Tools & Resources
NACCHO Toolbox
This tool (from NACCHO) has a variety of toolkits available to help support action in a wide variety of areas from chronic disease to influenza to the built environment to injury prevention to a wide variety of public health infrastructure topics. It can be found in the...
Health Impact Assessment Clearinghouse and Learning Information Center
This website (from UCLA School of Public Health) collects and disseminates information on health impact assessment (HIA) in the U.S.
It can be found in:
- the Community Development guide under...
Health Impact Project
This website (from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts) provides tools and resources designed to promote the use of health impact assessments (HIAs) as a decision-making tool for policymakers.
It can be found in:...
Community Benefit in Context: Origins & Evolution
This tool (from The Hilltop Institute) describes the history of community benefits and the requirements for not-for-profit hospitals under the Affordable Care Act.
It can be found in Assess Needs & Resources under Specific Assessment Requirements.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
This website features information about the many programs funded by RWJF, the largest philanthropy devoted to health in the U.S.
Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q)
This program (from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) is an effort to lift the overall quality of healthcare in targeted communities, reduce racial and ethnic disparities, and provide models for national reform. AF4Q asks the people who get care, give care, and pay for care to work together toward common, fundamental objectives to lead to better care. It can be found in the...
Health and Well-Being
This tool is a portion of the National Quality Forum website where you can access reports that focus on measurement and tracking progress for population health. It can be found in Evaluate Actions under...
Why Not the Best?
This tool (from Commonwealth Fund) is a resource for healthcare professionals interested in tracking performance on various measures of healthcare quality. It features maps, comparison indicators, tools for improvement and case studies. It can be found in the Healthcare Professional...
Effective Communication and Care Coordination
This tool (from National Quality Forum) provides resources to increase communication between patients and providers and implement stronger record keeping and more efficient, patient-centered care. It can be found in the Healthcare Professional and Advocate guide under...
National Quality Forum
This organization is a nonprofit organization that improves the quality of American healthcare by building consensus on national priorities and goals for performance improvement and working in partnership to achieve them; endorsing national consensus standards for measuring and publicly reporting on performance; and promoting the attainment of national goals through education and outreach...