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Quality Diagnostic Tools for States

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.

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)
CDC Chronic Disease Cost Calculator Summary (PDF File, 69 KB; PDF Help)

Technical Assistance

Workshop Agendas and Materials

State Healthcare Quality Improvement Workshop: Tools You Can Use to Make a Difference
December 6 and 7, 2007 Philadelphia, PA
- Presentations
State Healthcare Quality Improvement Workshop: Tools You Can Use to Make a Difference
January 17 and 18, 2008 Phoenix, AZ
- Presentations
Using Administrative Data to Answer State Policy Questions Intensive
December 4 and 5, 2008 Rockville, MD
- Presentations

Audio Conference and Web Conference Materials

2007 State Snapshots: State-based Information from the National Healthcare Quality Report (PowerPoint® File, 2.0 MB; PDF File, 1.2 MB; PDF Help).
Jeff Brady
Audio Conference, April 28, 2008.
- Full-length audio recording (MP3 Audio File, 13.5 MB, 58 minutes; Transcript)
- Audio recording, Part 1 (MP3 Audio File, 7.1 MB, 25 minutes; Transcript, Part 1)
- Audio recording, Part 2 (MP3 Audio File, 9.1 MB, 33 minutes; Transcript, Part 2)
The Asthma Care Return on Investment Calculator: How to use it (PowerPoint® File, 851 KB; PDF File, 205 KB; PDF Help)
Rosanna Coffey
Web Conference, May 22, 2008

Full-length audio recording (MP3 Audio File, 9 MB, 61 minutes; Transcript)
Question and Answer session

Preventable Hospital Costs: A County-Level Mapping Tool (PowerPoint® File, 2.4 MB; PDF File, 133 KB; PDF Help)
Melanie Chansky and Marybeth Farquhar
Web Conference, June 16, 2008
- Full-length audio recording, (MP3 Audio File, 9.4 MB, 58 minutes; Transcript)
- Question and Answer session
Chronic Disease Cost Calculator (PowerPoint® File, 1.7 MB; PDF File, 370 KB; PDF Help)
Susan Haber and Diane Orenstein
Web Conference, May 1, 2009
- Full-lenth Conference recording with audio and slides (81 minutes)
- Audio Recording, Part 1 (MP3 Audio File, 40 minutes, 18.7 MB; Transcript)
- Audio Recording, Part 2 (MP3 Audio File, 40.5 minutes, 19.0 MB; Transcript)
- Q&A Session: Chronic Disease Cost Calculator Web Conference
AHRQ 2008 State Snapshots Tool
Ernie Moy, Foster Gesten, and Keely Cofrin Allen
Audio Conference, July 9, 2009.
- Full-length Conference recording with audio and slides (83 minutes; Transcript)
  Select for slide presentations:
- 2008 State Snapshots, Ernie Moy (PowerPoint® File, 5.6 MB; PDF File, 3.3 MB: PDF Help)
- AHRQ State Snapshots: New York, Foster Gesten (PowerPoint® File, 341 KB; PDF File, 215 KB: PDF Help)
- Utah's State Snapshots, Keely Cofrin Allen (PowerPoint® File, 708 KB; PDF File, 535 KB: PDF Help)
Asthma Return-on-Investment Calculator
Rosanna Coffey, Ginger Carls, and Elizabeth Stranges
Audio Conference, September 9, 2009
- Full-length Conference recording with audio and slides (78 minutes; Transcript)—New!
  Select for slide presentation:
- The Asthma Care Return Return-on on-Investment Calculator: Overview and Demonstration (PowerPoint® File, 2.6 MB; PDF File, 555 KB: PDF Help)—New!
- Q&A Session: Asthma Return on Investment (ROI) Calculator Web Conference—New!

Technical Assistance Opportunities

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

Current as of November 2009

Internet Citation:

Quality Diagnostic Tools for States. November 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/kt/