Effectiveness

Assure that providers and consumers/patients use beneficial and timely health care information to make informed decisions/choices.

By 2010, at least 5 organizations will use HCUP databases, products or tools to improve health care quality for their constituencies by 5%, as defined by the AHRQ Quality Indicators.

Outcome

FY 2006:
Three new organizations will use HCUP/QIs to assess potential areas of quality improvement, and at least one will develop and implement an intervention based on the QIs.
Impact will be observed in at least one new organization after the development and implementation of an intervention based on the QIs.

FY 2005:
Two new organizations will use HCUP/QIs to assess potential areas of quality improvement, and at least one will develop and implement an intervention based on the QIs.

FY 2004:
Two new organizations will use HCUP/QIs to assess potential areas of quality improvement, and at least one will develop and implement an intervention based on the QIs.

FY 2003:
Two organizations will use HCUP/QIs to assess potential areas of quality improvement.

Completed

Completed

SG-4/5
HP-23

By 2008, CAHPS® data will be more easily available to the user community and the number of consumers who use information from CAHPS® to make choices about their healthcare will increase by 20%. (Baseline FY 2002).

Outcome—Efficiency

FY 2005:
Establish baseline for number of hospitals collecting HCAHPS data.

FY 2004:
Produce a CAHPS® questionnaire for consumer assessment of hospital quality.
Establish baseline for number of hospitals collecting HCAHPS data.

FY 2003:
Produce a CAHPS® module for consumer assessments of care received in nursing home settings.

Underway

Completed

SG-4/5
HP-23

* SG = Strategic Goal; HP = Healthy People