Data
- Data Sources Available from AHRQ
- Data Infographics
- Data Visualizations
- All-Payer Claims Database
- Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
- Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
- Synthetic Healthcare Database for Research (SyH-DR)
- AHRQ Quality Indicator Tools for Data Analytics
- MONAHRQ
- State Snapshots
- United States Health Information Knowledgebase
- AHRQ Data Tools
Talking Quality: Reporting to Consumers on Health Care Quality
Talking Quality: Reporting to Consumers on Health Care Quality
Be clear on the aims of your report, whether consumer choice, education, or improvement.
Explain the purpose, value, and trustworthiness of the information in your report.
Areas of Interest
About TalkingQuality
TalkingQuality offers guidance on producing comparative information on health care quality that's understandable and useful to consumers.
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Comparative Report Examples
Browse profiles of reports on the quality and costs of care in different settings.
To plan a report on health care quality, answer 13 questions to get information that can guide your decisions.
Learn about health care quality measures and how to select ones that are appropriate for a consumer report.
Learn how a health care quality report for consumers can present quality measures and scores that are engaging, easy to understand, and easy to use.
Learn how to help consumers understand the contents of a health care quality report, how to use the information, and why using this information can be beneficial.
Learn about the considerations, options, and decisions that determine whether a health care quality report reaches its consumer audience when and where it is needed.
Promoting your report means using the tools of marketing, media relations, advertising, and outreach to make sure that people know about your report and are motivated to find it, look at it, and actually use it.
Developers of health care quality reports should conduct an evaluation to determine how effective the report was and what to do differently in the future.
Learn what you can do to make the content of your report clear and appropriate for your audience with these tips on writing a quality report.
Learn about TalkingQuality, an AHRQ site focused on supporting developers of health care quality reports for consumers.
What can you do to make the content of your report clear and appropriate for your audience?
How can you use design to draw people in and help them understand and interpret the information you are providing?
How can you use cognitive testing to get feedback on your report?
Learn about the many organizations and initiatives contributing to advances in public reporting on quality.
Listen to podcasts and review presentations focused on the development and promotion of health care quality reports for consumers.
Review reports and other resources on health care quality reporting from AHRQ and other organizations.