Reaching for Excellence Releases Findings, Web Site After Effort to Engage Community in Shaping Health Care in WNY

The Reaching for Excellence initiative released findings from an unprecedented region-wide forum engaging more than 1,700 Western New Yorkers in a series of conversations about the future of health care in the region. Emerging from these conversations were five community priorities for health care, including the need for care that is delivered with compassion, more efficient and coordinated delivery of care, and patient empowerment through information. To guide the region’s health system in quality improvement on community priorities, Reaching for Excellence has released a system of performance measurement tools, including data-driven indicators. In addition to monitoring regional progress in priority areas, the effort will continue to foster regional dialogue on health care improvement through such programs as a Speaker Series. Visit Reaching for Excellence online to view findings and read more about project initiatives. The program has been sponsored by the Community Health Foundation of Western & Central New York and The John R. Oishei Foundation, in partnership with the P2 Collaborative of Western New York and the UB Regional Institute.