There is a lot that people can do to improve the quality of care they receive. They can make informed choices about their health care and become better partners with their doctors in managing their own health. These slides present the resources that are available to patients, how patients use information on health care, and how the choices people make profoundly affect health outcomes and cost of care. This slideshow is part of a collection of slides that describes the state of health care quality today, where we want to go with health care quality and how we get there.
The Talking About Quality resource presents health care statistics, facts and messages related to health care quality and reform. These slides can be downloaded individually or collectively for use in your presentations, or you can add them to the “My Presentation Builder” tool, which is featured in the right-hand column of this page. These slides will be updated regularly with recent research and messages.