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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 >
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 >
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 >
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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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >