QualityTools

QualityTools is a compilation of practical tools for assessing, measuring, promoting, and improving the quality of health care. Its purpose is to give health plans, providers, purchasers, consumers, and policymakers easy access to a variety of resources they can use to improve the delivery of care, inform decisions, and educate people about their health care needs. In many cases, these tools complement or directly support innovations presented on this site. Learn more about the tools on this site.

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Find QualityTools classified by disease or clinical category, patient population, stage of care, setting of care, and more.

Featured QualityTools (April 27, 2009)

Other New QualityTools in this issue (Posted on April 27, 2009)

NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

- Colorectal Cancer Risk Assessment Tool

U.S. PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE (USPSTF)

- Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2008: Recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY MEDICINE

- Patient Encounter Form

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER

- Tools to Engineer a Culture of Patient Safety in Small Rural Hospitals

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Note: The QualityTools section of the Innovations Exchange site replaces the stand-alone QualityTools Web site launched by AHRQ in 2003. Please replace any links or bookmarks for http://www.qualitytools.ahrq.gov/ with http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov/qualitytools.

Last updated: April 27, 2009.