Tools & Resources
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...
Patient Safety
This tool (from National Quality Forum) provides resources to increase monitoring of patient safety and recommendations to improve patient safety. It can be found in the Healthcare Professional and Advocate guide under...
Agency for Healthcare Quality and Improvement
This website (from AHRQ) provides information and tools that support the mission of the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Improvement (AHRQ). This tool can be found in the Healthcare Professional and Advocate guide under...
Quality Tools
This tool (from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) is a compilation of practical tools for assessing, measuring, promoting, and improving the quality of healthcare, updated regularly with new innovations and tools. It can be found in the Healthcare Professional and Advocate...
Health Research and Educational Trust
This website provides tools and resources from the Health Research and Educational Trust which is focused on transforming health care through research and education. The site includes numerous research reports that contribute to this mission. It can be found in the Healthcare...