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March 12, 2012 | Program Result Report
From 1997 to 2002, researchers with the RAND Corporation assessed the quality of care delivered to a large sample of patients living in 12 U.S. communities. This work provided the first national snapshot of health care quality in the United States.
March 12, 2012 | Program Result Report
That Americans get only half of recommended care is not an easy message to deliver - or for people to receive. RAND researchers undertook an intensive communications campaign in hopes that their "bad news" would spur changes in health care policy.
June 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
In 1996, the editorial office of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, organized a conference that covered three arenas.
March 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
The City of Baltimore Department of Health developed a plan for a comprehensive, financially sustainable, community-based health care delivery system that would eliminate barriers to access and focus on prevention in an underserved neighborhood.
March 26, 2013 | Issue Brief
Forces Driving Implementation of the CAHPS® Clinician & Group Survey is part of a suite of resources on patient experience designed by AF4Q to assist community health collaboratives.
October 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
Increased investments in transparency—particularly of health care cost and resource use information—are meant to address the challenges of rising costs and inefficient care.
June 4, 2013 | Journal Article
Aligning Forces for Quality is the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's signature effort to improve the overall quality of health care in targeted communities, reduce racial and ethnic disparities in care, and provide models for national reform.
National Program
To catalyze and support policy and environmental change projects to promote children's physical activity and healthy eating, especially in lower-income and racial/ethnic communities at greatest risk.
January 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Association of Academic Health Centers, Washington, developed and disseminated the proceedings and action plans from the 4th Trilateral Conference in Ottawa, Canada, held September 17-24, 2000.
February 4, 2013 | Journal Article
The practice of patient-centered care remains in its developmental stages—hampered, in part, by limited evidence of its effectiveness.