Americans receive only about half of the recommended care they should receive. Adopting quality improvement strategies, reducing racial and ethnic disparities in care, and changing how care is delivered at the local level can improve the care all Americans receive.
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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.
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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.
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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.
August 2, 2013 | Culture of Health Post
Hospital rankings are flawed, but there's emerging consensus on measures that might be more reliable quality indicators.
July 30, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Public Health Quality Improvement Exchange (PHQIX) is an online hub for public health professionals interested in quality improvement. A project called Operation Chuckwagon looked at food safety for mobile food trucks in N. Kentucky.
July 9, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Pioneer Team Director Brian Quinn describes how the burgeoning field of placebo studies is charting new territory and raising controversial questions whose answers could help medicine unlock the vast healing potential of placebos.
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.
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.
May 30, 2013 | Program Results 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.
April 24, 2013 | Toolkit
This glossary explores commonly used health care quality improvement terminology.