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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April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
An expansive body of literature reflects the state of the science—and the increased importance of INQRI’s goal to measure and enhance nursing’s contribution to the quality of patient care.
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Four Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative (INQRI) teams summarize their work to close the gaps in measuring quality of nursing care.
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Interdisciplinary research teams create synergies to solve problems and improve health care.
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Communication with family members about prognosis and goals of care often occur close to death for patients in the pediatric intensive care unit.
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Gaps in the role of theory to enhance the practice of QI research are explored in this research.
September 1, 2012 | Journal Article
At the midpoint of the Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) initiative, the authors report on the learnings and challenges experienced in the initiative thus far.
September 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Multi-stakeholder regional alliances have generally been successful with public reporting, but they have struggled with quality improvement. Regional health information exchanges have generally not used multi-stakeholder governance and have often be ...
September 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Regional efforts to improve quality of care face particular challenges when addressing racial and ethnic disparities in health. Diverse populations have different needs and barriers, and the same quality improvement (QI) intervention can affect them ...
September 1, 2012 | Journal Article
A focus on multi-stakeholder coalitions as a platform for change is not a new concept; however, it has rarely been supported, tested, and refined to the extent that the Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) communities have done. This is a singular ach ...
September 1, 2012 | Journal Article
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF’s) Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) initiative is the largest privately funded community-based quality improvement initiative to date, providing funds and technical assistance (TA) to 16 multi-stakeholder ...