Doctor Performance Gets a Checkup
January 11, 2013
With a grant from RWJF and in collaboration with AF4Q communities, Consumer Reports published information comparing the quality of doctors in three states.
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Comparing Health Care Quality: A National Directory
February 1, 2011 | Interactive
An interactive repository of public reports that measure the quality and cost of care physicians and hospitals provide.
Reform in Action: Can Publicly Reporting the Performance of Health Care Providers Spur Quality Improvement?
August 1, 2012
Publicly reported performance data have motivated health care providers to improve their care, led employers to change purchasing habits, and have become more accessible to consumers.
How to Report Results of the CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey
September 1, 2010 | Report
Guide designed to advance and assist Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) alliances in the growing movement to report Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and System (CAHPS®) survey results to health care consumers.
Opportunities for Medicaid Inclusion in Performance Measurement and Public Reporting
April 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
Five strategies for addressing the challenges of incorporating Medicaid data into public reports of performance.
How to Display Comparative Information that People Can Understand and Use
July 1, 2010 | Report
This report details comprehensive information on the many choices Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) communities have when determining how best to display information.
Releasing Medicare Claims Data to Support Quality Improvement Initiatives
March 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
Community groups such as those in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Aligning Forces for Quality initiative have been using private medical claims data to measure and publically report on the performance of doctors. But another vast pool of inform ...
Summary of Alliance Use of Composite Measures
June 22, 2010 | Report
Overview of how clinical composite measures are being used by Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) alliances and important issues to consider when deciding to report aggregate measures.
Successfully Reporting and Communicating Performance Measures
April 1, 2010 | Report
This report commissioned by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in 2009 is a compilation of focus group research and provides useful insights into making online information about physician performance user-friendly.
Measuring the Performance of Individual Physicians by Collecting Data from Multiple Health Plans
April 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Quality measurement and reporting have emerged as important tools that providers, health plans, and other stakeholders can use to identify gaps in quality and focus resources on improving care.