a Wired Community

May 30, 2013 | Culture of Health Post

What does it take to keep the sick and elderly from spinning through the revolving doors of the nation’s hospitals? Answer: A village.

Improving Quality and Value in Health Care: Ideas from the Field

May 30, 2013 | Program Result Report

The solicitation was a broad call for ideas from the field to rein in spending without jeopardizing patient care. RWJF selected 12 of the most novel ideas and those most likely to engender far-reaching change.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

Grantee

NCQA, with a grant from Pioneer, will evaluate a new measurement tool that focuses on improving the health outcomes of patients with heart disease and diabetes.

Quality/Equality Glossary

April 24, 2013 | Toolkit

This glossary explores commonly used health care quality improvement terminology.

Introducing a New Way to Measure Health Care Quality

April 18, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post

With support from Pioneer, NCQA and Archimedes, Inc., will develop and test the Global Cardiovascular Risk (GCVR) score over the coming months.

Webinar: Insights from Aligning Forces for Quality

September 2012 Webinar Featured National and Local Health Care Leaders Discussing Progress of RWJF Program to Improve Quality of Care in 16 Regions Nationwide

NCQA To Test Pioneering Way to Measure Quality, Foster Wider Use of Prevention Strategies

April 9, 2013 | News Release

NCQA and RWJF announced a new approach to measuring quality that will provide a more sensitive gauge of risk factors and make it possible to create clinically meaningful incentives for providers to improve disease prevention.

Promising Practices

Feature

A collection of success stories on quality improvement from the front lines of American health care, providing free access to strategies used by hospitals and medical practices nationwide to improve care.