Advice Columns from Dr. Carolyn Clancy

May 1 2012 20120501

One Step Forward on Quality Improvement, One Step Back on Access

October 16 2007 20071016

Recognizing High-Quality Health Care

Other Patient & Consumer Resources

• AHRQ Quality and Patient Safety
• Be Active

Audio & Video

June 1 2012 20120601

AHRQ Quality Indicators™ Toolkit for Hospitals: Interview Series

March 1 2012 20120301

Webinar on AHRQ Quality Indicators Toolkit™ for Hospitals

Transcript: Transcript: Webinar on AHRQ Quality Indicators Toolkit for Hospitals

Clinicians & Providers

• 2008 National Healthcare Disparities Report
• 2008 National Healthcare Quality Report
• 2009 National Healthcare Quality Report
• 2010 National Healthcare Disparities Report
• 2010 National Healthcare Quality Report
• 2011 National Healthcare Disparities Report
• 2011 National Healthcare Quality Report
• AHRQ Quality Indicators™ Toolkit for Hospitals
• AHRQ Quality and Patient Safety
• Americans as Health Care Consumers
• Americans as Health Care Consumers
• Case Studies from the Quality Improvement Support System
• Closing the Quality Gap Series
• Highlights of AHRQ Children's Health Care Quality Findings
• How Four Purchasers Designed and Implemented Quality-Based Purchasing
• Physician champions key to successful quality improvement projects
• Quality Improvement Interventions to Address Health Disparities
• Quality Improvement Interventions to Address Health Disparities
• The Community Quality Collaborative Leader's Guide to Engaging Consumer Advocates
• The Patient-Centered Medical Home
• Through the Quality Kaleidoscope
• Toolkit Roadmap

Hospital & Health System Resources

• 2008 National Healthcare Disparities Report
• 2008 National Healthcare Quality Report
• 2009 National Healthcare Disparities Report
• 2009 National Healthcare Quality Report
• 2010 National Healthcare Disparities Report
• 2010 National Healthcare Quality Report
• 2011 National Healthcare Disparities Report
• 2011 National Healthcare Quality Report
• AHRQ Quality Indicators™ Toolkit for Hospitals
• AHRQ Quality and Patient Safety
• Americans as Health Care Consumers
• Americans as Health Care Consumers
• Case Studies from the Quality Improvement Support System
• Free, innovative new online resource for hospital quality reporting now available
• Hospitalists modestly improve quality of care
• How Four Purchasers Designed and Implemented Quality-Based Purchasing
• Rhode Island Policymakers Link to AHRQ's State Snapshots on Quality Reporting Web Site
• State of Alabama
• Team Check-up Tool
• Toolkit Roadmap

Policymaker Resources

• 2008 National Healthcare Disparities Report
• 2008 National Healthcare Quality Report
• 2009 National Healthcare Disparities Report
• 2009 National Healthcare Quality Report
• 2010 National Healthcare Disparities Report
• 2010 National Healthcare Quality Report
• 2011 National Healthcare Disparities Report
• 2011 National Healthcare Quality Report
• AHRQ Quality and Patient Safety
• AHRQ Research to Reduce Cost and Improve the Quality of Health Care
• First, Do No Harm: Improving Health Quality and Patient Safety
• Joint Statement of Intent on Collaboration in Improving the Quality of
• Rhode Island Policymakers Link to AHRQ's State Snapshots on Quality Reporting Web Site
• State Quality Tools: ROI Calculator
• State of Alabama
• When health plans share physicians, they may have less incentive to improve care quality

