In 14 communities throughout the country, Aligning Forces for Quality seeks to lift the quality of health and health care by teaming up with those who get care, give care and pay for care. Explore what our communities are doing to improve health care quality.
Willamette Valley, Oregon
Willamette Valley loves ... GORE-TEX, green living and good health!
Leadership Team: Oregon Health Care Quality Corporation
Web site: www.q-corp.org
Phone: (503) 241-3571
Fax: (503) 548-4849
Program contact: Nancy Clarke
Phone: (503) 241-3571
E-mail: nancy.clarke@q-corp.org
The Oregon Health Care Quality Corporation (Q-Corp) leads the Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) initiative in Willamette Valley. The mission of this nonprofit collaborative is to improve the quality of health care in Oregon through community-wide collaboration.
Established in 2003, Q-Corp works statewide, but focuses on measurable impact in Oregon's Willamette Valley (Portland, Salem, Albany, Corvallis and Eugene). Q-Corp is managed by a large board of directors, including leaders from across the Oregon health care market stakeholder groups. Purchaser, health plan, delivery system, consumer and government sectors are truly balanced at the table.
Q-Corp provides a forum for sharing information and best practices for improving the quality of health care. The priorities of Q-Corp are to promote the availability and use of understandable quality information to inform decision-making, stimulate cooperation among all health care stakeholders and support the development of a health information infrastructure so that Oregonians' health information is always available.
Aligning Forces for Quality communities
Our areas of focus
Aligning Forces for Quality applies a wealth of resources, expertise and training to effect real results in health care quality. Take a closer look at the focuses of our work:
Hear what colleagues and health care experts around the country, including Craig Brammer, Diane Giese and Marshall Chin, have learned about improving health care quality and reducing racial and ethnic disparities in care.