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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