Fact Sheets

December 20 2012 20121220

Researching Implementation and Change While Improving Quality

September 1 2012 20120901

Focus on Cost-Effectiveness Analysis at AHRQ

June 30 2012 20120630

AHRQ Quality Indicators™ Toolkit for Hospitals: Fact Sheet

February 1 2007 20070201

Highlights of AHRQ Children's Health Care Quality Findings

April 1 2002 20020401

AHRQ Research to Reduce Cost and Improve the Quality of Health Care

Full Research Reports

September 1 2012 20120901

How Four Purchasers Designed and Implemented Quality-Based Purchasing

Other Research & Data

• 2008 National Healthcare Disparities Report
• 2008 National Healthcare Quality Report
• 2009 National Healthcare Disparities Report
• 2009 National Healthcare Quality Report
• 2010 National Healthcare Disparities Report
• 2010 National Healthcare Quality Report
• 2011 National Healthcare Disparities Report
• 2011 National Healthcare Quality Report
• AHRQ Quality and Patient Safety
• Assessing the Quality of Internet Health Information
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois
• Capital Health Influenced by AHRQ's Project RED in Creating Tool for Patients
• Closing the Quality Gap Series
• Consumers' CHECKBOOK
• Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council
• David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
• First, Do No Harm: Improving Health Quality and Patient Safety
• Free, innovative new online resource for hospital quality reporting now available
• Hawaii Department of Human Services
• Hospitalists modestly improve quality of care
• Humana, Inc.
• Humana, Inc.
• Imperial College London
• Iowa Healthcare Collaborative
• Methodist Healthcare Hospital
• Milliman, Inc.
• Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
• National Quality Measures Clearinghouse™: An Expanded Tool with Real-world Relevance
• North Carolina Division of Medical Assistance
• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• Physician champions key to successful quality improvement projects
• Premier Inc.
• Premier Inc.
• Quality Improvement Interventions to Address Health Disparities
• Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
• State of Arizona
• State of Connecticut
• State of Kansas
• State of Kentucky-Cabinet for Health and Family Services
• State of Maine
• State of Maine; State of Tennessee
• State of Maryland
• State of Oregon
• State of Tennessee
• State of Wisconsin
• The Fraser Institute
• The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania
• The Hospital Quality Alliance
• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• The Urban Institute
• Through the Quality Kaleidoscope
• University of Kentucky HealthCare Improves Emergency Care Using Door-to-Doc Toolkit
• University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
• VHA, Inc. (formerly Voluntary Hospitals of America)
• When health plans share physicians, they may have less incentive to improve care quality
• Wyoming Department of Health

Advice Columns from Dr. Carolyn Clancy

May 1 2012 20120501

One Step Forward on Quality Improvement, One Step Back on Access

October 16 2007 20071016

Recognizing High-Quality Health Care

Other News & Events

• No consistent association found between volume or quality and outcomes of complex surgeries for cancer
• A "diabetes dashboard" screen helps clinicians quickly and accurately access patient data needed for quality diabetes care
• AHRQ Quality Indicators™ Toolkit for Hospitals: Fact Sheet
• AHRQ releases new series on closing the quality gap
• Consumers choose "high-value" health care providers when given combined cost and quality information
• First, Do No Harm: Improving Health Quality and Patient Safety
• Free, innovative new online resource for hospital quality reporting now available
• HHS Releases National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care Report
• Health care quality still improving slowly, but disparities and gaps in access to care persist
• Hospital boards adopt practices to enhance oversight on quality of care
• Hospitalists modestly improve quality of care
• Improvements are needed to better measure mental health care quality
• Making nursing home quality reports public leads to improved posthospitalization care
• National Quality Strategy released
• New AHRQ Toolkit Supports Hospital Efforts To Improve Quality and Safety
• Nursing homes more often voluntarily terminate from Medicare and Medicaid programs in States with strong quality regulations
• Participation in reporting quality data can be costly for physicians and practices
• Partnership for Patients initiative launched to improve care and lower costs for Americans
• Patient surveys are an additional useful tool for identifying adverse events occurring during hospital stays
• Physician champions key to successful quality improvement projects
• Physicians in practices focused on quality improvement are less likely to be dissatisfied and stressed
• Physicians' reasons for deviating from quality guidelines are usually justified
• Public reporting of performance data seems to motivate and energize improvements to hospital performance
• Rural and urban residents have similar perceptions of health care quality, despite differences in care delivery
• Study provides insights into problems confronting quality improvement educational programs in rural hospitals
• The quality of children's asthma care is affected by emergency department crowding
• When health plans share physicians, they may have less incentive to improve care quality