Improving quality of care and promoting health care system change: The role of community-based coalitions. Health Promot Pract 2006 Apr;7(2 Suppl):87S-95S
Date
04/26/2006Pubmed ID
16636159DOI
10.1177/1524839906287064Scopus ID
2-s2.0-33749234781 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 9 CitationsAbstract
As part of their community action plans, the Allies Against Asthma coalitions have developed efforts to improve quality of care and promote health care system change. All the coalitions have used an interdisciplinary collaborative approach to design these strategies and demonstrated a range of intervention approaches appropriate to their local context and circumstances. The coalitions' collective experience suggests that coalitions provide three key forces for quality improvement and change that may be lacking in the current fragmented U.S. health care system--motivation to change the status quo, integration across systems, and accountability for results. The collaborative and empowering processes that a coalition model encourages and the direct advocacy opportunity provided to the consumer appear to bring these forces into play.
Author List
Lara M, Cabana MD, Houle CR, Krieger JW, Lachance LL, Meurer JR, Rosenthal MP, Vega IAuthor
John R. Meurer MBA, MD Emeritus Professor in the Institute for Health and Humanity department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AsthmaCommunity Networks
Delivery of Health Care
Health Care Reform
Humans
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Role
United States
