QualityTools

QualityTools is a compilation of practical tools for assessing, measuring, promoting, and improving the quality of health care. Its purpose is to give health plans, providers, purchasers, consumers, and policymakers easy access to a variety of resources they can use to improve the delivery of care, inform decisions, and educate people about their health care needs. In many cases, these tools complement or directly support innovations presented on this site. Learn more about the tools on this site.

Browse QualityTools by Subject

Find QualityTools classified by disease or clinical category, patient population, stage of care, setting of care, and more.

Featured QualityTools (July 07, 2008)

The featured QualityTools provide practical information on how to design, implement, and evaluate chronic illness management programs and assess asthma risk factors in children.

Other New QualityTools in this issue (Posted on July 07, 2008)

AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY

- Health Information Technology Survey Compendium

AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY (AHRQ), JOHN M. EISENBERG CENTER AT OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY

- Fracture Prevention Treatments for Postmenopausal Women With Osteoporosis

- Osteoporosis Treatments That Help Prevent Broken Bones: A Guide for Women After Menopause

HOME HEALTH QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

- Best Practice Intervention Package: Physician Relationships

INNER-CITY ASTHMA STUDY

- Inner-City Asthma Study Questionnaires

LEAN HOSPITALS

- Lean Hospitals: Six Sigma and Lean Healthcare Forms

NATIONAL CENTER FOR CULTURAL COMPETENCE, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR CHILD AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

- Cultural Competence Health Practitioner Assessment

NATIONAL COALITION OF PASTORS' SPOUSES

- HIV/AIDS: A Manual for Faith Communities

THE LEWIN GROUP

- Becoming a High Reliability Organization: Operational Advice for Hospital Leaders

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

- Healthy People 2010

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO

- Pay for Performance: A Decision Guide for Purchasers

Go to all QualityTools by posted date.

Note: The QualityTools section of the Innovations Exchange site replaces the stand-alone QualityTools Web site launched by AHRQ in 2003. Please replace any links or bookmarks for http://www.qualitytools.ahrq.gov/ with http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov/qualitytools.

Last updated: July 07, 2008.