Americans receive only about half of the recommended care they should receive. Adopting quality improvement strategies, reducing racial and ethnic disparities in care, and changing how care is delivered at the local level can improve the care all Americans receive.
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May 21, 2013 | Report
In this issue paper, the authors give an overview of performance measurement in U.S. health care, and then make seven policy recommendations aimed at improving the performance measurement enterprise.
March 26, 2013 | Issue Brief
Forces Driving Implementation of the CAHPS® Clinician & Group Survey is part of a suite of resources on patient experience designed by AF4Q to assist community health collaboratives.
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
An expansive body of literature reflects the state of the science—and the increased importance of INQRI’s goal to measure and enhance nursing’s contribution to the quality of patient care.
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Four Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative (INQRI) teams summarize their work to close the gaps in measuring quality of nursing care.
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Interdisciplinary research teams create synergies to solve problems and improve health care.
January 1, 2013 | Journal Article
In response to the Institute of Medicine’s To Err Is Human report on the prevalence of medical errors, the Leapfrog Group, an organization that promotes hospital safety and quality, established a voluntary hospital survey assessing compliance with several safety standards.
December 1, 2012 | Journal Article
In an effort to evaluate quality improvement (QI) programs, self-reported versus externally rated measures of QI success led to different results. This study suggests that, ideally, evaluations of QI efforts should use externally rated measures.
October 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
This new brief from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation highlights examples of public reporting websites that have caused hospitals and physicians to improve their practice patterns and the quality of care they provide.
December 19, 2012 | Journal Article
The study of quality improvement within Georgia’s local public health systems provides important insight into the use of regional bodies as quality improvement (QI) collaboratives and multijurisdictional entities.
September 1, 2011 | Report
Consumers, purchasers, policy-makers, and other stakeholders seek improved quality and affordability in our health care system.