AHRQ Quality Indicators 101: Slide Presentation

General Uses of the AHRQ QIs

• Hospital Quality Improvement—Internal and External
  • Individual hospitals and health care systems
  • Hospital association member-only reports
• National, State, and Regional Reporting
  • National Healthcare Quality/Disparities Reports
  • Commonwealth Fund's Health Performance Initiative
• Pay-for-Performance by Hospital
  • CMS/Premier Demo
  • Anthem of Virginia
• Hospital Profiling
  • Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois
• Comparative Public Reporting