Useful Links

[Jaz-Michael King]

Here's my collection of QI links, please add your favourites below by clicking the Reply button. You can cut and paste links from other browser windows, or you can just type the address and it'll automagically become a link to that site.

Institute for Healthcare Improvement (http://www.ihi.org/)
National Quality Forum (http://www.qualityforum.org/)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) (http://www.ahrq.gov/)
American Health Quality Association (http://www.ahqa.org/)
National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) (http://www.nahq.org/)
HealthGrades (http://www.healthgrades.com/)
NCQA: National Committee for Quality Assurance (http://www.ncqa.org/)
National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality (http://www.nichq.org/)
CPHQ/HQCB Home Page (http://www.cphq.org/)

Add yours below!

[Jaz-Michael King]

Here's a list of most of the QI projects IPRO is working on right now:

Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) (http://providers.ipro.org/index/ami)
Adult Immunizations (http://providers.ipro.org/index/immunization)
AMI Depression (http://providers.ipro.org/index/ami_depression)
Asthma (http://providers.ipro.org/index/asthma)
Chronic Heart Failure (http://providers.ipro.org/index/chf)
Diabetes - CMS (http://providers.ipro.org/index/diabetes)
Diabetes - NYSDOH OMM (http://providers.ipro.org/index/nysdoh_diabetes)
Disparities in Diabetes Care (http://providers.ipro.org/index/underserved)
Doctor's Office Quality Project (http://providers.ipro.org/index/Doctors-Office-Quality)
Home Health Compare (http://providers.ipro.org/index/home-health-compare)
Home Health Quality Initiative (http://providers.ipro.org/index/homehealth)
Hospital Payment Monitoring Program (http://providers.ipro.org/index/hpmp)
Hospital Public Reporting Initiatives (http://providers.ipro.org/index/hprp)
Mammography (http://providers.ipro.org/index/breastcancer)
Medicare Mediation Program (http://providers.ipro.org/index/mediation)
Medicare+Choice (http://providers.ipro.org/index/med-choice)
Nursing Home Compare (http://providers.ipro.org/index/nursing-home-compare)
Nursing Home Quality Initiative (http://providers.ipro.org/index/nhqi)
Pneumonia (http://providers.ipro.org/index/pneumonia)
PRI and SCREEN Training (http://providers.ipro.org/index/pri)
Smoking Cessation Collaborative (http://providers.ipro.org/index/smoking-cessation)
Surgical Infection Prevention (http://providers.ipro.org/index/surgical-infection-prevention)

[Linda Azzato]

Visit the sites listed below for helpful information of interest to health care professionals.

http://www.vimipro.org/Graphics/Links/AHRQ_logo.jpg (http://www.ahcpr.gov/)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) (http://www.ahcpr.gov/)
AHRQ- http://www.qualitytools.ahrq.gov/

National Guideline Clearinghouse-http://www.guidelines.gov/

http://www.vimipro.org/Graphics/Links/AHQA_logo.jpg (http://www.ahqa.org/)
American Health Quality Association (AHQA) (http://www.ahqa.org/)

http://www.vimipro.org/Graphics/Links/AMA_logo.gif (http://www.ama-assn.org/)
American Medical Association (http://www.ama-assn.org/)

National Institutes of Health (http://www.nih.gov/)

National Institute on Aging (http://www.nia.nih.gov/)

National Library of Medicine (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (http://www.cdc.gov/)

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
(http://www.kff.org/)
(http://www.kff.org/)MayoClinic.com (http://www.mayoclinic.com/)

[Donna]

Here are some patient safety resources:


National Patient Safety Foundation (http://www.npsf.org/)
JCAHO National Patient Safety (http://www.jcaho.org/accredited+organizations/patient+safety/npsg.htm)
Leapfrog Group (http://leapfroggroup.org/safety.htm)
AHRQ Web M&M (http://www.webmm.ahrq.gov/) - forum on patient safety and health care quality
Agency for Health Research and Policy (http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/errorsix.htm) - Medical Errors and Patient Safety page
Quality Interagency Coordination (QuiC) Task Force (http://www.quic.gov/)