Fisher, Elliott S.Goodman, David C.Chandra, AmitabhBronner, Kristen K.The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Aligning Forces for Quality program commissioned this special report by the Dartmouth Atlas Project to highlight the uneven quality of health care being delivered across America and the need to improve the quality of care and reduce disparities in health in every community. Aligning Forces for Quality is working to lift the overall quality of health care in targeted communities across America, and provide models for national reform.HealthDisparitiesoutreachU.S. health care systemracial and socioeconomic disparitiesracial minoritieslow-income populationsTechnical Report