Community Alliances

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Aligning Forces for Quality/Albuquerque

The Americans for Quality Health Care Team works with the Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) Alliances.

AF4Q is the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) signature effort to lift the overall quality of health care 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.

The Albuquerque Coalition 4 Healthcare Quality (the Alliance) leads the area’s AF4Q initiative. For more information on the Alliance, visit their web site.

The participation of consumer organizations in health care quality initiatives is critical to effect patient-centered changes in our health care system.

Community Information on Quality in Albuquerque

This section includes various organizations that provide quality information or are engaged in quality work, or both. To suggest an organization that should be included in this section, please contact project staff at qualitycarenow@nationalpartnership.org.

Albuquerque Coalition for Healthcare Quality
AC4HQ is a board-base group of stakeholders working to execute the Aligning Forces for Quality program in Albuquerque.

Envision New Mexico (ENM)
Envision New Mexico is a health care quality improvement program of the Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico Health Science Center to address a number of pediatrics health care topics and promote provider practice improvement through initiatives. Health related information on healthy choices for nutrition and resources on childhood obesity are available for individual and families.

New Mexico Department of Health The New Mexico Department of Health is the state’s lead public health agency. The Department’s website links to reports and organizations related to patient safety.

New Mexico Hospital Association (NMHA)
The New Mexico Hospital Association is a membership organization comprised of hospitals, health networks, ambulatory facilities, home health agencies, and other variety of affiliate groups statewide. Consumers can link to hospital performance reports.

New Mexico Medical Review Association (NMMRA)
NMMRA is Mexico’s quality improvement organization. It works to protect Medicare patients’ rights, runs a Medicare beneficiary helpline, receives quality complaints, runs a discharge appeal program and works with patients on dispute resolution with their Medicare provider.

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