Quality Diagnostic Tools for States

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The Quality Diagnostic Tools for States program consists of events and technical assistance opportunities that disseminate and encourage the use of Quality Improvement tools from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), created to support State policymakers with their health care quality improvement efforts.

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Quality Diagnostic Tools for States

Goal: To increase State policymakers' use of the following Quality Improvement tools: State Snapshots, HCUPnet, Diabetes Workbook Summary, Asthma Workbook Summary, Asthma Return on Investment (ROI) Calculator, Preventable Hospitalization Costs and Mapping Tool, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Chronic Disease Cost Calculator. Technical assistance for the tools includes workshops, audio and Web conferences, and hands-on technical assistance with individual States to encourage and facilitate use of the tools. Explore the Quality Improvement tools below and learn more about activities related to the tools.

Who Should Participate?

Quality Improvement Tools

• State Snapshot Summary (PDF File, 25 KB; PDF Help)
• HCUPnet Summary (PDF File, 23 KB; PDF Help)
• Diabetes Workbook Summary (PDF File, 24 KB; PDF Help)
• Asthma Workbook Summary (PDF File, 22 KB; PDF Help)
• Asthma Return on Investment ROI Calculator Summary (PDF File, 24 KB; PDF Help)
• Preventable Hospitalization Costs and Mapping Tool Summary (PDF File, 86 KB; PDF Help)

Technical Assistance

Audio Conference and Web Conference Materials

PowerPoint® files can be accessed with a Free PowerPoint® Viewer.

• Innovations Exchange
  Audio Conference, October 13, 2010
  • Full-length recording (Flash File, 1 hour, 9 minutes; Download Flash® Player ; Transcript)
  • Innovations Exchange (PowerPoint® File, 5.2 MB)
    Judi Consalvo
  • AHRQ Health Care: Administrative Overhaul Improves Access to Substance Abuse Services for Iowa Patients (PowerPoint® File, 1.5 MB)
    DeAnn Decker, Iowa Department of Public Health
  • The Pennsylvania Academic Detailing Program (PowerPoint® File, 485 KB)
    Thomas Snedden, Pennsylvania PACE Program
• State Quality Tools: ROI Calculator
  Audio Conference, September 14, 2010
  • Full-length recording (Flash File, 1 hour, 27 minutes; Download Flash® Player ; Transcript)
  • The Asthma Care Return-on-Investment Calculator: Overview and Demonstration (PowerPoint® File, 4.8 MB)
    Rosanna Coffey, Ph.D., Ginger Carls, Ph.D., and Elizabeth Stranges, M.S.
  • Alabama's Experience Using AHRQ's Quality Diagnostic Tools and Technical Assistance (PowerPoint® File, 3.6 MB)
    Mary G. McIntyre, M.D., M.P.H. and Stephanie Lindsay
• Overview of State Snapshots
  Audio Conference, August 10, 2010
  • Full-length recording (Flash File, 1 hour, 8 minutes; Download Flash® Player ; Transcript)
  • 2009 State Snapshots (PowerPoint® File, 5.8 MB)
    Ernie Moy, M.D., M.P.H., AHRQ, and Rosanna Coffey, Ph.D., Thomson Reuters
  • Sustaining a Culture of Excellence: Enterprise Performance Measurement Project (PowerPoint® File, 990 KB)
    Judith Nugent, M.P.A, Wisconsin Department of Health Services
• MONAHRQ's Preventable Costs and Hospitalization Mapping Tool
  Audio Conference, July 21, 2010
  • Full-length recording (Flash File, 1 hour, 14 minutes; Download Flash® Player ; Transcript)
  • MONAHRQ: A Web-Based Tool for Quality and Utilization Reporting (PowerPoint® File, 4 MB)
    Anne Exlihauser, Ph.D.
  • Preventable Hospitalization Costs and Mapping Tool (PowerPoint® File, 1.8 MB)
    John Bott
  • Use of AHRQ's Preventable Hospitalization Costs and Mapping Tool (PowerPoint® File, 1.8 MB)
    Brooks Daverman
• Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP): Overview of HCUP Databases, Tools, & Resources (PowerPoint® File, 17 MB; PDF File, 6 MB; PDF Help).
  Lauren Wier, M.P.H.
  Audio Conference, May 18, 2010
  • Full-length recording (Flash File, 1 hour, 15 minutes; Download Flash® Player ; Transcript)
  • Question and Answer session

Archived Quality Diagnostic Tools for States
Tools for States and Organizations

For more information, contact: Margie Shofer (Margie.Shofer@ahrq.hhs.gov).

Current as of January 2011

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Internet Citation:

Quality Diagnostic Tools for States. January 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/kt/

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