HEALTH CARE QUALITY STANDARDS - Compiled by Betty C. Jung

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Quality Standards

Consumer Health Info Index

HC Quality Index Page Data & Standards HC Quality Standards HC Quality Issues

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Simplified Benefit- A Simplified Benefit- Cost Calculator to Foster Research Evaluation and Monitoring

Statistical Programs

Total Labor and Benefit Cost Excel Spreadsheet

Defining Healthcare Quality

AHRQ Quality Indicators Page

American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines

Accessing Evidence on Clinical Effectiveness

Basic Concepts of Quality American Society for Quality

Best Practice Initiatives (DHHS)

Child & Adolescent Health AHRQ

Child Health Toolbox AHRQ

Clinician's Handbook of Preventive Services, 2nd Edition, 1998 - Put Prevention into Practice AHRQ

Clinician's Handbook Resources Update AHRQ

Collecting Data to Drive Health Efforts Welcoa

Defining Quality Requirements Westgard

Effective Health Care AHRQ

Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 3rd Edition, 2000-2003 AHRQ 9/2004

Guide to Health Care Quality - How to Know It When You See It AHRQ 2005

Healthcare Benchmarking Totalbenchmarksolution.com

Health Care Quality Measures Total Benchmark Solutions

Health Services/Technology Assessment Text (HSTAT) "Mother of all guidelines"

Health Status Indicators ASHTO Links

How to Establish a Palliative Care Program

Managing for Quality Guide

Maternal Child Health Glossary of Terms and Acronyms

Measuring Quality of Care kaiseredu.org

New Zealand Guidelines Group

New Zealand Guidelines Group - Related Sites Great resources

Preventive Services AHRQ

Quality Assessment Page AHRQ

Quality Data Indicators

Quality Information & Improvement Page AHRQ

Quality Measures Totalbenchmarksolution.com
Quality Tools AHRQ Index Page

Ratios of observed to expected mortality are affected by differences in case mix and quality of care INIST-CNRS

Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes: A User's Guide AHRQ 5/2007

Statistical Functions

Talking Health Care Quality

The ratio of observed-to-expected mortality as a quality of care indicator in non-surgical VA patients PubMed

Quality Tools Glossary AHRQ

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)AHRQ

Health Care Quality Reports

2007 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports AHRQ.gov

AHRQ's Reports on Effective Health care AHRQ

Health Care Effectiveness Research in Progress

National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports AHRQ

National Healthcare Quality Report, 2006 Data Tables Appendix AHRQ

2000 National Health Care Quality Report AHRQ

Databases and Related Tools - From the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) – Update AHRQ Fact sheet - useful

Health Care Report Care Compendium

Health Plan Report Card NCQA

Measuring Healthcare Quality AHRQ's main page to all National Healthcare Disparities Reports and National Healthcare Quality Reports

Physician Quality Reporting Initiative CMS.gov

The State of Health Care Quality 2007 HEDIS

The State of Health Care Quality 2006 HEDIS

Quality Check.org JACHO

1st Annual Report of the National CAHPS Benchmarking Database [NCBD] 2000: What Consumers Say About the Quality of Their Health Plans and Medical Care AHRQ

Research Reviews AHRQ - Summaries of the effectiveness of current types of treatments for common diseases and conditions

State Report Cards

Health Information Organizations

ASTDN - Association of State and Territorial Directors of Nursing Links Page

CAHPS-SUN Survey Users Network

Joint Healthcare Information Technology Alliance

Health Services Quality

National Healthcare Disparities Reports AHRQ

National Healthcare Quality Reports AHRQ

A Guide for Patients and Families - Improving Health Care QualityAHRQ

Assessing Hospital Quality: A Review for Clinicians

A Step-by-Step Guide to Delivering Clinical Preventive Services: A Systems Approach AHRQ

A Toolkit for Redesign in Health Care Final Report AHRQ

Awareness of Sources of Peer-reviewed Research Evidence on the Internet JAMA

Consumer PageAHRQ

Cultural Competence Guide for Managed Care Plans AHRQ

Disaster Response Tools and Resources AHRQ

Expanding Patient-Centered Care to Empower Patients and Assist Providers AHRQ

Guide to Clinical Preventive Services

Hospital Quality Initative Ohio Medicare Quality Improvement

Meta-analysis software

Minority Health AHRQ

Patient Chart Audit Tools with Guidelines Rand.org

Report Describes Enhancements to Health Care Working Conditions that Could Improve Patient Safety AHRQ 5/2/2003

The CAHPS Improvement Guide CAHPS-Sun.Org

Tools and Resources for Better Health Care AHRQ

NHS's National Institute for Clinical Excellence

Patient Issues (MedlinePlus)

Provider's Guide to Quality & Culture

Quality of Medical Care for Patients Older Than Age 65 Years

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)Topic Index Page

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)Web Page

JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) Resources

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)

Complying with Regulations, Standards, and Practice Guidelines (Westgard)

