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2009 National Healthcare Quality Report AHRQ Quality Indicators Ambulatory Safety and Quality Program: Health IT Portfolio Americans as Health Care Consumers: The Role of Quality Information Americans as Health Care Consumers: Update on the Role of Quality Information Best Practices in Public Reporting No. 1. How To Effectively Present Health Care Performance Data To Consumers No. 2: Maximizing Consumer Understanding of Public Comparative Quality Reports: Effective Use of Explanatory Information No. 3. How to Maximize Public Awareness and Use of Comparative Quality Reports Through Effective Promotion and Dissemination Strategies Case Studies from the Quality Improvement Support System The Challenge and Potential for Assuring Quality Health Care for the 21st Century Designing and Implementing Medicaid Disease and Care Management Programs: A User's Guide Expanding Patient-Centered Care To Empower Patients and Assist Providers Patient Safety Culture Surveys Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Hospital Comparative Database Submission Information 2010 Comparative Database Report 2009 Comparative Database Report 2008 Comparative Database Report 2007 Comparative Database Report Improving Health Care Quality: Fact Sheet Managing and Evaluating Rapid-Cycle Process Improvements as Vehicles for Hospital System Redesign Model Public Report Elements: A Sampler—New! National Quality Measures Clearinghouse™ Oregon Consumer Scorecard Project Q-SPAN: Expanding and Improving Quality of Care Measures Quality Diagnostic Tools for States Quality Improvement and Performance Measurement in Medicaid Care Management: Fact Sheet Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force (QuIC): Fact Sheet Reducing Errors in Health Care Regional Coalition Collaboration Guide Selecting Quality and Resource Use Measures: A Decision Guide for Community Quality Collaboratives TeamSTEPPS™ Theory and Reality of Value-Based Purchasing: Lessons from the Pioneers Toolkit for Redesign in Health Care: Final Report Tools for Hospitals and Health Care Systems Transforming Hospitals: Designing for Safety and Quality Your Guide to Choosing Quality Health Care
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Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, No. 137: Cancer Care Quality Measures: Symptoms and End of Life Care Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, No. 138: Cancer Care Quality Measures: Diagnosis and Treatment of Colorectal Cancer Technical Review, No. 4: Refinement of the HCUP Quality Indicators Technical Review, No. 5: Measures of Patient Safety Based on Hospital Administrative Data—The Patient Safety Indicators Technical Review, No. 9: Closing the Quality Gap Vol. 1: Series Overview and Methodology Vol. 2: Diabetes Mellitus Vol. 3: Hypertension Care Vol. 4: Antibiotic Prescribing Behavior Vol. 5: Asthma Care Vol. 6: Healthcare-Associated Infections Vol. 7: Care Coordination
Ambulatory Care Quality Alliance (AQA) Meetings Seventh Invitational Meeting Summary, May 30, 2007 Sixth Invitational Meeting Summary, January 22, 2007 Fifth Invitational Meeting Summary, October 24, 2006 Fourth Invitational Meeting Summary, April 26, 2006 Third Invitational Meeting Summary, April 27-28, 2005 Second Invitational Meeting Summary, January 17-18, 2005 First Invitational Meeting Summary, November 8-9, 2004
Expanding Research and Evaluation Designs to Improve the Science Base for Health Care and Public Health Quality Improvement Symposium
Toward a Research Agenda on Quality-Payment Alignment: Findings From an Invitational Colloquium
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