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 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.
January 23, 2013 | News Release
“Nurses Are an Important Resource in Efforts to Improve Care and Patient Outcomes, and That Resource Needs to be Optimized”
October 3, 2012 | News Release
New study indicates nurses' assessments of care accurately reflect hospital quality.
July 31, 2012 | News Release
Ninety percent of hospitals in prestigious Aligning Forces for Quality program avoided hundreds of readmissions, improved patient safety by addressing language barriers, and improved timely care in emergency departments.
May 5, 2011 | News Release
Aligning Forces for Quality continues unprecedented effort to improve the quality of health care in targeted communities, reduce disparities and provide models to propel reform.
February 27, 2011 | News Release
Aligning Forces is RWJF’s signature effort to increase the overall quality of health care in 17 targeted communities nationwide.
April 28, 2010 | News Release
The Greater Boston Quality Coalition Joins the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Unprecedented 'Aligning Forces for Quality' Initiative.
April 28, 2010 | News Release
Central Indiana joins 16 other select regions that are coordinating efforts to improve the quality of health care at hospitals and in doctors’ offices.
January 19, 2010 | News Release
The AF4Q Development Fund expands upon RWJF’s commitment to lift the quality of health care provided in targeted communities across the nation.
April 28, 2009 | News Release
Initiative puts Albuquerque at forefront of health quality reform movement.