Educational material on this page is of interest to those practitioners who are looking for information that is beyond the basic concepts of quality improvement.

Topics on this page:

• Performance Improvement and Funding
• Accreditation and Regulatory Resources
• Public Reporting
• State Quality Initiatives
• Healthcare Quality Links

Performance Improvement and Funding

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

Accreditation and Regulatory Resources

• AHRQ Tools for Meeting National Patient Safety Goals
• AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange for Health Care Professionals
• Food and Drug Administration Patient Safety Portal
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Quality Initiative (HQI)
• TJC Issues 2012 National Patient Safety Goals

Public Reporting

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

State Quality Initiatives

• State Health Policy Innovations (Commonwealth Fund)
• Health Data by State (Kaiser Foundation)

Healthcare Quality Links

• American Health Quality Association (represents QIOs and healthcare quality improvement professionals)
• Center for Health Care Strategies (improving the quality of publicly financed health care)
• Department of Veterans Affairs', National Center for Patient Safety (safety and safety training, including tools and accreditation resources)
• Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (condition and disease-specific guidelines, sample order sets, protocols and other resources)
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement QI Resources (quality improvement and change management tools and resources)
• The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (medication error prevention and safe medication use)
• kaiserEDU (resources on health policy)
• Leapfrog Group for Patient Safety (voluntary program with incentives for big leaps in quality improvement and tools for participants)
• National Association for Healthcare Quality (continuing education on quality from an association for health care quality professionals; includes resources and certification)
• National Committee for Quality Assurance (quality measurement resources form a national quality accreditation, certification and recognition organization)
• National Council on Patient Information and Education (resources for educating patients about their medications)
• National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (UK) (features both clinical and process redesign guidelines, tools, and templates)
• SafetyLeaders.org: the Texas Medical Institute of Technology (TMIT) (research organization driving high impact solutions for safety and performance improvement; extensive safety and PI resources; free registration required)