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October 1, 2012 | Issue Brief/Infographic
In communities nationwide, AF4Q alliances are developing interventions and pilot-testing techniques to improve the way ambulatory care is delivered and fundamentally changing their local health systems.
March 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
Improving Performance in Practice (IPIP) provides small, primary-care practices with tools, support, coaching and a collaborative learning environment in which they can assess their performance and engage systematically in improvement activities. Th ...
March 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
Puget Sound Health Alliance (the Alliance) released the Community Checkup, its first public report containing quality measures for physician clinics in the area. This issue brief describes the key features of that process, including preparing the report, content, format, dissemination and key lessons learned by the Puget Sound Health Alliance.
June 1, 2008 | Issue Brief
This synthesis examines the practice and impact of self-referral, which occurs when a physician refers a patient to a facility in which that physician has an ownership interest. The number of self-referrals has grown substantially in the last decade.