In 15 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.
AF4Q areas of focus
For years, RWJF has supported the development of a variety of strategies and tools to improve health care quality. Our commitment to support and sustain these efforts has driven the Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) initiative.
Our work builds on the lessons learned from the most critical undertakings in quality improvement, including the promotion of performance guidelines and measures, prevention of medical errors and miscommunication and reduction of racial and ethnic disparities. By aligning key stakeholders in targeted communities to further address these and other key issues, AF4Q aims to turn promising practices into real results that will deliver lasting change.
To achieve community-wide transformation of health care, AF4Q fosters improvements in the following focus areas: "How-to" of Quality Improvement, Increasing Consumer Engagement, Increasing Public Reporting, Nurses Leading the Way on Quality, Addressing Equity and Language Matters.
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 Nancy Clarke, Julie Moretz and Ed Wagner, have learned about improving health care quality and reducing racial and ethnic disparities in care.