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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. A leader in
Quality and Research Initiatives and Innovation. |
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Includes
Medicare Quality Initiatives - General Information.
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Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st
Century From the Committee on Quality of Health Care in
America, Institute of Medicine; 364 pages, 2001. Available
online from the National Academies Press. |
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First Report and Recommendations of the Commonwealth Fund's
International Working Group on Quality Indicators A 128 page
report, June 2004, available online from the
Commonwealth Fund. |
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Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) resources
form the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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Health Systems Performance 1997 A chart from the
World Health Report 2000: World Health Organization assesses the
world's health systems. |
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Institute for Healthcare Improvement "a not-for-profit
organization driving the improvement of health by advancing the
quality and value of health care." Access to the many resources
at this site requires registration, which is free. |
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Joint Commission Resources Accrediting agency for Healthcare
organizations. Formerly called The Joint Commission on
Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations or JCAHO. |
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Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of
Nurses Ann Page, Editor, Committee on the Work Environment
for Nurses and Patient Safety; 488 pages, 2004. Available
full-text online from the National Academies Press.
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National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel Includes online
guidelines. |
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National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) A
"proprietary database of the American Nurses Association. The
database collects and evaluates unit-specific nurse-sensitive
data from hospitals in the United States." |
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National Quality Measures Clearinghouse™ Sponsored by the
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, "a public repository for
evidence-based quality measures and measure sets."
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Nursing Organizations Alliance (The Alliance) Formed by the
"merging of the National Federation for Specialty Nursing
Organizations (NFSNO) and the Nursing Organizations Liaison
Forum (NOLF), an entity of the ANA. Its mission is "to increase
nursing's visibility and impact on health through communication,
collaboration and advocacy." |
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Quality Improvement Organizations Overview and links to
additional resources from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services.
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The External Review of Hospital Quality A July 1999 report
available online from the
Office of Inspector General. Include Nurses If You Want to
Keep Them An article from the February 2001 newsletter of the
Ireland Office for Health Management. Summarizes the Magnet
masterclass presented by Dr. Linda Aiken and Jan Jones-Schenk.
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To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health
System Linda T. Kohn, Janet M. Corrigan, and Molla S.
Donaldson, Editors; Committee on Quality of Health Care in
America, Institute of Medicine 312 pages, 2000. Available
full-text online from the National Academies Press.
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The Leapfrog Group for Patient Safety A coalition of more
than 135 public and private organizations that provide health
care benefits. "Founded by The Business Roundtable with support
from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation." Organization produces
reports about safety conditions in specific hospitals to assist
health care payers in selecting service providers.
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When Care Becomes A Burden: Diminishing Access to Adequate
Nursing An online report by Claire M. Fagin, February 2001,
from the
Millbank Memorial Fund. |
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WISQARS™ (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting
System) is an interactive database system that provides
customized reports of injury-related data. From the
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.
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