Meeting at AHRQ (with the California Endowment) to discuss moving forward with a collaborative to address disparities. AHRQ and RWJF decide to cosponsor the Collaborative.

July 2003

AHRQ contracts with RAND for plans needs assessment and technical assistance.

November 2003-January 2004

AHRQ and RWJF develop Memorandum of Understanding on Participation.

Summer 2003-Spring 2004

RWJF contracts with CHCS (and through them, with IHI) to form the Learning Collaborative.

Spring 2004 (officially executed 8/2004)

Principals meet to review plans for first meeting of the Collaborative.

July 8, 2004

CHCS/IHI and RAND call firms to discuss Collaborative and provide initial technical assistance.

August 2004

First meeting of the Collaborative (at AHRQ in Rockville, MD).

September 10, 2004

Second meeting of the Collaborative in Santa Monica, CA.

March 17-18, 2005

Senior leadership of Collaborative meets in Chicago, IL (O'Hare airport).

June 20, 2005

Full Collaborative conference call.

July 27, 2005

GMMB contracted to design communication plan for the Collaborative to learn about communication priorities of the initiative and coordinate messages so that they are consistent across the Collaborative.

August 2005

GMMB releases National Health Plan Collaborative communications toolkit.

December 2005

Full Collaborative conference call.

April 26, 2006

Third meeting of the Collaborative in Washington, DC.

June 20-21, 2006

Stakeholder roundtable briefing in Washington, DC.

June 22, 2006

Full Collaborative conference call.

August 2006

Final Meeting of the Collaborative in Chicago, IL.

September 15, 2006

Formal end of Phase I of the Collaborative.

September 2006

GMMB summary report of the Collaborative.

October 2006

Quality Summit on Reducing Disparities and Improving Quality (conducted as part of CHCS's ongoing work for RWJF). 

December 2006