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.
Oregon
Oregon loves ... GORE-TEX, green living and good health!
Leadership Team: Oregon Health Care Quality Corporation
Website: www.q-corp.org
Phone: (503) 241-3571
Fax: (503) 548-4849
Program contact: Mylia Christensen
Phone: (503) 241-3571
Email: mylia.christensen@q-corp.org
Want to learn more? Download the Community Snapshot.
Want to know what we've been up to? View our Snapshot of Success.
The Oregon Health Care Quality Corporation (Quality Corp) leads the Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) in Oregon. Founded in 2000, Quality Corp is a non-profit organization that brings measurable improvement to the quality of health care in Oregon through better information and increased community-wide collaboration. Managed by a board of directors, including representatives from consumer groups, physician groups, health plans, employers, hospitals, and policymakers, Quality Corp’s mission is to improve health care in Oregon through collaboration. It provides a neutral forum for sharing information and best practices and identifies strategic projects for improving health care through community-based activities.
Quality Corp’s collaborative initiative, Partner for Quality Care, embraces a three-pronged approach to improving health care in Oregon: measure health care quality; help practitioners use measurement information to improve care; and empower consumers to be informed decision-makers in their own care. Its goal is to help create a health system that is accountable for providing high quality and high value.
The vision of Partner for Quality Care is that:
- The health system is accountable for providing high quality and high value.
- Providers are continually improving the quality of care they provide.
- Consumers are full partners in managing their own health.
- Accurate information is readily available at the personal, practice and community level.
Partner for Quality Care’s public reports are available at www.partnerforqualitycare.org.
Areas/Population Served
Statewide
Our areas of focus
Take a closer look at the focuses of our work:
Hear what colleagues and health care experts around the country, including Nancy Clarke, Cristie Travis and Stephanie Trela, have learned about improving health care quality and reducing racial and ethnic disparities in care.