Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Evidence-based Practice
This web site offers evidence reports and technology assessments on a variety of clinical care topics. Under its Evidence-based Practice Program, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) ... Details >
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
AHRQ Podcast on Understanding Health Care Quality
This audio podcast features Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy answering questions about health care quality. Dr. Clancy discusses preventive care, medical e... Details >
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
Bureau of Primary Health Care - Clinical Quality
This website promotes resources for quality improvement. The Quality Tools available are organized around the improvement aims described in the Institute of Medicine report, Crossing the Quality Chasm... Details >
Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration |
Child Health Care Quality Toolbox - Measuring Quality in Children's Health Programs
An online resource designed to help state and local policymakers and program directors and staff to answer related questions about measuring health care quality in child health programs. The toolbox p... Details >
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
Choosing and Using a Health Plan
Also available in: Spanish
If you are shopping for health care insurance, this booklet will help you to understand the plans that are available and to choose the plan that is right for you and your family.... Details >
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
Consumer Guides on Long Term Care 
This page links to information about long term care on finding and selecting a nursing home or assisted living facility, making the transition to nursing facility life, paying for long term care, and ... Details >
American Health Care Association |
FAQ: National Quality Measures Clearinghouse
This document provides answers to frequently asked questions about the National Quality Measures Clearinghouse™ (NQMC™), a database and Web site that offers specific evidence-based health care quality... Details >
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
GetPalliativeCare.org
This site provides information, which benefits both patients and their families, offers reliable information, helps patients make medical decisions and choose treatments. Palliative care specializes i... Details >
The Center to Advance Palliative Care |
Guide to Choosing a Nursing Home
Also available in: Spanish
Selecting a nursing home is one of the most important and difficult decisions that you may be asked to make either for yourself or for a family member. This booklet is designed as a first step to help... Details >
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
Guide to Health Care Quality: How to Know It When You See It
This guide is designed to help you get quality health care, stay healthy, and recover faster when you become sick. Tips are provided to help you be active in making decisions about your health care. ... Details >
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
Health Care Value: What Are We Getting for What We Spend?
This video Web program can help you understand what "quality" means when it comes to health care and how to make sure you spend your health care dollars wisely.... Details >
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
Hospital Compare
This tool provides you with information on how well the hospitals in your area care for all their adult patients with certain medical conditions. This information will help you compare the quality of ... Details >
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
Improving Health Care Quality: A Guide for Patients and Families
Also available in: Spanish
Practical tips on what people can do to improve the quality of the health care services they receive, including how to avoid medical errors. This guide focuses on the key health care choices people ty... Details >
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
Information for Patients and Family Caregivers
This page provides links for patients and family caregivers on various health topics, including symptom management, nutrition, general cancer issues, emotional and psychological issues, and more.... Details >
Family Care Research Program |
Mental Illness and the Family: Finding the Right Mental Health Care For You
If you or someone you know may benefit from a counselor or mental health center, here are some questions and guidelines to help you find the right care. Information covers where to go for help, types ... Details >
Mental Health America |
Miracle Health Claims: Add a Dose of Skepticism
Also available in: Spanish
Remember the first rule of thumb for evaluating health claims: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. This brochure will help you spot false and unsubstantiated claims. It describes some ty... Details >
Federal Trade Commission |
National Quality Measures Clearinghouse™
The site-intended to be a one-stop shop for physicians, hospitals, health plans and other providers interested in quality measures-includes current evidence-based quality measures and measure sets ava... Details >
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
NCQA's (National Committee for Quality Assurance) Health Plan Report Card
An interactive tool designed to help you find the right health plan, NCQA's Health Plan Report Card can help you answer questions about health plans that would be difficult to answer on your own. NCQA... Details >
National Committee for Quality Assurance |
Patient and Family Resource Centers
Patient and family resource centers can be a visible, tangible expression of a hospital or agency’s commitment to family-centered practice. Find out more about this topic.... Details >
Institute for Family-Centered Care |
Provider's Guide to Quality and Culture
This Web site is designed to assist health care organizations throughout the United States in providing high quality, culturally competent services to multi-ethnic populations.... Details >
Management Sciences for Health |
Quality Check: Organization Search Criteria
This service is offered by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and is useful if you have reason to "check up" on the performance of your local health care facility, wheth... Details >
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations |
Quality Tools
QualityTools™ is a clearinghouse for practical, ready-to-use tools for measuring and improving the quality of Americans’ health care. QualityTools is sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research an... Details >
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
Report Cards: Choosing Quality Care
The National Committee for Quality Assurance offers free online resources to help you select a health plan or physician that provides the top-notch care you deserve. ... Details >
National Committee for Quality Assurance |
Report to the President on Medical Errors
The President ordered the Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force to make recommendations for improving health care quality and protecting patient safety following a report from the Institute of M... Details >
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
Talking With Your Doctor: A Guide for Older People
The material available here was designed to help older people communicate successfully with their doctors -- includes information on preparation for a doctor's visit and sharing sensitive information.... Details >
National Institute on Aging Information Center |
Your Guide to Choosing Quality Health Care
This guide was developed to help you make the best health care decisions for choosing health plans, doctors, treatments, hospitals and long-term care. Following this guide will improve your chances f... Details >
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |