Key Initiatives in Measuring and Reporting Health Care Quality
Several individual organizations and collaborative initiatives have helped to shape the national health care agenda with respect to transparency, accountability, improvement, and informed choice. Within their respective areas of focus, they have spurred advancements in technical knowledge, resources, and tools that report card sponsors may find relevant to their own projects.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Resources
Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®)
National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports (QDR)
Other Organizations and Initiatives
Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q), sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Project
Informed Patient Institute (IPI)
National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: Health and Medicine Division (HMD)
