by Christopher Cornue

A few weeks ago, I wrote about a national effort by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that was formally launching in June, and I promised to offer a website when it became available. Well, the "Aligning Forces for Quality" project has been launched and you can learn more about it at the following link: http://www.rwjf.org/qualityequality/af4q/. Much of this work is borne from the RWJF sponsored "Expecting Success: Excellence in Cardiac Care" project that focused on disparities and cardiovascular disease (among others RWJF projects). I was involved in the Expecting Success project, led by the George Washington University as the National Program Office. They are again leading these more far-reaching efforts. It promises to be both a challenging and an impactful endeavor -- to change the care of 14 communities (currently, expanding further in the near future). Go to the link and learn more about this important project and see another step forward in changing healthcare across our nation!