Read about the pharmacist's role in quality improvement:
The ASHP Discussion Guide on The Pharmacist's Role in Quality Improvement [PDF]

Briefings on Quality Improvement:

• Briefings from the National Quality Forum
• Institute of Medicine Reports on Healthcare Quality (contains links to online versions of the Quality Chasm Report Series including executive summaries)
• The Quality Choir (video presentations on QI topics by national experts)

Pay for Performance (P4P):

• The experts discuss P4P (read what your boss reads)
• Pay-for-Performance in Public and Private Payment Systems
• Pay for Performance and Care Patterns in Medicare
• CEO Survival Guide: Pay for Performance (Leapfrog Group)

Medication-related indicator resources

• Table of Measures (Hospital Quality Alliance) PDF NEW
• National Quality Indicator Crosswalk [PDF]
• AHRQ Quality Indicator Resources NEW
• CMS Hospital Quality Initiatives NEW
• Schedule for Implementation of New 2007 and 2008 Quality Measures and Measure Sets
• National Voluntary Concensus Standards for the Reporting of Therapeutic Drug Management Quality

Public Reporting:

• Hospital Compare (CMS)
• Quality Check (TJC)
• HealthGrades (Data on physicians, hospitals, nursing homes)
• ARHQ State Snapshots
• Data tools from the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care

State Quality Initiatives

• State Health Policy Innovations (Commonwealth Fund)
• Health Data by State (Kaiser Foundation)
• Facts on State QIOs
• Directory of state QIOs

Disease-specific care

• Heart failure 
  • Sample tools,protocols, order sets, strategies for change
  • Performance measure set American College of Cardiology
  • Resources for Healthcare Professionals (AHA)
• Venous thromboembolism  (current content)
• Myocardial infarction (current content)
• Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) (current content)
• Glycemic control (current content)
• Pneumonia  NEW
  • Sample tools, protocols, order sets, measures

Case studies, demonstration projects NEW

• ASHP Research and Education Foundation Awards for Excellence in Medication Use Safety
• Premier Pay for Performance Demonstration Project