In 16 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.
Maine
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Leadership Team: Maine Aligning Forces for Quality
Website: www.mainequalitycounts.org
Phone: (207) 622-3374, ext. 218
Program contact: Ted Rooney
Phone: (207) 729-4929
Email: trooney@healthandwork.com
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The Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) initiative in Maine is led by Maine Quality Counts (QC). Established in 2004 by a network of 35 organizations, QC is a multi-stakeholder statewide regional health care coalition that is committed to working across organizations and communities to improve health care systems and outcomes for the people of Maine. Its mission is to coordinate existing, but disparate, efforts across the state that promote local, coordinated systems of care and the resources that support them.
QC forges collaborative relationships between providers, employers, payers and policy-makers in order to facilitate the successful adoption and implementation of care improvement strategies. Its AF4Q work places a special focus on improving the key relationship between primary care providers and patients/families, supported by the communities in which they live and work. The initiative aims to increase awareness of quality, increase the use and understanding of publicly available quality information, and support the roles of both consumers and providers in achieving patient-centered care.
Maine AF4Q’s public reports are housed on the Maine Health Management Coalition’s website, www.getbettermaine.org.
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