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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November 1, 2012 | Report
This overview outlines three recommendations and the framework RWJF and the Aligning Forces national program office (NPO) developed to address how RWJF can best refine the AF4Q program for its final phase.
December 1, 2012 | Report
This evaluation was of a program that sought to test the impact of rapid-cycle improvement efforts championed and carried out primarily by nurses on the quality of care in hospital medical/surgical units.
November 30, 2012 | Report
This report discusses the challenges of evaluating continuous quality improvement, recommendations to address these challenges, and existing gaps in the research.
September 1, 2011 | Report
The economic downturn and disproportionate fallout on the tourism, real estate and construction sectors has affected Miami more than many metropolitan areas across the country.
August 1, 2011 | Report
Largely stable over the last three years, the Syracuse health care market continues to grapple with the challenge of finding the right level and mix of hospital capacity.
July 1, 2011 | Report
After more than a decade of rapid population growth and a thriving economy, Phoenix's once-booming health care market has recently adopted a more cautious outlook.
April 22, 2011 | Report/Evaluation
This survey was developed by the National Survey of Small and Medium-Sized Physician Practices (NSSMPP) research team to assess the extent to which physician practices have adopted key components of the Chronic Care Model (CCM).
March 1, 2011 | Report
Located in geographically isolated mid-Michigan, the Lansing metropolitan area is a highly insular health care market, resistant to entry by outsiders.
February 1, 2011 | Report
In a market already notable for high rates of physician employment, the two largest hospital systems in Greenville and neighboring Spartanburg have continued to greatly increase employment in recent years.
July 1, 2010 | Report
Contains messages, with accompanying facts and figures as proof points, to tell the story of what is wrong with the quality of health care in America and how Aligning Forces for Quality will contribute to the solutions.