Aligning Forces for Quality

Quality health care. It’s a local issue. It’s a national issue. It’s everyone’s issue.

The premise of Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) is that no single person, group or profession can improve health and health care throughout a community without support of others. AF4Q asks these critical stakeholders to work toward common, fundamental objectives that the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and others believe will lead to better care. For example, measuring and reporting on health care, if done right, can:

• Help patients and consumers understand their vital role in recognizing and demanding high-quality care (Consumer Engagement).
• Help providers improve their own ability to deliver quality care (Quality Improvement).
• Help providers measure and publicly report their performance (Public Reporting).

In 15 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.

Learn more about Aligning Forces for Quality (http://www.rwjf.org/qualityequality/af4q/).

E-mail us at info@kcqic.org for additional information about this initiative.