Johns Hopkins learns a lesson about communication
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-te.sorrel15dec15,0,6037431.story?coll=bal-health-headlines
AMA link to IOM report
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2001/03/19/prl10319.htm
IOM - Crossing the Quality Chasm
http://www.nap.edu/books/0309072808/html/
IOM - To Err Is Human - executive summary
http://books.nap.edu/html/to_err_is_human/exec_summ.html
IOM - Bridge over Troubled Waters
http://books.nap.edu/books/0309087236/html/index.html
Safety for physicians: National Association to Prevent Needle Stick Injuires
http://www.nappsi.org/
The IOM (Institute of Medicine), one of four branches of the National
Academy
of Sciences (NAS)
http://www.iom.edu/
The National Academy of Sciences, patent of the Institute of Medicine
http://www.nationalacademies.org/about/
The Union of Concerned Scientists
http://www2.ucsusa.org/
Quality measures from Cleveland Clinic
http://www.clevelandclinic.org/quality/
NCQA activities for physicians (ACP)
http://www.acponline.org/journals/news/dec03/ncqa.htm
AIM-1998-Leaders Improve the System
http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/128/10/833
ACC-Elsivier-Cardiosource tie some of the QI links together
http://www.cardiosource.com/clinical/performance_measures
O Canada
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/CalgarySun/News/2004/05/23/470071.html
Quality- a definition from the IOM - 2004
http://www.managedcaremag.com/archives/0406/0406.quality_defined.html
NY Dept of Quality
http://www.nhqc.com/
ABIM ACTs up
http://www.rwjf.org/about/president/resources/kimballLecture_1.jhtml
aaim qi curriculum
http://www.im.org/AAIM/Tools/Docs/Curriculum/Djuricich_CQI_Curriculum_09-04.doc
Dr. Deming: PDSA ["In God We Trust....]
http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~samho/tqm/tqmex/deming.htm
Quality from Florida
http://medinfo.ufl.edu/omi/docs/pisacano04/
2004-MeMag-Don't let system failures clobber you
http://www.memag.com/memag/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=130922
Hospital Compare:
The Hospital Compare website�www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov�opened April 1,
2005, enabling the public to view comparative data on the quality of
treatment for heart attacks, heart failure, and pneumonia at 4,200 hospitals
throughout the United States. The website lists percentages of hospital
patients who receive �proven, effective care� for these most common and
costly conditions. �Hospital Compare will help consumers make more informed
decisions about hospital care and will give hospitals the data they need to
ensure that they are providing high quality care,� said Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Director Carolyn M. Clancy, MD.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Hospital Quality
Alliance�which is led by the Association of American Medical Colleges, the
American Hospital Association, and the Federation of American Hospitals�
launched the Hospital Compare website in a continuing effort to increase
health care quality by �making hospital performance information more
accessible to health care payers, providers, and the public. According to
the Washington Post, CMS administrator Mark B. McClellan, MD, PhD, discussed
plans to add similar comparisons for patient satisfaction and rates of
infection later this year and is also considering posting hospital mortality
rates on the site.
Participating hospitals are voluntarily submitting information on 17
measures: eight related to heart attack care, four related to care for heart
failure, and five related to pneumonia care. For example, the website
provides the percentage of a hospital�s heart attack patients who receive
aspirin or beta-blockers upon arrival or discharge. It also gives the
percentage of heart attack patients who get a thrombolytic agent within 30
minutes of arrival. All data on the site are taken from the previous year
and updated quarterly, which creates a one-year lag for the information.
Patients who access the site can view hospital information based on location
or name. The site allows users to compare up to 12 hospitals within the
categories of acute care hospitals or critical access hospitals. Once the
user has chosen a hospital to research or several hospitals to compare, the
next step is choosing which quality measures to review. The next screen will
display percentages of adult patients who receive the indicated care at the
chosen hospitals as well as an average percentage for all reporting
hospitals in the United States and an average percentage for all reporting
hospitals within the state. Consumers without web access can call 1-800-
MEDICARE to get the same hospital quality information.
In a related effort, AHRQ is posting state-level analysis of health care
quality to its website. Information posted on the AHRQ website allows
consumers to compare how states rank on nearly 100 quality measures
pertaining to such conditions as heart disease, diabetes, maternal and child
health, HIV/AIDS, and various cancers. Analysis and rankings are based on
information from the previously released 2004 National Healthcare Quality
Report.
http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov/
Safety isn't rocket science. Or is it?....
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2005-04-07-nasa-attitudes_x.htm
Classics from AHRQ psnet
http://psnet.ahrq.gov/classics.aspx
ACP Q-Net
http://www.acponline.org/acpnet/history/
ACC Quality Indicators fof CHF HBP ASHD
http://www.acc.org/clinical/measures/intro.htm
JENY from IPRO
http://jeny.ipro.org/
NY ACP Near Miss Registry
http://www.nearmiss.org
PBLI as Patient Registry: ACP Observer 2005
http://www.acponline.org/journals/news/sep05/patient.htm
Quality Matters
http://www.cmwf.org/
EBM at Doctors digest
http://www.doctorsdigest.net/