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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 (September 01, 2008)

The featured QualityTools provide educational resources and screening tools for depression and bipolar disorder, a guide to off-label prescribing of atypical antipsychotic drugs, and a toolkit to guide community suicide prevention efforts.

Other New QualityTools in this issue (Posted on September 01, 2008)
AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY (AHRQ), JOHN M. EISENBERG CENTER AT OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY
  - ACEIs or ARBs for Adults With Hypertension: Clinician's Guide
  - Comparing Two Kinds of Blood Pressure Pills: ACEIs and ARBs
  - Management of Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis
  - Off-Label Use of Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs: A Summary for Clinicians and Policymakers
  - Renal Artery Stenosis Treatments
DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL
  - HowsYourHealth Online Screening Tool
INSTITUTE ON HOMELESSNESS AND TRAUMA
  - Homelessness Resource Center
KAISER PERMANENTE, CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH
  - AMI (Acute Myocardial Infarction) Materials
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT DENVER AND HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER
  - Smoking Cessation for Persons With Mental Illnesses: A Toolkit for Mental Health Professionals
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: September 01, 2008.

  
 
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