Important Links

Aligning Forces for Quality

• Force Multipliers: How an Anonymous Band of Fierce Foot Soldiers is Revolutionizing Health in America from the Ground Up
• Aligning Forces for Quality: At the Forefront of Reform
• RWJF Selects Cincinnati Physician Robert Graham to Lead Aligning Forces for Quality Program
• December 2010 Letter to the Field from Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
• November 2010 Aligning Forces for Quality National Meeting Presentations
• August 2010 AF4Q Report - Local Efforts to Transform American Health Care
• The Quality Report: July 2011
• The Quality Report: April 2011
• The Quality Report: July 2010
• The Quality Report: June 2010
• The Quality Report: February 2010
• January 2010 AF4Q Report - Local Efforts to Transform American Health Care
• November 2009 Aligning Forces for Quality National Meeting Presentations
• The Quality Report: October 2009
• WNY Community Snapshot

Quarterly Meeting Minutes

• P² Quarterly Meeting 5/6/2011
• P² Quarterly Meeting 3/11/2011
• P² Quarterly Meeting 11/12/10
• P² Quarterly Meeting 7/16/10
• P² Quarterly Meeting 4/23/10
• P² Quarterly Meeting 1/22/10
• P² Quarterly Meeting 10/23/09
• P² Quarterly Meeting 5/7/09
• P² Quarterly Meeting 1/30/09

Consumer Engagement Activities

• Consumer Engagement Quarterly Newsletter - April/May/June 2011
• Living Healthy Newsletter - April/May 2011
• Living Healthy Newsletter - February/March 2011
• Consumer Enagement Quarterly Newsletter - January 2011
• Consumer Engagement Quaterly Newsletter - May 2010
• Diabetes Resource Guide
• Living Healthy - Chronic Disease Self-Management Program Regional Initiative
• Prepared Patient Forum: A discussion about what it takes to find good health care and make the most of it
• What To Do If You Have a Concern About Quality In a New York Hospital
• What To Do If You Have a Concern About Quality In a New York Nursing Home
• What To Do If You Have a Concern About Quality In a New York Doctor's Office

Health Care Reform Articles

• June 2011 - New York State Health Foundation: Considerations for the Development of Accountable Care Organizaztions in New York State
• June 13, 2011 - Office of the Governor of NYS: Governor Cuomo Proposes Legislation Establishing Health Insurance Exchange to Comply with Federal Health Care Law
• May 30, 2011 - New York Times: Medicare Plan for Payments Irks Hospitals
• March 2011 - High-Value Health Care Project: Measuring the Cost-of-Care
• March 2011 - Urban Institute: Health Reform Across the States: Increased Insurance Coverage and Federal Spending on the Exchanges and Medicaid
• February 23, 2011 - HealthReformGPS: Chronic Disease Management
• February 7, 2011 - The Huffington Post: Fixing the Medicaid Mess
• February 5, 2011 - Journal Sentinel: Medical Fees Law Falls Short of Promise - Consumers Haven't Gotten Access to Procedure Costs
• February 3, 2011 - State Coverage Initiatives: State of the States - Laying the Foundation for Health Reform
• January 31, 2011 - NY Medicaid Redesign Update #2 from the Community Health Foundation of Western & Central New York: First Three Meetings Held
• January 27, 2011 - No Easy Solution: Effective Medicaid Cost Control Must Focus on the Elderly and Disabled
• January 2011 - State Health Access Reform Evaluation: Achieving Universal Coverage through Comprehensive Health Reform: The Vermont Experience - Evaluation Results
• January 2011 - United Hospital Fund: Building the Infrastructure for a New York Health Benefit Exchange: Key Decisions for State Policymakers
• December 28,2010 - Health Affairs: Preventative Services Without Cost Sharing. New private health plans must pay for screenings and other preventative services. WIll the benefits outweigh the costs?
• Roots: Regional Health Improvement Collaboratives - Essential Elements for Successful Healthcare Reform

Health Care Reform Information

• County Health Rankings - Mobilizing Action Toward Community Health
• HealthCare.gov
• Health Care Reform Resources
• Healthy People 2020
• National Academy of Social Insurance's Designing an Exchange: A Toolkit for State Policymakers
• New York's Health Care Reform Website

Health Equity Articles

• July 28, 2011 - The New York Times: Treating the Cause, Not the Illness
• July 12, 2011 - The Wall Street Journal: City vs Country - Who is Healthier?
• March 18, 2011 - Kaiser Health News: Health Reform's Next Act: A Focus on Achieving Health Equity
• March 2011 - High-Value Health Care Project: Moving Toward Racial and Ethnic Equity in Health Care
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: 2010 National Healthcare Disparities Report

Health Equity Cultural Competency Resources

• Office of Minority Health
  • Bridging the Health Care Gap through Cultural Competency Continuing Education Programs
  • National Standards on Culturall and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS)
• Culture Cures
• National Quality Forum
  • Publications on Cultural Competency
• The Provider's Guide to Quality & Culture
• Manager's Electronic Resource Center
• The Joint Commission
  • Advancing Effective Communication, Cultural Competence and Patient-and Family-Centered Care; a Roadmap for Hospitals
• The Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation
  • Compendium of Cultural Competence Initiatives in Health Care
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • Website Search Results fo Cultural Competency
  • Website Search Results of Cultural Competence
• Diversity Rx
• Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
• Cultural Competence a Practical Guide for Mental Health Providers
• The Commonwealth Fund
  • Cultural Competence: Emerging Practical Approaches
• Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health
• Cultural Competency: What it is and Why it matters
• Annals of Internal Medicine
  • Cross-Cultural Primary Care: A Patient-Based Approach
• Public Health Reports
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
  • Self-Assessment for Cultural Competence
• Health Resources and Services Administration
  • Culture, Language and Health Literacy
• Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development
  • National Center for Cultural Competence
  • Organizational Cultural Competence Assessment
  • Promoting Cultural and Linguistic Competency Self-Assessment Checklist for Personnel Providing Primary Health Care Services
• Portland State University or Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health
  • Test/Evaluation Instrumental for Cultural Competence Self-Assessment
• California Brief Multicultural Competency Scale
• The National MultiCultural Institute
• The Cross Cultural Health Care Program
• Transcultural CARE Associates
• A Genetic Counseling Cultural Competence Linguistic Competence Tool Kit
• New Jersey Medical School Global Tuberculosis Institute
  • Cultural Competency and Tuberculosis Care

Healthy Lifestyles Articles

• July 2011 - Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: F as in Fat - How Obesity Threatens America's Future
• June 2011 - Institute of Medicine: Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Policies
• June 2, 2011 - New York Times: Nutrition Plate Unveiled, Replacing Food Pyramid
• February 9, 2011 - Hermiston Herald: Local Foods for Local Schools
• January 27, 2011 - Gallup Management Journal: The Cost of Obesity to US Cities
• January 20, 2011 - New York Times: Wal-Mart Shifts Strategy to Promote Healthy Foods
• January 4, 2011 - Wall Street Journal: The Mayor Wants You to Lose Some Weight

P² Conference Materials

• Community Medicaid Collaborative Materials & Presentations
• 2010 Conference Materials & Presentations
• 2009 Conference Materials & Presentations
• 2008 Conference Materials & Presentations

P² Privacy Policies

• Communication Policies
• E-mail Privacy Policy

Quality Improvement Articles

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: 2010 National Healthcare Quality Report
• National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care