New Tools for States
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has developed Diabetes
Care Quality Improvement: A Resource Guide for State Action and its companion
workbook, Diabetes
Care Quality Improvement: A Workbook for State Action. These materials were
designed in partnership with the Council of State Governments to help States
assess the quality of diabetes care and create quality improvement strategies. Select for Downloading Information.
States can make changes in health care delivery and best practices that can transform health care systems, reduce costs, and improve public health. For specific diseases like diabetes, a number of States already have substantial programs underway that can shape and inform the development of new initiatives. To assist such efforts, AHRQ has released the following products, developed in consultation with diabetes control and prevention experts at all levels:
- Diabetes Care Quality Improvement: A Resource Guide for State Action.
This comprehensive guide offers a wealth of information and details for a range
of participants in a State's quality improvement effort, including state elected
leaders, executive branch officials, and other nongovernmental State and local
health care leaders. The Resource Guide provides background information, analysis
of State and national data, and guidance for developing a State quality improvement
plan. It gives an extensive listing of many ongoing national, State, and local
efforts to improve diabetes care quality.
- Diabetes Care Quality Improvement: A Workbook for State Action. A companion to the Resource Guide, the interactive Workbook presents review
exercises for State leaders on the key skills and lessons from the Resource
Guide to use in implementing health care quality improvement plans in their
States. These practical exercises enable Workbook users to focus on their States
in comparison to the Nation and other States.
Download Information
The Resource Guide and the Workbook can be downloaded
as Word® or PDF files. Your browser may support downloading the planning
guide from this page by using the links below. Right click on the link and
then select "Save Target As" (Internet Explorer) or "Save Link
As" (Firefox™, Netscape®).
- Diabetes Care Quality Improvement: A Resource Guide for State Action (PDF
File, 2 MB, PDF Help; Word
File, 1.8 MB, Word
Viewer).
- Diabetes Care Quality Improvement: A Workbook for State Action (PDF
File, 370 KB, PDF Help; Word
File, 625 KB, Word
Viewer).
- Diabetes Care Quality Improvement: A Resource Guide for State Action—Supplement (PDF
File, 460 KB, PDF Help)
Print Availability
Printed copies of both publications may be requested from AHRQ's Publications
Clearinghouse by calling 800-358-9295 or by E-mail at AHRQPubs@ahrq.hhs.gov. Request
AHRQ Publications No. 04-0072 (Resource Guide) and
No. 04-0073 (Workbook).
Current as of August 2005
Internet Citation:
Improving the Quality of Diabetes Care. New Tools for States. August 2005. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/diabqualoc.htm