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Press Kit: Aligning Forces for Quality
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announces $300-million commitment to dramatically improve quality of U.S. health care
Published: June 5, 2008
With increasing reports of dangerous deficiencies in the quality of health care, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is making a $300-million commitment to improve quality in regions across the United States. The commitment to improve health care in 14 communities—together covering 11 percent of the U.S. population—is the largest effort of its kind ever undertaken by a U.S. philanthropy. Known as Aligning Forces for Quality, the program aims to lift the overall quality of health care, reduce racial and ethnic disparities and provide models for national reform.
Underscoring the scope of the problem, RWJF also released new research showing that the quality of care people receive can vary dramatically depending on their race and where they live. The new research analyzes Medicare claims to illustrate staggering variations in health care quality across the country. Researchers for the Dartmouth Atlas Project at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice examined five different measures of care at the state level and in the 14 Aligning Forces for Quality communities.
View or download related materials and launch information:
National Materials
- AF4Q national launch press release
- Dartmouth Atlas research report
- Dartmouth Atlas report executive summary
- Dartmouth state and regional data fact sheet (combination of all fact sheets)
- Dartmouth data sheet by state
- AF4Q backgrounder
- Map of 14 sites
- Community snapshots
- National event agenda
- National event participant bios
- RWJF overview
Local Materials
View or download the local press release or Dartmouth data fact sheet for each of the 14 Aligning Forces for Quality Communities
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Detroit, Mich.
Humboldt County, Calif.
Kansas City, Mo.
Maine
Memphis, Tenn.
Minnesota
Seattle, Wash.
South Central Pennsylvania
Western Michigan
Western New York
Willamette Valley, Ore.
Wisconsin
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Announces $300-Million Commitment to Dramatically Improve Quality of U.S. Health Care
Publication date:
June 5, 2008
Summary:
With increasing reports of dangerous deficiencies in the quality of health care, the nation's largest health care foundation today announced a $300-million commitment to improve quality in regions across the United States.Underscoring the scope of the...
Aligning Forces for Quality Awards $14 Million for Community-Based Initiatives Aimed at Improving Health Care Quality for Chronic Illnesses
Publication date:
Feb 1, 2007
Summary:
Aligning Forces for Quality, The Regional Market Project, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), today awarded $14 million in grants and technical assistance to communities as a part of an effort to help communities improve the...
Evaluation of Aligning Forces for Quality: The Regional Market Project
Publication date:
March 13, 2009
Summary:
This comprehensive four-year evaluation of Aligning Forces for Quality(AF4Q) will measure change over time in public reporting, consumer engagement, quality improvement and the effects of the program on health care systems within each community.
Aligning Forces for Quality
By:
Painter MW and Lavizzo-Mourey R
Publication date:
September/October 2008
Summary:
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Aligning Forces for Quality program features partnerships with leaders in targeted communities. The program is working to achieve sustainable improvements in quality across the continuum of care by 2015.
Disparities in Health and Health Care among Medicare Beneficiaries
By:
Fisher ES, Goodman DC, Chandra A and Bronner KK (Editor)
Publication date:
June 5, 2008
Summary:
This Dartmouth Atlas report offers a window into both underlying causes and opportunities for reform.
Aligning Forces for Quality First Annual Meeting and Consumer Engagement Learning Community Meeting
Publication date:
November 02, 2007
Summary:
This paper summarizes the key themes from the first the first annual Aligning Forces for Quality: The Regional Market Project (AF4Q) meeting.
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