Measuring Health Status

Calculating Excess Lifetime Risk in Relative Risk Models NIH.gov

Measurement of Health Status Rice.edu

The Burden of Mortality in Wisconsin: Annual Excess Deaths

Measuring Quality

AHRQ - Women's Health

Assessment of Performance Measures for Public Health, Substance Abuse, and Mental Health

Choice of Statistical Analysis Can Change the Results of Studies of the Relationship between Hospital and Surgeon Volume and Outcomes of Cancer Surgery (10/2003)

Consistently Evaluating Outcomes Welcoa

Definition of Performance Indicators and Program Evaluation - Programs That Work

Evaluation Resouces on the Net

Government Performance Results Act 1993

Health Care Efficiency Measures: Identification, Categorization, and Evaluation AHRQ.gov

Improving Health in the Community - A Role for Performance Monitoring

Key Measurement Issues in Screening, Referral, and Follow-Up Care for Young Children's Social and Emotional Development National Economy for State Health Policy.

Measures Sought for National Quality Measures Clearinghouse™ (AHRQ)

Performance Measurement in Health & Human Services Programs

Quality Assurance Methods and Tools USAID

Quality Tools American Society for Quality

Quality Tools AHRQ

(September, 1997). Should statisticians make health care decisions? - Meta-Analysis, Decision Analysis, and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: Methods for Quantitative Synthesis in Medicine[Book Review] Data Quality. 3(1):20-24.

Six Sigma Basics: Process improvement, goals and measurements

SPO in Asthma Research

Westgard Web Lessons

Medicare

CMS QAPI Documents

Compliance Program for individual & small group practices

Documentation Guidelines for Evaluation and Management Services

Electronic Listservs

Medicare MedlinePlus

Medicare.Gov

Medicare Contractor Provider Satisfaction Survey (MCPSS) Home Study CMS.gov

Medicare Learning Network

Medicare Learning Network - Articles & Publications

Medicare Coverage Database

Toll-free Phone Numbers

Minimally Clinically Important Difference (MCID)

Approaches to Estimating Minimally Important Differences 2004. Very good

Combining Distribution- and Anchor-Based Approaches to Determine Minimally Important Differences 2005

Clinical Importance

Estimates of Minimally Important Differences Should Reflect Uncertainty 2003. Very good.

Expanding the Definition of Clinical Differences: From Minimally Clinically Important Differences to Really Important Differences. Analyses in 8931 Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis 2004. Very good.

Half standard deviation estimate of the minimally important difference in HRQOL scores? 2004

Minimal Important Difference (MID) of the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI)

What is the relationship between the minimally important difference and health state utility values? The case of the SF-6D 2003

Professional Quality Standards

Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs

Center for Quality Assessment and Improvement in Mental Health (CQAIMH)

Continuous Quality Improvement - Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety (Umdnj.edu)

Health Grades.Com

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Journal

Institute for Healthcare Improvement Resource Topics

Institute of Quality Assurance

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

Report Cards

Seven Benchmarks of Success Welcoa.Org

The United States Pharmocopeial Convention, Inc Drug Standards

Third Annual HealthGrades Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study 1/24/2005

What is Performance Improvement? Reproductive Health Online

Quality Assessments

An Analysis of the Literature on Disease Management Programs Congressional Budget Office 10/2004

Choosing Appropriate Interventions Welcoa.Org

Collecting Data to Drive Health Efforts Welcoa.Org

Consistently Evaluating Outcomes Welcoa.org

Managing Government for Results

NCQA Quality Dividend CalculatorTM 2.0 Online Calculator

Performance Management in Action: Tools & Resources Public Health Foundation

Priority Areas for National Action Transforming Health Care Quality AHRQ

Statistical Resources

Tools for Hospitals and Health Care Systems AHRQ Fact Sheet

Quality Indicators

AHRQ's Inpatient Quality Indicators, Version 3.0 Software

AHRQ - Quality Indicators Home Page

AHRQ - Quality Indicators

AHRQ - Quality Indicator Publications and References

C.M.S. Health Care Indicators

HHS - Community Level Indicators for Understanding Health & Human Services Programs

Quality Management

Manager's Electronic Resource Center

Managing for Quality

Quality Planning Models (Westgard)

QC Selection Grids

Total Quality Control Strategies

TQM Tutorial

Quality Measures

Clinical Performance Measures - Preventive Care and Screening Michigancaner.org

Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies - Volume Two - Type 2 Diabetes AHRQ

Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies - Volume Three - Hypertension Care AHRQ

Measures - Definitions

Measure Index AHRQ. Thanks, Gary Ilminen, RN

2/2003

National Quality Measures Clearinghouse - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

User's Guide to Registries Evaluating Patient - Summary

Quality of Life

CDC's Health-related Quality of Life Page

Health-related Quality of Life

Health-related Quality of Life - Prevalence Data

Health-related Quality of Life - Resources

Health-Related Quality of Life in LA - 1999 MMWR 7/2001

Health-Related Quality of Life Surveillance --- United States, 1993--2002 MMWR 10/28/2005

Patient Issues (MedlinePlus)

Public Health and Aging: Health-Related Quality of Life Among Low-Income Persons Aged 45--64 Years --- United States, 1995--2001 (MMWR) 11/2003

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