Tools & Resources

Advancing Pharmacy Health Literacy Practices Through Quality Improvement: Curricular Modules for Faculty

AHRQ Quality Indicators™ Toolkit for Hospitals

Americans as Health Care Consumers: The Role of Quality Information (1996)

Assessing the Evidence for Context-Sensitive Effectiveness and Safety of Patient Safety Practices: Developing Criteria

Asthma Health Disparities Collaborative Coalition Guide

Asthma Return-on-Investment Calculator

"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

Building the Science of Public Reporting

Case Studies from the Quality Improvement Support System

Community Quality Collaboratives

Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies

Joint Statement of Intent on Collaboration in Improving the Quality of Health Care

Consumer Financial Incentives: AHRQ Resources

Designing and Implementing Medicaid Disease and Care Management Programs: A User's Guide

Development of Electronic Transition Tools for Home Health Care

Five AHRQ-Supported Studies Featured in March 2012 Health Affairs

Health Care Efficiency Measures: Identification, Categorization, and Evaluation

Health Care Quality Glossary

Improving Health Care Quality: Fact Sheet

Improving the Quality of Asthma Care

• Asthma Care Quality Improvement: A Resource Guide for State Action—Update
• Asthma Care Quality Improvement: A Workbook for State Action

Improving the Quality of Diabetes Care

• Diabetes Care Quality Improvement: A Resource Guide for State Action
• Diabetes Care Quality Improvement: Workbook for State Action
• Diabetes Care Quality Improvement: A Resource Guide for State Action—Supplement

Improving Your Office Testing Process: A Toolkit for Rapid-Cycle Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

Leadership by Example: Coordinating Government Roles in Improving Health Care Quality (Institute of Medicine report on Federal quality activities)

Managing and Evaluating Rapid-Cycle Process Improvements as Vehicles for Hospital System Redesign

Meeting Medicaid's Cost and Quality Challenges: The Role of AHCPR Research

Methodological Considerations in Generating Provider Performance Scores for Use in Public Reporting: A Guide for Community Quality Collaboratives

Model Public Report Elements: A Sampler

Monitoring and Evaluating Medicaid Fee-for-Service Care Management Programs: User's Guide

National Evaluation of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) Quality Demonstration Grant Program

National Quality Measures Clearinghouse

On-Time Quality Improvement for Long-Term Care

Partnerships in Implementing Patient Safety (PIPS)

• Frequently Asked Questions

Public Reports on Provider Performance for Consumers

Patient Safety Improvement Corps

Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation

Pay for Performance: A Decision Guide for Purchasers

Pay for Performance (P4P): AHRQ Resources

Priority Areas for National Action

Promoting Safety and Quality Through Human Resource Practices (PDF)

Purchaser-Provider Synergies Overview

Quality Diagnostic Tools for States

Quality Improvement and Performance Measurement in Medicaid Care Management: Fact Sheet

Regional Coalition Collaboration Guide

Selecting Quality and Resource Use Measures: A Decision Guide for Community Quality Collaboratives

System Design: AHRQ Resources

Strategies to Improve Communication Between Pharmacy Staff and Patients

Talking Quality

TeamSTEPPS™: Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety

• TeamSTEPPS Homepage

Theory and Reality of Value-Based Purchasing: Lessons from the Pioneers

Toolkit for Redesign in Health Care: Final Report

Using Workforce Practices To Drive Quality Improvement: A Guide for Hospitals