Leveraging Existing Patient Survey Efforts
November 1, 2012 | Toolkit
This decision guide offers a detailed discussion of the issues and choices stakeholders typically will face when using the leveraged approach.
Quality of Care
Americans receive only about half of the recommended care they should receive. Adopting quality improvement strategies, reducing racial and ethnic disparities in care, and changing how care is delivered at the local level can improve the care all Americans receive.
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Improving Quality and Safety
April 15, 2011 | Issue Brief
The high cost of health care in the U.S. does not result in sufficient quality of care in many cases, but major efforts have been undertaken to better define and measure health care quality.
Economic Downturn Slows Phoenix¿s Once-Booming Health Care Market
July 1, 2011 | Report
After more than a decade of rapid population growth and a thriving economy, Phoenix's once-booming health care market has recently adopted a more cautious outlook.
Report on Americans' Views on the Quality of Health Care
March 22, 2011 | Survey/Poll
A poll commissioned by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation shows most Americans believe the quality of U.S. health care is average at best, sober news for the nation's health care leaders. More than half of American adults surveyed barely give the quality of American health care a passing grade.
Want to Know About the Quality of Care at a Hospital? Ask the Nurses Who Work There
October 3, 2012 | News Release
New study indicates nurses' assessments of care accurately reflect hospital quality.
Building the Scaffold to Improve Health Care Quality in Western New York
March 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This article details the P2 Collaborative of Western New York’s attempt to drive quality improvement. It offers concrete steps toward community-based improvement. P2 is one of 16 sites supported by Aligning Forces for Quality.
A Career Comes Full Circle
September 6, 2012 | Story
Nancy Zionts, chief program officer for the Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF), documents the steady rise of nurse Maureen Saxon-Gioia, whose career got a boost from RWJF and JHF.
Aligning Forces for Quality Physician Survey
April 22, 2011 | Report/Evaluation
This survey was developed by the National Survey of Small and Medium-Sized Physician Practices (NSSMPP) research team to assess the extent to which physician practices have adopted key components of the Chronic Care Model (CCM).
Virtual Quality Improvement Collaborative Improves Quality and Safety in Hospitals
July 31, 2012 | News Release
Ninety percent of hospitals in prestigious Aligning Forces for Quality program avoided hundreds of readmissions, improved patient safety by addressing language barriers, and improved timely care in emergency departments.
Lansing's Dominant Hospital, Health Plan Strengthen Market Positions
March 1, 2011 | Report
Located in geographically isolated mid-Michigan, the Lansing metropolitan area is a highly insular health care market, resistant to entry by outsiders.