The exercise in all chemotherapy trial.

Background: Multiple international organizations have called for exercise to become standard practice in the setting of oncology care. The feasibility of integrating exercise within systemic chemotherapy has not been investigated.

Methods: Patients slated to receive infusion therapy between April 2017 and October 2018 were screened for possible inclusion.

From rhetoric to reality: consumer engagement in 16 multi-stakeholder alliances.

Objective: A key component of the Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) program was engaging consumers in their health and healthcare. We examined the extent to which the alliances embraced 4 areas of consumer engagement: self-management, consumer friendliness of reports of healthcare provider quality, involvement of consumers in alliance governance, and the integration of consumers into quality improvement teams.

Methods: We used a largely qualitative approach.

The Aligning Forces for Quality initiative: background and evolution from 2005 to 2015.

Objective: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's (RWJF's) Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) program was the largest privately funded, community-based quality improvement initiative to date, providing funds and technical assistance (TA) to 16 multi-stakeholder alliances located throughout the United States. This article describes the AF4Q initiative's underlying theory of change, its evolution over time, and the key activities undertaken by alliances.

Study Design: Descriptive overview of a multi-site, community-based quality improvement initiative.