Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center among the first-ever awardees in the National Awards Program to Recognize Progress in Eliminating Healthcare-Associated Infections CDC: Hospitals continue progress in preventing infections American Heart Association: Improvements in Door-to-Balloon Time in the US - 2005 to 2010 Thomson Reuters Top 10 Health Systems of 2011 UMass Memorial Diabetes Scorecard Cooley Dickinson Hospital: Better-than-National Infection Rate Drops Further Following UV Room Disinfection Mercy Medical Center, Implements a Program to Decrease Pressure Ulcers Lawrence General Hospital: Runner Up: Med/surg unit boosts safety and satisfaction with initiative care MetroWest Medical Center Demystifies Outpatient Satisfaction Partners Study on Falls Featured in JAMA Winchester Hospital: A Focus on Outcomes Southcoast Health System: Reducing the Use of Safety Sitters Partners: Coordinating Care for High-Risk Patients New Bedford Rehab's use of volumetric capnography Winchester Hospital -- Reducing IV-associated bloodstream infection Newton-Wellesley Hospital: eMAP Rx for Medication Errors? Reducing Surgical Site Infections at New England Baptist Hospital Milton Hospital Reduces Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections Cooley Dickinson Hospital's Positive Culture Led to Pressure Ulcer Improvements Beverly Hospital Implements Nurse-Led Program to Reduce Patient Falls Boston Medical Center Nurses Teach Pressure Ulcer Prevention Two Hospitals are Co-Winners of Betsy Lehman Patient Safety Award Making Strides at Jordan Hospital to Reduce Falls Telling Your Hospital's Story Public Reporting of Serious Reportable Events Winchester Hospital's Hand-Hygiene Competency

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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Quality Report is a quarterly e-magazine from RWJF's Quality/Equality program area featuring the latest journal articles, research reports and other publications, as well as updates from the Aligning Forces for Quality initiative, the Foundation's core strategy in its longstanding commitment to improve the quality of health care that Americans receive. 

Issues and links are archived below and updated when they are released.

November 2011: Consumer Engagement: Identifying and Receiving Quality Care:

  • 10 Criteria for Meaningful and Usable Measures of Performance
  • RWJF & Health Affairs Put the Focus on Disparities
  • Physician Measurement and Improving Quality: Reform in Action
  • U.S. Hospitals Have Room to Improve Readmission Rates
  • Examining the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Model
  • The Case for Transparency in Health Care


July 2011: Performance Measurement: Catalyst for Quality:

  • Comparing Health Care Quality: A National Directory
  • Talking Payment Reform with Consumers and Physicians
  • Use of EHRs in Cleveland: Reform in Action
  • All About ACOs
  • Transformation Has Begun: Join the Conversation


April 2011: Provider Performance Measurement and Public Reporting:

  • Study: Do More Doctors Equal Better Access for Seniors?
  • Videos: Highlighting Real, Local Reform Efforts in Aligning Forces Communities
  • Issue Briefs: Project Works to Develop Cost Measures, Aggregate Data on
  • Physician Performance and Increase Equity
  • Announcement: New Leader for Aligning Forces for Quality
  • Resources: New Tools to Improve Health Care Quality at the Local Level


February 2011: Geographic Variations in Care:

  • Dartmouth Atlas Study: Do More Doctors Equal Better Access for Seniors?
  • Videos: Highlighting Real, Local Reform Efforts in AF4Q Communities
  • Final Report and Toolkit: Improving America's Emergency Departments


January 2011: Transformation Has Begun:

  • Article: New Study Suggests Patient Stories May Help Control Blood Pressure
  • Research Brief: The Growing Popularity of Workplace Clinics
  • Urban Institute Policy Brief: The Role of Performance Measurement in Value-Based Payment
  • Report: Evaluating Solutions to the Medicare Payment Structure


2010 Archive

Prior to 2010