Evaluating Aligning Forces for Quality, 2012-2013

The Foundation's initiative, Aligning Forces for Quality: The Regional Market Place, was designed to help communities across the country align health care forces to improve the quality of health care.This evaluation will provide an impartial and independent review of the Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) program, both to answer key evaluation questions and to contribute fundamental knowledge to the field in key programmatic areas. Deliverables will include site reports from the consumer, physician and AF4Q alliance surveys; four research summaries; up to 10 peer-reviewed articles; and presentations at professional meetings, such as AcademyHealth and the Society of General Internal Medicine.